Firefox 15 Plugs Leaky Addons

Firefox 15 prevents most memory leaks caused by add-ons, including Firebug. For many users with add-ons installed this will significantly reduce Firefox’s memory consumption, without requiring upgrades to those add-ons. For those users, Firefox 15 is likely to be faster (sometimes drastically so) and less likely to crash, especially if they have multiple add-ons installed …

Open Conference Expectations

This document lays out some baseline expectations between conference speakers and conference presenters. The general goal is to maximize the value the conference provides to its attendees and community and to let speakers know what they might reasonably expect from a conference. And yes, I support the OCE although #1 might not always be possible …

jsconsole.com – JavaScript Command Line Tool and Remote Debugger

jsconsole.com is a simple JavaScript command line tool. However, it also provides the ability to bridge across to other browser windows to remotely control and debug that window – be it in another browser or another device altogether. Remote debugging is really simple: Invoke a :listen command at jsconsole.com to get a listener id returned …

jQuery Transit

jQuery Transit is a plugin for to help you do CSS transformations and transitions in jQuery. Include the plugin and you can use code like this to perform transformations: $(“#box”).css({ x: ’30px’ }); // Move right $(“#box”).css({ y: ’60px’ }); // Move down $(“#box”).css({ translate: [60,30] }); // Move right and down $(“#box”).css({ rotate: ’30deg’ …

PHP: The Right Way

There’s a lot of outdated information on the Web that leads new PHP users astray, propagating bad practices and bad code. This must stop. PHP: The Right Way is an easy-to-read, quick reference for PHP best practices, accepted coding standards, and links to authoritative tutorials around the Web. A must read! PHP: The Right Way …

Responsive Web Design Layout Patterns

Through fluid grids and media query adjustments, responsive design enables Web page layouts to adapt to a variety of screen sizes. As more designers embrace this technique, we’re not only seeing a lot of innovation but the emergence of clear patterns as well. I cataloged what seem to be the most popular of these patterns …