Monthly Archives: May 2008

Performance is in the Details

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Brian

This past week, some colleagues and I sat around a brainstorming table trying to isolate what was causing a particular page to load incredibly slowly in Internet Explorer 6. Drawing on our combined years of experience, and our mutual disdain … Continue reading →

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Keeping Track of Focus

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Brian

It’s come to my attention that the code contained on this page does not function correctly. I’ve created an updated post on keeping track of focus which works correctly in all browsers. One annoying limitation of Javascript is that there … Continue reading →

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An Introduction to Javascript Event Delegation

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Brian

As development in Javascript moves further away from rollovers and other simple effects into developing true Rich Internet Applications, the number of events we have on our pages increases seemingly exponentially. Catch a left click, a right click, focus, blur, … Continue reading →

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JavaScript Event & Event Method Bugs and Workarounds

Posted on May 14, 2008 by Brian

Today I spent a good deal of my time dealing with Javascript event handling and delegation using the Prototype javascript library with relation to some forms in our current project. In addition to simply firing and catching events using actual … Continue reading →

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Adobe Flex 3: Training From the Source – Finally, a good Techincal Book!

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Brian

I’ve been reading technical books for years on topics ranging from beginning programming guides with C to Adobe Photoshop tips and tricks.  Like most people in this field, I’ve long been a fan of O’Reilly books (I think my first … Continue reading →

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