Archive for the 'JavaScript' Category

Javascript, Tables & InsertBefore

Sunday, November 26th, 2006

I was trying to dynamically add rows to a table and ran into a problem with both Firefox and Internet Explorer. I had a table with a couple rows of data and there was a link to add a new row at the bottom of the table (in its own row).

The javascript simply cloned the […]

A New Use of Sleep() in PHP

Monday, August 28th, 2006

I have been working on a website that allows photo uploading and manipulation via a web interface. The webpage uses a hidden iframe so that uploading can take place without refreshing the page and AJAX that allows users to rotate and delete photos, again without refreshing the page. I am developing the application on my […]

Google Maps and CSS/Javascript Drop Down Menus

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

Twice in one week I ran into the same problem. I put Google Maps on a webpage, only to find that the drop down navigation menu went behind the map. One navigation was nested “ul”s with CSS for formatting and a small piece of unobtrusive JavaScript to deal with IE’s problem on not recognizing […]

AJAX and Web Usability

Friday, July 21st, 2006

Sitepoint has an interesting interview with Jacob Nielson about usability and AJAX. One of the points Nielson brought up really strikes a cord with me. He says “It’s important to remember that most web sites are not used repeatedly. Usually, users will visit a given page only once.”. I think this is key when deciding […]

Gmail and Saving via JavaScript

Friday, July 14th, 2006

I noticied (and read online) that Google had put in scrolling on their maps via the mouse wheel. But I just stumbled across something new while using Gmail - if you are typing an email and hit crtl+s, the normal Microsoft save command for word docs, it will actually use AJAX to save the email […]