Key events, window.open, and popup blockers

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Recently, I was attempting to open a window/tab using JavaScript from a key handler and the popup blocker in Firefox prevented it from opening. This was slightly surprising since the same code was working from within an onclick handler and the domain of the window to be opened was identical. Here’s an example window.open: window.open(‘http://bustoutsolutions.com/’, [...]

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A browser UI trick using setTimeout

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Recently, when working on a DHTML slideshow based on Prototype and script.aculo.us, I ran into a problem with JavaScript and updates to the page UI. I intended the portfolio code to do the following: hide the current image replace the current image with a new image fade in the new image However, in my first [...]

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80+ AJAX solutions

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Smashing Magazine has done it again, with an article that lists over eighty AJAX solutions that include widgets, tool sets, libraries, and effects. I know the list is a bit overwhelming, but if you’re a professional web programmer I recommend at least trying out 5-6 of the listed solutions. For a quick highlight list, just [...]

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On Simplicity

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Two interesting recent articles on the virtues of keeping things (products, projects, etc) small and simple. Be humble, think about your users, create great projects and better code.

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J to the double E

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We don’t often write about specific technologies here at Bust Out, as we tend to be fairly agnostic and pragmatic about such matters, but we recently sent a contingent off to Portland, OR to attend RailsConf 2007 and we are feeling pretty darn excited about the Rails framework and its future. What’s the cause of [...]

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