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Better html anchor, a jquery script to slide the scrollbar
Anchor become a really useful tool when you have to link to somewhere in a page with thousands of words, this unfortunately happen too often in corporate website.
Only problem is, an anchor is just plain bad in design, when a user click on a link he pretty much think he’s gonna go to another page, but in this case, he just jump down the content, this can be really disorienting, even for power users like us, when it is not clear if a link is an anchor and not a normal link.
How to change this behavior? Well animate the scrollbar with a simple script, it will slide down to your anchor target and your normal anchor will still work if JavaScript is turned off.
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XHTML Strict validation is a tool, not a way of life
At some point as a front-end developer I think we all have to draw a line for HTML validation. Strict validation is not a holy grail you need or can crusade for. It improves your code but has also it’s downside. For example target:_blank is no longer available, you need a javascript snippet to get around it. And when you get there, what’s the point? Your template no longer really validate. The target attribute doesn’t validate because you can’t choose for the user to open a link in another window, but you decided for him anyway!
That’s why I only validate my template with a strict validation and not the entire website. This way I am sure my template is rock solid before it goes in the…
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Not another images gallery script??
We always look for new ways to render image galleries, there’s probably more plugs-in for images galleries than anything else. While this script might not have the most beautiful effect out there or be the most advanced, when I need something reliable, slick and that can be used in any website, it does the job.
What it does
This script will create a slideshow with a predefined list of items aligned vertically or horizontally. When you get at the slideshow end, it loops from the beginning. You can have an unlimited number of slideshow per page. It might be a bit more complex to get it to work than my other scripts but the design is easily modifiable by CSS.
How it works
*Step 1: Link my scripts…
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Where front-end web development will be in 5 years?
Like most people, the end of the year makes me think about the future. Some make goals for the new year, like losing 5 pounds (yeah I made that one too..) or learning new software tools. I wanted to take the time to think about where the front-end development will be in 5 years, 2014.
Mobile web development will grow, a lot.
Mobile platforms are moving very fast, with the iphone and android, we will see a lot of mobile development in the near future, and internet on your smartphone will become cheap. There will be more and more mobile template for large scale websites. Front-end developers will have to adapt and make css template for mobile phones.
Internet Explorer will lose ground, big time.
This one is more…
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Some Tweets
- looked at bell and videotron for a tv network solution, full of hidden rules, went with shaw direct @ShawDirect_News , honest service
- interesting post about Cross-domain localStorage http://bit.ly/9dfW8F
- back to work after 2 week of renovation on my house, glad to be back at doing javascript..
- traded my computer for this http://bit.ly/cCKVbr for 2 week, want my computer back..
- kind of old, bit I like it http://www.thereisnopagefold.com/
- I really have a love/hate relationship with the E texteditor, so good but so bad at the same time
