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When doing any form of web development, the end goal is always a smooth interface for a user. When making both the server-side code that generates a page or the frontend interface template, problems are sure to follow. Maybe an accidental typo in the JavaScript bricked the interface, or the small snippet of CSS went horribly wrong; whichever the case, a tool that can show the hierarcheal progression of HTML elements and their associated pieces of CSS and DOM code enable a faster approach to debugging since you will know which chunk of code is creating the problem....

I found this article recently which covers a rather interesting topic. CMS design is much different from normal XHTML and CSS because a CMS involves learning the "rules" so-to-speak of that CMS's templating system. After learning the templating system, you also have to learn the raw markup that CMS generates, the ID and Classes that it uses for each element, and how the CSS you use to design the page can use the variances of the Classes and IDs to consistently deliver the same layout. If a choice of editor is involved, there are also many things to deal with ...

At first glance at this update from 37Signals, I shrugged and said my usual cynical, "Who cares?" until I realized the drastic progression ensuing the process of companies slowly ditching support for the outdated and bug-ridden Internet Exploerer 6. 37Signals is phasing out Internet Explorer 6 support on every single product they distribute, and is starting a trend that is much appreciated by almost every web developer. If this catches onto more mainstream markets, in which major online players eventually decide to cut Internet Explorer 6 off, more websites will focus on creating semantic and standards-compliant code rather than violating ...

I was considering purchasing Opera's Wii Internet Channel the other day. Considering, until some web surfing revealed that the browser could not access Hulu. At first I was rather perplexed as to why Opera of all software makers would bundle an outdated version of Flash with their browser. I was furious for a while because it is absolutely unacceptable to advertise yourself so heavily as a feature-rich software package and be outdated. Until I realized Opera wasn't at fault....

Flock is a browser I have tried, used, and stopped using. Although it does feature some of the greatest social network integrations - Digg, Del.icio.us, Flickr, Photobucket, Facebook, etc. I never really liked it. Why? It is bloated. The features are a great addition, and the integration is as seamless as possible; however, something about the browser itself seemed bloated. Maybe it is because the renderring engine is based off of the monstrosity that is Firefox 2. After realizing that the Flock development team keeps up with Firefox renderring updates, I realized that there must be a version of Flock ...