Should Twitter remove it’s follower counts? Clearly, this is a game — and really, gaining followers on Twitter, for most people, is a game. Which raises the question: Should Twitter just remove the follower counts? I think the question is a bit silly. Some people think that is important. Should you hide that information from [...]
Posts under ‘Javascript’
sharptube
For the past week, I have been working on creating a content management system, using a template I found on oswd.org. As I was writing the boring stuff, I thought about several more interesting components I could create. The first thing that came to mind was an easy way to display a video from any [...]
Master Page Name Mangling
I just read over some of my oldest posts, and found this gem. While I stand by it still, the code is unreadable, and using some class names that will not be relevant to your project. Mayhaps a better approach would be to create a class to implement in pages where needed. Again, this is [...]
Enable Right Click
UPDATE: Do not keep this script enabled, only use it as needed. It could cause some issues while browsing, as it loops through every HTML element on the page. Greasemonkey script to reenable right clicking on sites that disable it for “security” purposes: EnableRightClick.user.js Code: // ==UserScript== // @name enable right click // @namespace http://forrestledbetter.com [...]
Functional Javascript
I found this blog on del.icio.us I think. This is by far the best explanation of the various ways to use functions in javascript. Don’t stop with this one, look at all the other posts. There is some pretty advanced stuff here, and javascript isn’t going anywhere any time soon.
Mono Project
Mono Project Now you can write AND run .net code on pretty much anything, for free. With Mono’s newest release, you can use Visual Basic. I’m not sure why you would want to, but you can if you feel the urge.
Javascript libraries roundup
Here is a great post containing a list of several javascript libraries. These are great for speeding up web development. Form field validation, ajax, visual effects… each implemented with usually one line of code.
Pixel2life Free Tutorial Search Engine
Pixel2life is an awesome source of tech tutorials including graphic design, coding, 3D animation, photoshop, and on and on. There are tons of things to learn there.
Modal Dialog Forms
Personally, I don’t like using Modal Dialogs because they are IE only – BUT some times thats what the client wants, so thats what they get. One of the biggest annoyances when using Modal Dialogs is the little quirk of opening a new window when trying to submit a form located within the dialog. The [...]
Name Mangling, Solution 3
UPDATE: Master pages are quite useful. Use them when applicable, but pay careful attention when you have thousands of lines of legacy javascript. I will leave the original post as is…this is a learning experience for me as well. Note my frustration below: /UPDATE UPDATE 2: Paragraph 2 doesn’t make any sense to people that [...]
