Update Add: ?hd=1 to the end of the YouTube video URL and if it is available, an HD version will play. Add:&fmt=18 to the end of the YouTube video URL will play the video in HQ (high quality). Add:&fmt=22 to the end of the YouTube video URL will play the video in HD (high definition).… Continue reading Force YouTube to play HQ (high quality) or HD (high definition) link
Category: Web
Tips, tricks and explanations for web tools, standards and emerging technologies.
Multiple versions of Safari
http://michelf.com/projects/multi-safari/ is the site where you can download all the old versions of Safari. You can have the newest version of Safari installed on OSX and these Safari apps won’t interfere or over-write the new version. They’re stand-alone applications, so the packages contain all the libraries needed to run the old versions. A must have… Continue reading Multiple versions of Safari
HTML5 – A great progression in markup
Hardly a buzz-word, more the “hail-mary” of markup language progression, HTML5 brings very important tags and standards to the web. First and foremost, HTML5 solves the question from that last couple of years of what DOCTYPE to use with XHTML. <!DOCTYPE html> John Resig (creator of jQuery) has the best write-up on HTML5 link to… Continue reading HTML5 – A great progression in markup
Most amazing javascript web app I’ve ever seen
280 Slides is the most impressive javascript-based web app I’ve ever seen. It’s a presentation system that basically blows any online presentation creation system I’ve ever seen. It uses a framework “Cappuccino” and programming language written in javascript “Objective-J”. I was testing this on Safari 3.
SEO – tags of choice
SEO ( Search Engine Optimization ) can be improved on a site by using a variety of different tags, not just div and span. The header tag hierarchy is a prime example of SEO and tag choice. An <h1> tag is seen as more important than an <h2> tag. A <strong> tag will bring greater… Continue reading SEO – tags of choice
ClickTale.net – When Google Analytics just isn’t enough
ClickTale.net lets you watch users use the site, and has “heatmaps” that let you see what ares users are drawn to your site. It has some other basic tracking features, but it’s real value is the recorded visits and heatmaps. It’s really worth checking-out.
Safari 3 Bug – CSS Style sheet
Safari 3 had an issue with computing this following style statement that was placed at the top of a CSS file, which in turn was imported into another CSS document and that document was called in by an HTML document. So basically; index.html: –> css.css: @import url(/css/index.css); –> index.css had the offending code: @charset “UTF-8”;… Continue reading Safari 3 Bug – CSS Style sheet
Retailmenot.com aka “save money”
I just paid $2.50 for a domain for a year, thanks to retailmenot.com. I’ve been using this site for a couple years now, and I’d say it saves me a $100 a year, at least.
Coda, Panic’s programming program
After a lot of back and forth, with new coding apps I’ve started and stuck with Coda. It’s not perfect by any means, but it is solid, easy to use, simple and the people at Panic are helpful. I guess I’m just not an Emacs with GIT kinda guy… 😉
Firefox Float Drop Bug
Ran into this issues today with Firefox 2.0.0.20 (something like that). Set the width of the floating div and that fixed the issue for me.