Little Javascript tip...OnError for Images...

This is an odd little tip...not sure where I found this out, but I use it a fair bit...if you have an image which you're not sure will be available, add this to the img tag: OnError="this.src='/images/shim.gif';this.width='1';this.height='1'" (where…

Fantastic Web 'Widgets' from Matt Hawley

Found through a comment on Jon Galloway's blog (no relation), this site has a whole bunch of nice little client side controls including a particularly nice calendar control. Anyway, thought I'd post the link for future reference :-) - oh and here's Matt…

Just noticed a flaw in the comments submission...stupid client side validation!

Fix it tonight...sorry for any inconvenience! If you want to submit a comment, enter any old thing in the search box for the moment...sorry!

Wow, use HTC within Mozilla!

This comment to my moan about thisis VERY cool: I think I've solved your problem! I've successfully developed a Mozilla wrapper for Microsoft's HTC files. It is encapsulated in a single XBL binding, so is exremely portable. The binding is small (4k) and…

Adding confirmation to buttons...and why I've been doing it wrong all along...

I left a comment on Rob Chartier's blog about adding confirmation prompts to buttons, now I do use Andy Smith's Confirmed Buttons controls where I can, but if I need to add a simple confirmation to a button, I tended to use the following sytax from…