Google Chrome Frame
Google have released a Google Chrome Frame an open source Microsoft Internet Explorer plugin that allows pages to be rendered using Google Chrome engine inside Microsoft Internet Explorer.If you create web applications and like me spend hours fixing CSS/JS issues so Internet Explorer can work the same way as other browsers Google Chrome Frame is one of the best ideas I’ve seen in a long time.Of course users will have to install the plugin to get the benefits, and this does not mean that IE should be ignored and applications should still degrade gracefully.Having said that, finally IE users can benefit from Canvas based applications, get fast V8 JS engine for great web application performance and all the benefits that code with using Google Chrome.To get google chrome frame working in IE, first users have to install the plugin. Developers need to add the following meta tag to the header section of their HTML document.
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<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="chrome=1">
As a side note if anyone wants to use Google Chrome Frame for all sites (not just sites with the above mentioned meta tag) create a new DWORD registry key (if it doesn’t already exist) HKCU\Software\Google\ChromeFrame\OptInUrls with value of *
Maya’s Blog
Well my daughter Maya has a blog. She is 3 years old and well on her geeky way… http://maya.mustajbegovic.com/
Underutilized HTML tags
I’ve been doing quite a lot of web and interface design over the last few weeks. I still code HTML and CSS by hand and find tools like Dreamweaver get in my way and don’t really fit ASP.NET or Ruby on Rails. I develop Ruby on Rails using Gedit and ASP.NET using the Microsoft Visual Studio. Gedit is a text editor and Microsoft Visual Studio is retarded when in comes to HTML design.
Anyway I digress… below are some underutilized and a few new HTML tags. Please be careful when using these because some don’t work in all the browsers and I am way to lazy to tell you which work with what browser.
<abbr> and <acronym>
<del> and <ins>
<q>, <cite> and <dfn>
<optgroup>
<code>, <samp>, <kbd>, <tt>, <var> and <xmp>
First seek.com.au Perth Ruby on Rails listing
Being a contractor for last few years I get seek.com.au job email every morning. I have three searches setup, Software Architect roles, Software Development roles and Ruby on Rails jobs all three for Perth only. For last two years I’ve never gotten the Ruby on Rails auto email, until this morning.
WebFirm has advertised for a Ruby on Rails position, huge milestone for Perth that is traditionally a Microsoft.NET strong hold. I hope this is not just a one off, but that Perth will see a whole lot of Ruby on Rails teams being setup.
You can check out the seek listing here…
Made my day… 
