blog about ajax, php, dotnet, css, flash and flex R. Schoo http://dev.base86.com/ en-GB A new version of my Vista-like Ajax Calendar (vlaCalendar) has been released: version 2.1 is made compatible with mootools installment, version 1.2, and offers some new features. General http://dev.base86.com/solo/45/vlacalendar_version_21_released.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/45/vlacalendar_version_21_released.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/45/vlacalendar_version_21_released.html#comments Wed, 02 Jul 08 14:54:03 +0200 Today is the Firefox 3 download day: Help Mozilla to set a Guinness World Record by downloading Firefox 3 by 11:16 a.m. PDT (18:16 UTC) today! General http://dev.base86.com/solo/44/firefox_3_download_day.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/44/firefox_3_download_day.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/44/firefox_3_download_day.html#comments Wed, 18 Jun 08 11:49:22 +0200 At first I decided to make the vlaCalendar compatible with mootools 1.2 when its gets out of beta stage. But I've received lot of e-mails and comments from people wanting to use the calendar with the beta version, which made me decide to make vlaCalender v2 also compatible with mootools 1.2 beta2! General http://dev.base86.com/solo/43/vlacalendar_v2_compatible_with_mootools_12b2.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/43/vlacalendar_v2_compatible_with_mootools_12b2.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/43/vlacalendar_v2_compatible_with_mootools_12b2.html#comments Wed, 04 Jun 08 17:41:17 +0200 A new version of the Vista-like Ajax Calendar (vlaCalendar) has been released! The vlaCalendar is a unobtrusive web version of the slick and profound Windows Vista taskbar calendar, by use of the mootools javascript framework, AJAX, XHTML, CSS and PHP. Now with datepicker functionality and cleaner and more developer centered CSS, PHP and javascript code! General http://dev.base86.com/solo/29/vista-like_ajax_calendar_version_2_released.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/29/vista-like_ajax_calendar_version_2_released.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/29/vista-like_ajax_calendar_version_2_released.html#comments Thu, 01 May 08 20:00:00 +0200 As you may have noticed: the site has a new look. I've gotten tired of the old design, it's useless features and crappy code. This new design has a reduction of 40% lines of HTML code and uses the lightweight mootools javascript framework, instead of the heavyweight Protoype, combined with script.aculo.us, framework. General http://dev.base86.com/solo/42/redesign.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/42/redesign.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/42/redesign.html#comments Tue, 01 Apr 08 12:50:23 +0200 When testing relatively simple web projects, as 'simple' website developers, it usually comes down to basic functional black box testing. But have your ever endlessly tested registration forms by filling out hundreds of fields by hand? And have you ever changed a minor detail and later came to the conclusion it broke the whole form process? If this sounds familiar automatic testing brings the solution. General http://dev.base86.com/solo/39/automating_functional_web_testing.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/39/automating_functional_web_testing.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/39/automating_functional_web_testing.html#comments Tue, 18 Mar 08 16:58:00 +0100 Yesterday Microsoft unveiled the first beta version of Internet Explorer 8. Three days ago the Web Standards Project (WaSP) released the new Acid 3 testst. DrunkenFirst.com took some screen shots of browser Acid 3 test scores, and it happens to be that IE 8 scores crap. General http://dev.base86.com/solo/38/ie_8_beta_1_and_acid_3_released.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/38/ie_8_beta_1_and_acid_3_released.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/38/ie_8_beta_1_and_acid_3_released.html#comments Thu, 06 Mar 08 15:03:00 +0100 Adobe is finally shipping Flex 3 and Adobe AIR today! "Protect your rich Internet applications (and your time) from catering to the special needs of different browsers, desktops and operating systems." Rich Internet Application http://dev.base86.com/solo/36/flex_3_and_adobe_air_are_shipping.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/36/flex_3_and_adobe_air_are_shipping.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/36/flex_3_and_adobe_air_are_shipping.html#comments Mon, 25 Feb 08 20:06:53 +0100 In every type of browser input fields (text boxes, text areas, selects etc.) look different, which is quite annoying for designers. You could just style the input components, but styling is usually limited on most input fields. If you really like the Vista input field designs, then why change this look if it fits in your design? Here's CSS to make input fiels in Firefox look the same as in IE on a Vista machine. CSS http://dev.base86.com/solo/34/vista-like_styled_input_fields_through_css.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/34/vista-like_styled_input_fields_through_css.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/34/vista-like_styled_input_fields_through_css.html#comments Mon, 11 Feb 08 22:59:03 +0100 Adobe Flex is not well documented (well, let’s say information is hard to find). Even more so for the charting component for Flex Builder 2. Hereby a tutorial where we set up a column chart, import XML data and format the chart. Flex http://dev.base86.com/solo/25/flex_2_charting_with_xml_tutorial.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/25/flex_2_charting_with_xml_tutorial.html http://dev.base86.com/solo/25/flex_2_charting_with_xml_tutorial.html#comments Tue, 08 Jan 08 10:45:00 +0100