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Subcookies, the PHP version
posted on 29 May 2007 (01:54 PM)
As a follow-up to my last article, Take your cookies to the next level with Subcookies, I wrote a PHP equivalent.
Take your cookies to the next level with Subcookies
posted on 27 May 2007 (01:30 AM)
Cookies provide an easy way to save some user data. They can be a nice aid in usability, as they give you a way of remembering certain choices made by the user.
Browsers have placed some restrictions on the storage capacity of a cookie, though. They usually allow only 20 cookies to be stored per domain or server. To circumvent this problem, I'll explain a technique called "subcookies" to you and show you an easy Javascript way of accessing the so-called subcookies.
The article has been down for a day, unfortunately, due to a PHP error. I'm terribly sorry! The article is fixed now, do check it out :)Installing PHPEclipse on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn
posted on 26 May 2007 (01:44 AM)
I recently installed Ubuntu's latest version, Feisty Fawn.
I'm not really comfortable yet, since I don't have any Linux experience whatsoever, and I didn't have time to research and play around extensively the last couple of days.
One of the first things I did after I installed the operation system, was downloading and installing PHPEclipse, my favourite code editor on both Mac and Windows.
I'm not sure why, and it may just be my inexperience with the system, but I ran into some errors. Fortunately, after lots of Google-searching, I managed to install it correctly.
Why Opera 9 might become my new favourite browser
posted on 03 May 2007 (01:23 PM)
From the moment I downloaded Firefox a couple of years ago, I never found another browser that served my needs better. The various plugins, for one, are invaluable.
I had Opera installed on my Windows laptop a while ago, but it was only there for testing purposes; Firefox still was my favourite. Since I converted to a Mac I've been too lazy to install Opera. Yesterday though, I used my free evening to download and play around with Opera 9. And I must say; I like it!
Animated lists: Graceful degradation using CSS 3
posted on 01 May 2007 (07:25 PM)
I like to think of creative ways to provide graceful degradation; If Javascript is disabled, is there a CSS way to use the
features Javascript would provide?
. Most of the time, the answer, sadly, is "No".
With CSS 3 however, it's a lot easier to provide gimmicky stuff without having to write Javascript, and therefore, it's easier to provide graceful degradation. Note: the example in this article will only work in browsers that support (parts of) the CSS 3 spec, such as Firefox.