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Google's Page Speed tool for web developers - similar to YSlow

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:05:56 GMT

Google have announced some new tools and services for web developers.

SharePoint not reachable through IE, with Firefox no problem

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:06:21 GMT

Problem description: Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage At one of my customers, all of a sudden, the SharePoint website was not accessible anymore for some users. Those users were prompted for their credentials when trying to enter the SharePoint website, but then they got immediately a Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage error page. The SharePoint environment was a MOSS 2007 environment with Windows Authentication.

Building Firefox Plugins using Visual Studio

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:01:01 GMT

If you use Visual studio as a development environment and want to develop plugins for Firefox here are a few points to help you get started.

Building Firefox Plugins using Visual Studio

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:01:01 GMT

If you use Visual studio as a development environment and want to develop plugins for Firefox here are a few points to help you get started.

skmMenu 2.3 IE 8 (beta 2), Google Chrome, FF 3.0.1

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:35:07 GMT

skmMenu still rocks Here is the sample code which works on all the major browsers IE 8 (Beta 2), Google Chrome, Fire Fox 3.0.1 and IE 7

Browser Performance - What's Changed with Chrome in the Mix?

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:18:39 GMT

This week Google released their new browser, Chrome. There has been so much buzz about it that it's been deafening. It is seriously amazing how passionate people get about a browser. But let's face it, a browser is likely what most people use more than any other software on their computer now days. I spend so much of my time online. Performance is important to me, just like anyone else. Since Chrome's release, I've spent some time reading performance metrics in an attempt to see past the marketing hype, and I've been pleased with what I've found. Not specifically with Chrome, but with the improvements across the board with many, but certainly not all, browsers.

Test your apps faster with Firefox Server Switcher

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:50:24 GMT

Just a quick little article noting the great add-on available for Firefox to help toggle between dev and live servers.

Speed up Firefox when using Development Server

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:31:02 GMT

Using Firefox on Vista to view websites hosted by the Visual Studio Development Server can be unbearably slow. Pages take aeons (i.e. several seconds) to load while viewing the same site under IE does not suffer from this issue. Here's how to solve the problem.

IE Sends Mozilla a New Cake for Firefox 3

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:31:02 GMT

Sean from Microsoft came by just a few minutes ago to drop off a cake for the Internet Explorer team. As people may recall, the IE team sent Mozilla a cake after Firefox 2 shipped and it seems that they wanted to continue the tradition.

Silverlight 2 (beta 2) and Firefox 3... so happy together...

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:16:03 GMT

Silverlight 2 Beta 2 now works in Firefox 3. Here's some background on the Bugzilla thread detailing the epic struggle.

Silverlight and Firefox 3

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:46:03 GMT

A post on the status between Silverlight 2 beta and Firefox 3 beta. (Hint: Beta + Beta = Crash)

IE8 vs Firefox 3.0b5 : Javascript Part1

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:46:02 GMT

First Javascript Speed tests of IE8 vs Firefox 3.0b5 using Dromaeo.

Browser Beta Battle IE8 vs Firefox 3.0b5

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:46:02 GMT

A quick comparison of page load times on IE8 vs Firefox 3.0b5

UpdatePanel, FireFox and the DefaultButton

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:42:38 GMT

"... the one thing that was vexing me was the Default Button. It worked like a charm in IE. In Firefox, it behaved like the ugly step sisters. The problem wasn't that it didn't do a postback. That it did. What it didn't do was hit the server side event (the button click event)."

Edit your CSS code live in Internet Explorer and Firefox

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:31:02 GMT

CSSVista is a free Windows application for web developers which lets you edit your CSS code live in both Internet Explorer and Firefox simultaneously. This is like Firebug (CSS only) both in IE & Firefox.

IronMonkey: scripting Firefox natively with IronPython and IronRuby

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:26:38 GMT

IronMonkey has been announced

ClickOnce in Firefox

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:10:54 GMT

ClickOnce support in FireFox via plugin

Prevent postback in FF invoked by textarea enter click (ASP.NET 2.0)

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:46:01 GMT

Solution for bug in MS WebResource.axd javascript. The problem is that when a multiline textbox is put inside panel with DefaultButton set, pressing the enter button while editing text in the textbox submits the form instead of going to new line.

Firefox as an IDE

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:46:01 GMT

"Although I prefer IE7's native speed and feel for day-to-day browsing chores, there's no doubt that Firefox is my primary web development IDE. Whenever I need to troubleshoot HTML, CSS, or JavaScript, I immediately reach for Firefox. That's primarily because of two incredibly powerful developer extensions for Firefox: Web Developer Extension and Firebug"

Make your RSS feeds Auto-Discoverable

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:06:23 GMT

RSS Autodiscovery is a technique that makes it possible for browsers and other software to automatically find a site's RSS feed. This feature is actually support by both Firefox 2.0 and Internet Explorer 7.

Debug and explore AJAX with FireBug

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:16:01 GMT

An article showing in detail how to use a JavaScript debugger to learn about the ASP.NET AJAX framework and solve common problems.

XUL Starter

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:31:01 GMT

Rob Chartier takes a look at XUL : "I wanted to start investigating XUL, Mozillia's version of XAML (actually XAML is a XUL rip off, but thats another story). If you have used Firefox or Thunderbird then you have already used XUL."

Safari and Firefox Support Improved in ASP.NET AJAX Beta2

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:01:04 GMT

Support for drag and drop of ASP.NET 2.0 web parts has been added for Safari and Firefox.

Geek to Live: Top Firefox 2 config tweaks - Lifehacker

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:31:01 GMT

SWEET tips for making Firefox behave like you want it to.

.NET Search Engine - OpenSearch Provider for IE7 and Firefox 2

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:01:01 GMT

I have implemented an OpenSearch provider for the recently created .NET Search Engine (Google Co-op). It will work with IE7 and Firefox 2.

[ Install Now ] (IE7 and Firefox 2 only)