Browser quirk enlightenment

Browser quirk enlightenment posted 31st October 2003

The inimitable Peter-Paul Koch has just released QuirksMode, a huge resource exploring, explaining and working around the vagaries of browser support for CSS and JavaScript.
And it’s been a while, but this Friday is back with more Half Man Half Biscuit:

I’ve just finished decorating.
It was very irritating
And I know they’re going to come around tonight
And I know they’re going to say to me tonight,
“It makes the room look bigger.”

From It Makes The Room Look Bigger on Saucy Haulage Ballads.

Structure, presentation & behaviour: By the miracle of coincidence, the latest issue of Digital Web has a fine article describing the issues I tried to overcome with the Clagnut drop-down menu, as discussed in my previous post.
Discovering DOM scripting: DOM scripting is much more than getElementById. Elements can be isolated and manipulated without having an id at all. To demonstrate this I’ve put together a simple script which redefines the styles of a class.
Lists and more lists: Russ Wealkley of Max Design has created Listamatic, a great resource showing how to apply CSS styles to lists. There’s heaps of examples with the CSS exposed, including a version of my own tabs as a list effort. What’s more, it’s in the spirit of the Zen…
DOM Scripting Resources: Are there any useful DOM scripting references out there?
Bug Report, Design Engaged and PowerPoint: PPK has a new browser resource called Bug Report. Design Engaged looked to be hugely successful and fascinating (link to a terrific animation). Veen talks about the difficulty of ditching the PowerPoint mentality.