One of the things I always liked about Firefox is that you can right-click any canvas and select “save image as”. Chrome and others don’t do that (well, Chrome doesn’t). Instead you need to get the image data, create a url and open a new tab or something in that order. One very simple way […]

Legos by C Slack Web Components are a hot topic now. Creating widgets on the web that are part of the browser’s rendering flow is amazing. So is inheriting from and enhancing existing ones. Don’t like how a SELECT looks or works? Get it and override what you don’t like. With the web consumed on […]

I just got asked why Firefox doesn’t do the same thing as Chrome does when you copy a GIF into a canvas element using drawImage(). The short answer is: Chrome’s behaviour is not according to the spec. Chrome copies the currently visible frame of the GIF whereas Firefox copies the first frame. The latter is […]

On Tuesday, Microsoft announced the end of support for Windows XP. For web developers, this meant much rejoicing as we are finally rid of the yoke that is Internet Explorer 6 and can now use all the cool things HTML5, CSS3 and other tech has to offer. Right? Maybe. When I started web development my […]

Being in the middle a communication nightmare is never fun, but it is an important learning experience. I am sure that most problems start with miscommunication and escalate from there. Say something happens, that you very much disagree with. Someone says something that attacks you personally, your beliefs or a group that you very much […]