March 2008

chrisharrison.net

Research showing that changing how a progress bar animates makes an unchanged wait feel shorter to the person watching it.

modjs.org

An abandoned proof-of-concept Apache module that executes ECMAScript on the server, with an interface loosely modelled on perl's CGI.pm.

martinfowler.com

An explanation of how lightweight containers wire components together, comparing constructor, setter and interface injection against the Service Locator alternative.

softwareishard.com

A Firebug extension adding a Cookies tab that lists, inspects, edits, exports and logs the cookies of the page being viewed.

gosquared.com

A free set of 77 vector buttons in Adobe Illustrator format, offered for use in web and interface design.

ejohn.org

A developer's review of the JavaScript and DOM improvements shipping in the first Internet Explorer 8 beta.

smashingmagazine.com

A showcase of free, high-quality desktop and web icon sets, each listed with its licence terms for personal and commercial use.

smashingmagazine.com

A collection of fifty CSS techniques, ideas and ready-to-use solutions aimed at everyday coding problems.

smashingmagazine.com

A roundup of 53 CSS techniques and tutorials collected as a working reference for front-end developers.

ilia.ws

Conference slides introducing PHP 5.3, largely devoted to its new namespace support — syntax, resolution order, several namespaces per file, and how autoload behaves.

linuxgazette.net

A walkthrough of building a Linux process that even root cannot stop, using a loop-mounted ISO, an inittab respawn entry and a patched init.