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Robert Nyman has an interesting short article on using conditional compilation in JavaScript to detect Internet Explorer.

Firebug 1.2 is in BETA and recommended for Firefox 3.

Robert Nyman’s How to hide and show initial content, depending on whether JavaScript support is available - very handy.

If you’re not a regular listener of the Boagworld weekly web design / development podcast then you need to subscribe to it. They’ve had a month off and are back with episode 116 and a new site redesign - don’t mention the cows because its the part Paul didn’t design and everyone mentions it. They also provide a full written transcript on their podcast page. And don’t mention Paul’s new way of referencing his supporting links in the podcast (in human non-friendly terms), we’re all smarter than that right. Ha ha.

Seriously, if you’re a professional in this industry this is a staple of your diet. Get to it.

How to effectively use JavaScript Event Delegation to reduce code and increase efficiency.

Chris Heilmann has a rave about the problems with using Ajax the wrong way and the sudden surprise in some quarters about this well trodden truth. I, for one, get a bit of a laugh about the return of good old DHTML (once a dirty word) under a new flag. Used well Ajax can enhance a product but for some reason there’s a human tendency out there to over-use good things and make them bad things. OK Chris says it better.

Robert Nyman has an interesting conversation running about JavaScript loop performance. Basically, as he points out, its far more efficient to create a variable and test on that in your loops rather than making a recalculation every iteration.

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