Happy Halloween
October 29th, 2006
Gwyneth Ivy Robertson
October 18th, 2006
Gwyneth Ivy Robertson was born on Tuesday, October 17th, 2006 at 7:20 a.m. at the Guelph General Hospital. She weighed in at 7 pounds 14 ounces. We are thrilled to announce the safe arrival of our little beauty. Mom, Dad, Liam and Gwyneth are all doing well and resting at home…
...continue readingX-Ray and Professor X Updated for Firefox 2
October 4th, 2006
In advance of the general release of Firefox version 2, I’ve updated both the X-Ray and Professor X extensions to work with the new browser. You can either download the updated versions here at DesignMeme.com or get them from the official Firefox Addons site.
Thanks again to everyone who has emailed to say they’ve found these extensions useful and offered suggestions for future versions. While I would have liked to have provided some new features in these updates, I’ve been focused on other things the past few months. My wife and I are expecting our second child, and we’re now in the final days counting down to the new arrival! It’s a very exciting time, and we’re really looking forward to meeting the new baby.
SIR Image Replacement
July 10th, 2006
CSS techniques for replacing text with an image have been around for a few years, allowing web designers greater options for styling text on a page. Early approaches turned out not to work as expected with Screen Readers, making the text less accessible than normal. In response, a variety of different approaches have been suggested—many involving extra span tags, lengthy CSS, or both.
Here’s my suggestion for an Image Replacement technique that’s accessibe, requires no additional HTML tags, and uses a tiny amount of CSS.
X-Ray Update for Firefox and Flock
June 21st, 2006
The X-Ray extension, which lets you see the underlying tag structure of a webpage, has been updated to version 0.8. X-Ray is now compatible with both Firefox and the new Flock Browser which recently moved into public beta.
The new version of X-Ray adds support for displaying tags for table, tr, script and a few other elements! Tags will now show both ID and Class details if they exist. The update also improves compatibility with the new Professor X Extension—also available for both Firefox and Flock.
Professor X Extension for Firefox
June 19th, 2006
My second Firefox extension is ready for download today! Professor X let’s you see inside a page’s head without viewing the sourcecode. This is the companion extension to X-Ray which reveals the underlying code within a page’s body, although either extension can be installed and used on its own.Once installed the Professor X command is available by right-clicking as well as in the Tools menu. When applied to a page it will display the contents of the page’s head element, including Meta, Script and Style content. This can help you see how a website was constructed without having to go back and forth between the sourcecode and the page in your browser.
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