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The DevEdge RSS-News Ticker Toolbar

Marcio Galli — 14 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT

The DevEdge news ticker toolbar is an extension for the Netscape 7.1 browser. This toolbar displays headlines for articles from DevEdge, C|Net and NYT. The toolbar extension was created based on the DevEdge Toolbar technote.

What's New in Netscape 7.1 for Web Developers

Bob Clary — 30 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Netscape 7.1 promises to quickly become the dominant Netscape browser. Learn about the new features for web developers available in Netscape 7.1.

Windows Media Player in Netscape 7.1

Arun Ranganathan, Bob Clary, Ian Oeschger — 30 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT

This article describes how to use the Microsoft Windows Media Player ActiveX control in Netscape 7.1 on Windows.

Using the :target selector

Eric Meyer — 30 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT

When a URL points at a specific piece of a document, it can be difficult to ascertain. Fnd out how you can use some simple CSS to draw attention to the target of a URL and improve the user's experience.

Fighting Junk Mail with Netscape 7.1

Eric Meyer — 30 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Is your mail account drowning in a flood of spam? Netscape 7.1 includes built-in junk mail filtering that you can train to meet your specific needs. Eric Meyer share his experiences with making the junk mail controls more effective, and looks at other preferences you might want to set to keep your account safe.

Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) Support in Netscape 7.1/Mozilla 1.4

Katsuhiko Momoi — 03 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Beginning with Netscape 7.1 (Mozilla 1.4), support for Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) is built in the browser. This article presents a brief history of IDN and how IDN works in Netscape 7.1 (Mozilla 1.4) as the user types in a non-ASCII domain name or click on a link containing a non-ASCII domain name.

Revealing Accesskey Information

Stuart Robertson — 20 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Accesskeys can make a Web page much more usable, but they're usually so thoroughly hidden that nobody knows they're available, let alone what they are. Contributor Stuart Robinson shows how generated content can be used to make accesskey information visible, and therefore useful as well as usable.

Accessing Web Services In Netscape 7.1/Mozilla 1.4 Using WSDL Proxying

Doron Rosenberg — 30 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how to access web services in Netscape 7.1/Mozilla 1.4 using WSDL proxying from JavaScript.

The Search for the Missing Link

Stuart Robertson — 30 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Sometimes, a Web design can make links look so much like regular text that it's hard to see a difference between the two. Contributor Stuart Robertson shows how to take advantage of CSS hover styles to make the links stand out.

How to Turn Off Form Autocompletion

Katsuhiko Momoi, Arun Ranganathan — 23 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT

This technote discusses how a web site can prevent Netscape Gecko-based browsers (such as Mozilla and Netscape 7) from remembering form and password field information in session history cache and also how to prevent the user from being prompted by the browser to store this information.

Standards-Based Collapsible Table of Contents Widget (CTOCWidget)

Bob Clary — 20 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how XML and the W3C DOM were used to create the collapsible tree widgets used in the tables of content for the JavaScript Guide and Reference additions to the DevEdge MultiBar Sidebar tab.

Inner-Browsing: Extending Web Browsing the Navigation Paradigm

Marcio Galli, Roger Soares, Ian Oeschger — 16 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT

This article introduces a paradigm where navigation and access to information occurs inside a web page - as opposed to the traditional model where a new web page is sent to the web browser when new information is requested.

How to Implement a Netscape MultiBar Sidebar Tab

Doron Rosenberg — 13 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how to create your own version of DevEdge's MultiBar sidebar tab to reuse on your own site.

The Importance of Correct Commenting

19 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Learn why writing correct comments is crucial in Gecko in standards mode and in all XML content.

The XSLT/JavaScript Interface In Gecko

Doron Rosenberg — 09 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Learn about Gecko's XSLT/JavaScript bindings and how to use the power of XSLT from JavaScript.

Case Study in a Successful Standards-Based Migration

Jeremy Stanton — 09 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Contributor Jeremy Stanton of Media Farm LLC outlines the steps they took to solve a client's design and performance issues through application of standards-based coding practices, and provides general best practices to help other web managers make a similar migration.

Using Breakpoints in Venkman

Robert Ginda, Ian Oeschger — 02 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT

This article describes breakpoints in JavaScript and how to use the Venkman JavaScript debugger to set and examine breakpoints.

Scripting Plugins: Macromedia Flash

Arun Ranganathan — 01 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT

This article discusses scripting the Macromedia Flash plugin -- that is, exposing the plugin to JavaScript so the Flash plugin can access the JavaScript functions in the HTML page.

Styling the Amazing Netscape Fish Cam Page

Eric Meyer — 25 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT

A classic reborn! The Amazing Netscape Fish Cam Page has been restructured and restyled for the new millenium, ditching tables for strong and accessible markup. Take a cruise through one aspect of the redesign with master styler Eric Meyer.

Using Mozilla in Testing and Debugging Web Sites

11 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Learn about features in Mozilla which allow you to quickly find and debug errors in your web site and web applications.

Tips For Authoring Fast-loading HTML Pages

Bob Clary — 04 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Learn common-sense tips for producing HTML pages which load quickly and provide visitor satisfaction.

Rich-Text Editing in Mozilla 1.3

Doron Rosenberg — 01 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Learn about the designMode implementation in Mozilla 1.3 which converts HTML documents into rich-text editing widgets.

An Interview With Mike Davidson of ESPN (Part 2)

Eric A. Meyer — 28 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT

In the second part of a two-part interview, Mike Davidson of ESPN.com gets into the nuts and bolts of standards-based redesign as he talks about code changes, points out the limitations of CSS-driven layout, discusses ways to gather intelligent redesign feedback, shares advice for designers, and much more.

An Interview With Mike Davidson of ESPN (Part 1)

Eric A. Meyer — 21 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT

ESPN.com, one of the Web's biggest sports-related Web sites, is moving to standards-based, non-table layout. When so prominent a Web site makes such a move, what does it mean to them and to the rest of us? We talk with ESPN's Mike Davidson about the change, the decisions, the benefits, and a whole lot more in the first part of a two-part interview.

The Business Benefits of Web Standards

Tristan Nitot — 21 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Refer to - and copy from - this article if you need to make a business case for creating cross-browser, standards-based websites and applications.

Choosing Standards Compliance Over Proprietary Practices

Beth Epperson — 21 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Learn why conforming to open technology standards external to an organization is just as important following internal procedural standards.

Interacting with Viewpoint Content via JavaScript

Marcio Galli — 20 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how to use JavaScript to enable Netscape Gecko browsers to interact with the Viewpoint plugin to create rich media experiences and dynamic, 3D content.

SOAP in Netscape Gecko-based Browsers

Doron Rosenberg — 14 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how to use SOAP in Netscape Gecko to access web services.

DevEdge Redesign FAQ

Eric A. Meyer — 07 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Since the initial launch of our no-table redesign, we've gotten some questions about what we did and why we did it. Wondering how we got the URLs to show up in printouts? Puzzled by our font-sizing choices? The answers await.

Issues Arising From Arbitrary-Element Hover

Eric A. Meyer — 21 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Thanks to long-standing limitations, we're used to thinking of hover styles as applying only to hyperlinks, which has led to some sloppy authoring practices that are now causing problems for some Web sites. This technote explains the source of the problems and how to avoid encountering them.

Properly Using CSS and JavaScript in XHTML Documents

Bob Clary — 14 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Learn why using inline style and script tags in XHTML is a problem and how to avoid it.

Prefetching Content for Increased Performance

Doron Rosenberg — 28 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how to optimize download speeds of your webpages using link prefetching.

Properly Configuring Server MIME Types

Bob Clary — 20 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT

MIME types are intended to be used to inform user agents about the media types of documents contained in email and on the web. Learn why properly configuring your web server and using a web browser such as Netscape 7.x which respects the reported MIME type of media is important for the quality of experience of your visitors as well as their security.

Netscape DevEdge Redesigns As Standards Showcase

Eric Meyer, Susie Wyshak — 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Netscape DevEdge now showcases efficient, accessible cross-browser design. A tableless, CSS-driven design lets the visitor choose their preferred theme and incorporates a host of other improvements. Learn more in this look at some key features.

Netscape DevEdge Redesign: JavaScript

Bob Clary — 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Learn about the use of JavaScript in Netscape's DevEdge which is used to extend pure CSS-based menus to support most modern browsers.

Netscape DevEdge Redesign: CSS

Eric Meyer — 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT

A look at the CSS that drives the newly redesigned DevEdge, including some of the workarounds necessary for supporting browsers that don't have sufficiently advanced CSS implementations.

XSLT in Netscape Gecko

Doron Rosenberg — 30 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how XSLT 1.0 transformations can be run inside Netscape Gecko based clients such as Netscape 7.x as well as other XSLT 1.0 compliant browsers. The article also shows how to generate HTML from an XML source.

Correctly Using Titles With External Stylesheets

Eric A. Meyer — 30 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Improper use of the title attribute can cause external stylesheets to be ignored by browsers. Find out how this can happen and how to avoid it in your documents.

Tracking Gecko Browser Statistics

Bob Clary — 30 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how to accurately track website visitors using Netscape Gecko-based browsers.

Displaying DevEdge Pages in Your Favorite Language

Katsuhiko Momoi — 13 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT

This article explains how to set browser language preferences to take advantage of the language negotiation feature on DevEdge.

Popup Window Controls and Your Website

Bob Clary — 05 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Netscape 7.01 allows users to control most unsolicited attempts to open new windows such as popup and popunder windows. Learn how to detect Popup Controls, how to ask your readers to enable popups for your site and how to get the benefits of popup windows without using popup windows.

Fixing Table Inheritance in Quirks Mode

Eric A. Meyer — 26 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT

When in quirks mode, Gecko-based browsers will appear to ignore inheritance of font styles into tables from parent elements. Find out why this happens and how to fix it in documents that have to remain in quirks mode.

Using the Right Markup to Invoke Plugins

Arun K. Ranganathan — 14 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how to use the object element, the embed element, and the applet element to invoke plugins and Java in Netscape Gecko browsers.

Bypassing Security Restrictions and Signing Code

Arun K. Ranganathan — 11 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Use Netscape/Mozilla preferences to selectively relax security restrictions for particlar web sites.

Creating a Toolbar for Netscape 7.x

Doron Rosenberg — 08 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how to create and install a toolbar for Netscape 7.x using XUL and JavaScript.

Conference Presentation: Web Standards and The Future of The Web

Arun Ranganathan — 07 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Presentation given at the Meet The Makers conference about "Web Standards and the Future of the Web". Covers topics such as XML/CSS, SOAP and web services.

Configuring Your Verisign Certificates to Avoid Warnings

Arun Ranganathan — 07 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how to configure Verisign certificates to avoid displaying warnings in Netscape Gecko.

An Interview With Douglas Bowman of Wired News

Eric A. Meyer — 11 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT

On October 11, 2002, Wired News launched a major new redesign based on XHTML 1.0 and no tables. Find out how they did it, and what benefits and drawbacks this design entailed, in an in-depth interview with Douglas Bowman of Wired News.

Fixing Incorrectly Sized List Item Markers

Eric A. Meyer — 07 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT

An obscure bug in Gecko causes list-item markers to be differently sizeed than the text of the list item, but there is a fix authors can use. Learn how to correctly size list item markers in Gecko 0.9.4, the basis of Netscape 6.2.x and CompuServe 7.

Venkman, the new JavaScript Debugger for Netscape 7.x

Ian Oeschger, Robert Ginda — 04 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Get an introduction to Venkman, the cross-platform JavaScript debugger for Netscape 7.x and Mozilla

Consistent List Indentation

Eric A. Meyer — 30 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Trying to change the indentation of lists with CSS is trickier than it looks, but only because CSS-conformant browsers took different paths to default indentation. Find out how to get them all in line.

Netscape Gecko Compatibility Handbook

16 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT

How to diagnose and avoid common web site problems with Netscape 7.x, AOL for Mac OS X and other browsers based on the Netscape Gecko embeddable browser

Defining Cross-Browser Tooltips

Eric A. Meyer — 16 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Authors are used to having alt text appear as a "tooltip" above images, but that's not how it was meant to be used. Learn how to define "tooltips" in a cross-browser, standards-friendly way.

Styling Abbreviations and Acronyms

Eric A. Meyer — 09 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT

The HTML elements abbr and acronym are useful accessibility aids, but their styling can come as a surprise to authors. See how you can take control of their presentation without sacrificing the benefits these elements provide.

My Sidebar Developer's Guide

08 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT

This guide is intended for content developers who wish to create tabs for the sidebar, a component of Netscape 6/7. The guide contains technical descriptions of the tab concept, design and development processes, as well as sample code.

XPInstall Guidelines for Plugin Installations

Arun K. Ranganathan — 05 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Learn about how to seamlessly install plugins to Netscape Gecko browsers.

Netscape Gecko Plugin Overview

Arun K. Ranganathan — 31 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Learn about changes in Netscape Gecko's plugin architecture vs. the Netscape 4 generation and recommended plugin development strategies.

Netscape Gecko User Agent Strings

Bob Clary — 30 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT

List of released user agents based upon Netscape Gecko^TM

Browser Detection and Cross Browser Support

Bob Clary — 10 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Improper browser detection can lead to web maintenance nightmares. Rethinking the basics of when and how to detect user agents is crucial to creating maintainable, cross browser web content.

Incorrect MIME Type for CSS Files

Tristan Nitot — 18 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT

In standards mode, Netscape Gecko requires that Web Servers report the proper MIME type of text/css for CSS files. Learn how to properly configure your web server's CSS Mime Type to support Netscape Gecko.

Bookmark Keywords

Eric A. Meyer — 15 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Practically every Web surfer has bookmarks, of course, and power users have hundreds stuffed into folders within folders. In addition to being pointers to useful resources, bookmarks in Mozilla can be used to turn the address bar itself a power tool. Searches, lookups, package tracking, and word definitions can all be retrieved from user-customized bookmarks.

Understanding Underlines

Eric A. Meyer — 05 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Understanding the CSS declaration text-decoration: underline; and how it is supposed to work according to the CSS standard can be tricky. Learn how to properly use text-decorations in CSS compliant browsers as well as other not so compliant browsers.

Giving 'cursor' a Hand

Eric A. Meyer — 30 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Netscape 6 and Mozilla support cursor quite nicely, but that's not true of some other browsers. Happily, there's a fix. Find out how to get a hand from multiple browsers when you use this property.

background-position Keyword Order

Eric A. Meyer — 04 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Learn about a work around for bug 124192 in Netscape 6.2/Mozilla 0.9.8 where keyword order in the CSS background-position property can affect Netscape 6.2/Mozilla.

Images, Tables, and Mysterious Gaps

Eric A. Meyer — 21 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Are your page designs suddenly plauged by mysterious gaps beneath images in Netscape 6+ and Mozilla? Do these gaps appear and disappear depending on your page's document type? We feel your frustration, but try to make up for it with a thorough explanation of why this happens, and give you ways to work around this surprising effect of Mozilla's CSS implementation.

Upgrading DHTML pages with xbStyle

Marcio Galli — 04 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT

A case study in using the xbStyle example API to port and existing script to support Netscape Gecko.

Updating DHTML Web Pages for next generation browsers

23 Jul 2001 00:00:00 GMT

What you need to know about the layer tag, document.all, and other proprietary extensions and how to work with them in a cross browser world.

The XML Binding Language

23 Jul 2001 00:00:00 GMT

XBL is the XML Binding Language. You can use XBL to add styles, properties and methods to existing HTML elements, as well as create and define new tags with their own set of styles, properties and methods.

Notes on TLS/SSL 3.0 Intolerant Servers

Katsuhiko Momoi — 27 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT

Learn how incorrectly implemented SSL 3.0 implementations can cause problems for your web site visitors.

Case Sensitivity in class and id Names

Eric A. Meyer — 05 Mar 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Although CSS is itself case-insensitive, class and ID names are defined to be case-sensitive in HTML 4.01. Find out how this wrinkle can affect your site design and best practices to avoid any problems.

Liberty! Equality! Validity!

Eric A. Meyer — 05 Mar 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Document validation is the single most important tool an author has available. Validating not only makes sure your documents are well-formed, but makes them more robust and ready for the future. Get the details on common validation errors and how to fix your documents so you can avoid them.

Underscores in class and ID Names

Eric A. Meyer — 05 Mar 2001 00:00:00 GMT

The use of the underscore character in CSS can lead to major display problems in multiple browsers. Learn why this is so, and how to keep your sites from being bitten by this problem.

DevEdge International

This page provides a brief introduction to DevEdge International and its generalconcepts.