HTML5 Speech to Text Features in Webkit
One of the coolest features of HTML5 is the ability to do Speech-to-Text, natively in your web browser. Google’s Chrome leads the way as they’ve implemented this feature in their lastest Chrome...
View ArticleMozilla Accelerates Firefox Version Release Schedule
If you’re a Firefox user, you may have noticed it took quite a long time to get your hands on Firefox 4 (it was released March 22, 2011 and came almost 15 months after Firefox 3.6). That’s because...
View ArticleViewing JSON requests in Internet Explorer 8+
When developing high end web applications which use a JSON proxy or service, you’ll probably find using Chrome, Safari or Firefox w/ Firebug to be the best for development use… I rarely use IE8/9...
View ArticleDetecting IE9’s Document Mode using Javascript
I was experiencing some issues with IE9 and an HTML page – only when the browser was set to “Document Mode: IE9 standards” in the Developer Tools (F12) menu option. I had the need to do some smart...
View ArticleMozilla Firefox 5 Released 3 Days Early
If you’re anxious to do some testing of the final release version of Mozilla’s Firefox 5, start your download engines! Visit the Mozilla FTP Servers and grab your platform’s version. Firefox 5 Root FTP...
View ArticleGoogle Releases Chrome 13 – Doomsday Approaches
I can’t believe Google has reached version 13, when version 1 was released just a few years ago… I can remember reading about the first release while at the Las Vegas airport waiting for my flight back...
View ArticleDetecting Browser Type on the Server in Java / JSP
Client-Side Browser Detection When trying to determine what browser your web users are using, there are several schools of thought. Parse the User-Agent string, use conditional comments for IE, or...
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