jQuery Script to Automatically Preload images from CSS
"When we first launched the lab, we released a jQuery plugin that automatically preloads all images referenced in CSS files. We've found the script to be incredibly helpful in developing snappy applications where images are always ready when we need them. This post describes a significant update to the script which will make it even easier to integrate in existing projects."
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How To Minimize Your Javascript and CSS Files for Faster Page Loads
Over the last 11 years I've spent a great deal of time trying to improve client websites with an eye for minimalist interface design and code. While the minimalist design esthetic is not the choice for every client the notion of less code and faster load times always goes over well. Today, many of web applications I design and code for have a plethora of Javascript and CSS files. Fortunately, there are many options to solve this rather simple problem. Compression, obfuscation and bundling are all great options.
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Dynamically loading an external JavaScript or CSS file
The conventional way to loading external JavaScript and CSS files on a page is to stick a reference to them in the HEAD section of your page. Files that are called this way are added to the page as they are encountered in the page's source, or synchronously. For the most part, this setup meets our needs just fine, though in the world of synchronous Ajax design patterns, the ability to also fire up JavaScript/ CSS on demand is becoming more and more handy. In this tutorial, lets see how it's done.
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Bundle-Fu - Bundle Your JS/CSS Assets in 10 Seconds or Less
Web 2.0 sites have lots of tiny javascript/css files, which causes one extra round trip per file to the server and back! This is bad! Bundle-fu throws it all up into a big package and sends it out all at once.
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Low Contrast Websites, Bad Kitty!
Have you ever gone to a website from your favorite search engine looking for some information you need only to find it, and the text is unreadable? Low contrast websites have gone from the realm of art and design sites to the mainstream at an alarming rate.
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Facilitate User Experience with CSS Compression
How would you like to decrease the load time of your bloated CSS file by up to 85% in less than five minutes?"
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Simple CSS Imput Field Color Changer
Have you ever wondered how websites change the color of their input fields when you click on them? Here is an easy to use method you can implement in less than Five Minutes!
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Filtering Your CSS for Safari 1.2
On a recent project I found a need to apply a single style rule to Safari. Initially I turned up a great link to dithered.com which has all known CSS filters. Unfortunately, I could not locate one that filtered for Safari only.
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Designing With AJAX: CSS and AJAX Web page Transition
I've always loved the page transitions in flash but, being a devotee of tableless CSS, I've never used them in my own, or my client's sites. In steps AJAX. There are many ways to fade object in AJAX, but how do you apply that to your web page? Here is a simple technique that anyone can use.
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