Archive for the 'Javascript' Category

Prototype 1.5.1 Out! Scriptaculous 1.7.0 *Not* Compatible. :(

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

Congratulations to the Prototype team for rolling out Prototype v1.5.1! :D Sadly, the current stable version of Scriptaculous (v.1.7.0) is not compatible. In Safari, calling any Effect will fill the Javascript console with an infinite number of “Maximum call stack size exceeded.” warnings. You’ll need to run the Scriptaculous v1.7.1 beta 2 to avoid this issue until [...]

Prototype Internet Explorer Gotchas

Sunday, April 15th, 2007

One week into building a technology preview for a new web application, I finally decided to check and “just make sure” that everything was working as well in Windows Internet Explorer as it was working in Safari and Firefox. Imagine my chagrin when the page loaded and was completely blank. Not even a joyous error message [...]

Convert Unix Timestamp to Javascript Date Object

Monday, February 19th, 2007

Passing a timestamp to javascript? Use this to convert it to a Javascript date object: var timeStamp = 10000; var theDate = new Date(timeStamp * 1000); var dateString = theDate.toGMTString();

del.icio.us Isn’t It?

Saturday, October 14th, 2006

Because I chose toyed with the idea of using the very chic Japanese Cherry Blossom template, I was introduced to the del.icio.us bookmarking site yet again. The difference between this time and the last dozen or so times I’ve run across it? This time I signed up and converted. The idea of moving my bookmarks online [...]