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Decision time for European Windows users

It’s finally coming. Many months ago, Microsoft lost an argument with the European Commission, the result of which is that it has to give Windows users a choice of which browser to use on their system, instead of just installing Internet Explorer 8 and leaving it up to users to go and find, then install, [...]

Should IE6 be allowed to die?

If you’re a web designer or developer, you’ll be familiar with the plethora of websites set up for no other purpose than to persuade people who still use Internet Explorer 6 to upgrade to a newer version or switch to a non-Microsoft browser. Take a look at IE6nomore, IE6 Update, and there are many more. [...]

Non-standard image/pjpeg mimetype on IE

Here’s a lovely little Internet Explorer “feature” that may have web developers cursing, so I figured I would write a brief post about it in the hope that IE doesn’t waste an hour of your life like it did mine. If you develop in PHP and need to add image upload functionality to a project, [...]

WordPress Plugin – Hide Update

Sometimes you need to be able to hide the update notices in the WordPress admin pages. One example is when your clients have sufficient admin access to see them, but you don’t want them to try an upgrade and risk destroying the site if something goes wrong. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, right? [...]

Why I don’t release WordPress themes

As a web developer who is gradually focussing more and more on WordPress as my preferred technology platform, I release plugins from time to time, if I believe they might be suitable for general use. I’ve only released two so far, but I am sure there will be more in the near future. In fact, [...]