Extra Credit on Graded Browser Support with Zend Framework
Over at Tournology, I’ve written a blog post about enhancing Graded Browser Support to provide a better experience rewarding visitors using cutting edge web browsers. Check it out if you’re interested in Zend Framework or Yahoo’s Graded Browser Support strategy.
jQuery Bug: IE reports incorrect $.browser.version
I’ve witnessed installations of IE where the navigator.userAgent reported both MSIE 6.0 and MSIE 7.0 in the same string, when Internet Explorer 7 is the one that’s really installed. Turns out, this is problematic for jQuery version 1.2.6, as it parses the double version userAgent as Internet Explorer 6, which may cause problems with your code if you’re using $.browser.version.
You can monitor the jQuery bug in the bug tracker, or see the original
Dear IE6: Please Cache my Images.
A few months ago, I took on a new role at Union Pacific Railroad as the lead architect for an internal project: a Union Pacific UI Library used in our IT department on all new web-based projects. Based on jQuery, it is similar to a project like jQuery UI, but it has a few more components and they’re branded to our color scheme and programmed to our usability requirements.
The project has
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