Monthly Archives: November 2007

Speed up Including Google Analytics

By Zach Leatherman | Published: November 1, 2007
Have you ever noticed that your homepage hangs when including the Google Analytics JavaScript file? I think a few people have noticed a delay. Well, let’s try something different. Let’s create the script node dynamically using DOM methods and put a timeout on this creation so that it inserts just enough delay [...]
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Obscurity, Security, and Captcha

By Zach Leatherman | Published: November 1, 2007
On Ajaxian recently, there have been a few posts touting new and inventive replacements for the more traditional distorted and discolored “What does this image say?” Captcha gatekeeper for your web form. Of course these are all intended to provide a mechanism to tell the difference between an automated web bot that is spamming [...]
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Forward Compatibility and JavaScript

By Zach Leatherman | Published: November 1, 2007
Many developers (myself included) complain endlessly about the problematic ECMAScript implementation that Internet Explorer uses called JScript. And after reading one such very detailed complaint in the comments on Dave Massy’s website at MSDN, and reading Chris Wilson’s post about ECMAScript 3, it has become increasingly obvious of Microsoft’s opinion on the subject of [...]
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