NovoGeek's Blog (Archive)

Technical insights of a web geek

Tables Vs Divs...what to chose for better UI?

I was lucky enough in getting a chance to solve certain browser compatibility issues in UI design of a certain web project. The problem is, they are using "div" tags to hold content, but these tags are not styled properly with CSS. As most of the UI designers (who, like me,  are addic... [More]

Unobtrusive JavaScript with jQuery

Last night my friend Deepak called me from UK(onsite) and asked me how a web application(with javascript) can be made to behave normally even though javascript is disabled in the browser. Though I saw this phrase "Unobtrusive Javascript" many times, I din't bot... [More]

Speed up your web pages with YSlow!

Caught this beautiful firefox plugin, YSlow on delicious and thought it's worth mentioning here. From Yahoo Developer Network - YSlow analyzes web pages and tells you why they're slow based on the rules for high performance web sites. YSlow is a Firefox add-on integrated with the popular... [More]

The Ultimate JavaScript book for the modern Web Developer!

I was lucky to get a copy of the book Pro Javascript Techniques written by my hero, John Resig. Initially, I thought it is just another routine book on javascript. But believe me, the first few pages of it will change ur notion of javascript from a mere validation stuff to a gr8 programming f... [More]

Happy Birthday to jQuery!

 jQuery is three years old today, after being released way back on January 14th, 2006 at the first BarCampNYC by John Resig. Below are the big features of this release (taken from jQuery's blog): Sizzle: A sizzlin’ hot CSS selector engine. Live Events: Event delegation with ... [More]

The Future of .NET Languages

Check this link to learn more about the future of .net languages. You will learn more about .Net framework 4.0, Co-Evolution of VB.NET & C#, Dynamic Language Runtime(DLR) and more... Also, make it a point to visit the official site of Microsoft PDC 2008, if you have not gone ... [More]

Add context menu option to Copy/Move a folder in Windows.

First of all, Wish you a Happy New Year 2009! Hope the software industry quickly comes out of recession in this year :) Last night, my friend was boasting about a software, which creates a context menu option to copy/move a folder when you right click on a folder in Windows. I was searching fo... [More]

Top 100 Living Geniuses!

Found this interesting link which shows 100 living geniuses as of Oct 2007. Quite interesting to see the persons sharing the "43rd" place! Here is the link.  

Top 100 Living Geniuses!

Found this interesting link which shows 100 living geniuses as of Oct 2007. Quite interesting to see the persons sharing the "43rd" place! Here is the link.