Cross browser front-end development is painful. With the three major browser types out there ( IE, Gecko Firefox & Webkit Safari, Chrome) all handling small details ( or larger ones) differently things never work as you want right from the start. With the development of CSS3 all new and useful features are getting integrated into modern browser, but there is a difference in what browser support what. With a big part of the general...

I’ve been working on improving this jQuery slideshow and adding some extra features and automating some processes. Also I’ve added some examples on how to accomplish different kinds of slideshows, with and without autoPlay, custom buttons and descriptions for the different slides. You can find those here: examples. Changes from the previous versions: leadImages option can no longer be used, now calculated...

The biggest WTF moment this week comes from the upcoming movie Iron Sky. I’ve heard about space movies, about nazi movies, about nazi zombies but this is a whole new ball game! Nazi’s from the moon. I’m definitely going to the cinema for this one, probably gonna laugh my ass off. Anyway, see for...

So one problem I ran in to while developing the rvoCarousel plugin was the fact that at some point I need to place the last image as the first or the other way around. To prevent weird results, due to repositioning before the animation has finished, this has to be done after all animations are completed. At first I tested out a method which uses the “:animated” selector. var wait = setInterval(function() { if( !$("#element1,...

So, as you might have seen I’ve been working in web development for a while now. And now its my honor to present my first jQuery plugin ever. It’s based upon an custom image slider I’ve developed for a customer a while ago  but now in a decent, although simple, plugin version. Now what does this actually do? This script will create a basic image slideshow from your html. At this moment sliding through the slideshow is...

It has been a very serious while since I’ve done anything about this little blog but I found it necessary to revive this little site. I’ve been working as a professional web developer for a couple of years  now and have come to so many little insights that can make life as a web dev so much easier. Anyhow, expect some (maybe not so) interesting posts over the coming period! Balf