Just to spread the word here and save some of you the frustration.
You may have found out about the smart way to style a file input. Check out the great article on Quirksmode.
Well, it doesn’t work in Opera/Mac. I tried it today with version 9.64. A lucky stumbling upon this article provided the solution.
To make […]
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Opera/Mac File Input Opacity
Generic Parameter Antipattern
Now that I’ve had a chance to work with both Java and .NET generics, I must admit I like the runtime presence of generics in .NET. Java generics exist only to enhance compiler time checks and type erasure removes these from the binary class file — in all but metadata form for IDE code completion. […]
Mac, Parallels and the Trash
Items on a Parallels virtual disk deleted from Mac’s finder and not from the guest operating system become stuck in Mac’s trash. It’s Parallels’ fault, but there’s no fix to this problem, even on build 5608 (June 9, 2008). To solve this issue, start Parallels, then drag the problem files from the Mac trash to […]
Programming Language Guidelines
The coder Mihai has switched back and forth between C# and Java a few times now. Whenever switching, you notice how your brain gets used to the conventions used hitherto… I just recently began work on yet another Java project and was being pounded with IDEA’s error highlights on the (lowercase) “string” variables. You get […]
C# var - Good or Bad?
Years ago, someone on Undernet’s #java was telling us that his Java methods followed an old C pattern: variable declarations at the top, code to initialize and use the variables down below. (Surprisingly similar to the var debate, isn’t it?) Is it good, or bad? Well, if variable names are cryptic enough that you can’t […]