Craig Buckler

Craig Buckler

Craig is a Director of OptimalWorks, a UK consultancy dedicated to building award-winning websites implementing standards, accessibility, SEO, and best-practice techniques.

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Craig Buckler

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Google is forking Webkit to create their own independent rendering engine named Blink. Is this a good thing or a disaster of biblical proportions for the web? Craig discusses Blink further.Read More
 
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We take another look at the desktop and mobile browser usage charts. As Chrome takes another bite from all other browsers, Craig asks whether anyone can compete with Google's browser.Read More
 
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Craig looks at a number of great new features for developers and users in the latest release of Mozilla's flagship browser.Read More
 
 
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Developing web sites and applications on a Mac? Finding it difficult to test Internet Explorer? Microsoft is providing free USB sticks with full copies of Parallels 8, Windows 8 and IE10. Craig looks... Read More
 
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A new technology could reveal your personal information regardless of encryption protocols or other safeguards. Craig looks at how micropulses could compromise online security as we know it.Read More
 
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Designing a website using pen and paper seems counter-intuitive, but Craig thinks sneakpeekit's sketchsheets are a great way to start.Read More
 
ie10
"IE11 will impersonate Firefox!" claim the headlines. Craig reports the latest user agent controversy and why it never has and never will affect your well-coded web sites and applications...Read More
 
 
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Craig isn't happy with the HTML produced by WordPress's wp_tag_cloud() function. In this tutorial he provides a customizable tag cloud generator which can be styled using CSS.Read More
 
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Adobe has closed their online browser testing service with immediate effect. Craig may not understand the reasons, but at least a number of alternatives with free introductory offers are available.Read More
 
WordPress
Why doesn't WordPress permit tags on Pages? Craig never understood the reason so he's provided a few lines of code which enables them.Read More
 
ie10
Internet Explorer 10 is being rolled out to Windows 7 as part of the automated Windows Update. Craig discusses whether this finally ends the tyranny of previous editions.Read More
 
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Google Reader will disappear from the web on July 1, 2013. Craig climbs on his soapbox and asks Google to listen to his plea!Read More
 
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Want an original shuffled paper effect? Try Craig's CSS3 code on your website before everyone does it!Read More
 
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Craig looks at the new HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript editing features in the latest edition of the ever-popular NetBeans IDE.Read More