Synarchy Design

Hey everyone, I would like to announce that I have installed a new style. The header image from the last style was lost somehow and so I decided to add this for a while at least. Any feedback appreciated!

-Kevin

Hey guys! I have a great announcement to make. jQuery, the awesome javascript framework turned 3 years old today. Thanks to John Resig, who actually started this as a side project, we now have one of the best Open Source Software available. With this release, there are many new features, including:

• Sizzle: A sizzlin’ hot CSS selector engine.
• Live Events: Event delegation with a jQuery twist.
• jQuery Event Overhaul: Completely rewired to simplify event handling.
• HTML Injection Rewrite: Lightning-fast HTML appending.
• Offset Rewrite: Super-quick position calculation.
• No More Browser Sniffing: Using feature detection to help jQuery last for many more years to come.

You can find more information on the jQuery Blog, here.

Hey guys,

I recently had the pleasure in interviewing Dion Almaer, creator of Ajaxian. You can see the article I wrote with our Q&A session over at Nettuts. Enjoy!

-Kevin

For anyone interested in Javascript and possibly jQuery, I created a nice little plugin that allows you to insert scripts (JS, CSS, etc…) and other data into the header whenever you want. More than likely, you will be using this to insert stuff right after the page loads. By removing your scripts and inserting them after the page finish lets your browser load it faster by loading the necessary objects first. For those thinking about the defer attribute in html script tags, IT DOESN’T WORK!!

The bad thing about defer is that you cannot use document.write in a tag that uses this. Also, not all browsers support this. It was just added to Firefox 3.1, so you could only imagine.

If you want to find the script, you can do so here.

Hi everyone!

I recently wrote an article for Flash and Flex Developer Magazine about Adobe’s Flash 10 “Astro” and some of the new advancements made to the player. This magazine is great and I even recommend it to all those studying or interested in Flash.

If you purchase the January 2009 issue, I will give you guys a sneak peak and access to the private beta to a secret application I am making that many of you, especially freelancers, will use.

You can find the details here.

-Kevin.