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22
Feb
To mobile or not to mobile; that is the question
written by Shane Vincent
Statistics tell us that about 80% of Canadians use a mobile phone, with roughly one quarter of them being smart phones (iPhone, Android, Blackberry etc). Every day, more and more people are accessing the web on their mobile device while on the go. When you consider that mobile plans run their course on 3 year cycles, with options to renew/upgrade sooner, my prediction is that within the next three years you will see a large increase in mobile browsing rates using smart phones such as the iPhone. The question isn't to mobile or not to mobile? The question becomes how can I get mobile right now...
03
Jan
Safari's Web Inspector
written by Shane Vincent
In my last post I outlined some of the benefits of Safari in your day to day browsing. Today I'm going to highlight a lesser-known feature of Safari that might just be the first step in considering Safari for web development as well.
In my opinion, the single biggest barrier to using Safari in the web development profession is its lack of the Firebug extension. If you haven't heard of it already, Firebug is a tool for browsing and manipulating the CSS, HTML, and JavaScript of any web page, on the fly. This, as you could imagine is an invaluable tool for us developers. I can honestly say that...