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January 28, 2004

CSS: Use Type Selectors

By using simple, high-level selectors you can simplify your style sheets. Type selectors and the "universal" selector (*) match every instance of the element type in the document tree. You can use the pattern matching built into CSS to make your style sheets work for you. more »

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January 21, 2004

US Broadband Penetration Jumps to 42.85%

Overall, broadband grew by 1.31 percentage points in December, with 42.85% of Internet-connected U.S. households enjoying a high-speed connection. 57.15% of US home users dial into the Internet with "narrowband" connections of 56Kbps or less. Worldwide, the U.S. ranks 11th in broadband penetration among developed nations, according to a recent UN study. more »

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January 16, 2004

JavaScript: Defer Execution

First introduced by Internet Explorer 4, the defer attribute of the script element is now part of the HTML 4 and XHTML specifications. The defer attribute gives a hint to the browser that the script does not create any content so the browser can optionally defer interpreting the script. This can improve performance by delaying execution of scripts until after the body content is parsed and rendered. more »

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January 12, 2004

CSS: Group Common Styles into Shared Classes

You can group styles common to different rules into their own classes to save repeating yourself. CSS2-compliant browsers can reference multiple classes within individual elements. more »

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