Author Archives: Cyril

Private navigation browser for iPhone / iPad

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Cyril

Ok – I’ve found a great app to browse the web on iPhone and iPad that supports incognito mode : Private. Private is a private navigation only browser : you open it and you surf, but as soon as you … Continue reading →

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addEventListener and cleanup with removeEventListener

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Cyril

Add/Remove events listeners to/from an object In javascript, you can easily add events on obejct using addEventListener method, and remove them with removeEventListener. Example : Click-me function p712_onclick() {   alert(’You clicked on me’);   // Remove listener   this.removeEventListener(’click’, … Continue reading →

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Booking.com easter egg in headers

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Cyril

I must admit I really was surprised ! I was looking at booking.com headers and here is what I read : X-Recruiting: Like HTTP headers? Come write ours: booking.com/jobs That is really a special way to speak about its jobs … Continue reading →

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:nth-child() CSS property

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Cyril

Today, I’d like to talk about the CSS property :nth-child. It is a pseudo class introduced in CSS 3, and that can select child nodes by their position number in a child list. It’s very useful to color background of … Continue reading →

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Amazon AWS SimpleDB review : pros and cons

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Cyril

Amazon has a webservice for a simplified database access called SimpleDB : you can store anything you want in the cloud. SimpleDB : a simplified database Unlike relational databases, SimpleDB just gives the possibility to store heterogeneous informations in the … Continue reading →

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Puzzle Game for iPhone and iPad : Trainyard

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Cyril

Here is a very good puzzle game for iPhone / iPad I have downloaded recently, with a very good price/time ratio : TrainYard. TrainYard : a “Train”-puzzle game (really ???) TrainYard is a game where you have to build paths … Continue reading →

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Verify an SSL Certificate for a server

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Cyril

Introduction In general, you need 3 different files for an SSL Certificate : a private key for the server (.key or .pem), a certificate (.cer or .crt) given to the client for SSL-encryption, and the trust chain (.chain or .txt) … Continue reading →

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Safari Library for Extensions Developers

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Cyril

Extensions for Safari available for Windows and Mac OS X versions Safari team has published a new API for extensions development. Extensions are officially available since Safari 5.0, through a JavaScript API that really looks like Chrome API. Some new … Continue reading →

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HTML5 Desktop Notifications for Firefox

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Cyril

Here it is ! I recently released the HTML5 Desktop Notifications for Firefox Add-on v1.0.0. This extension adds the webkitNotifications object to all window objects of every page. So what ? (Information for users) The desktop notifications are used, for … Continue reading →

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PIE.htc : CSS3 for everyone, even Internet Explorer !

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Cyril

Every single HTML developer knows that it’s really hard to make CSS styles to give the same render in every Internet browser ! Each browser has its own specifications : Chrome has webkit-, Safari does not, Firefox adds -moz … … Continue reading →

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