DieBuche's comments

On: "Lighten up"

[DieBuche]

I think there was another guy, first name Bill I think.

On: The New Web Typography

[DieBuche]

No, it's not. It works like it's suppossed to do for any (not actual regex) /d+ \/ /d+ . See screenshot here: http://imgur.com/gwlHJ

Fonts supporting the frac feature have a separate set of smaller numbers, and these get dynamically composed into fractions once you type them.

[webfuel → DieBuche]

Maybe things will change with how the browser implements fractions but 112/3 = 11(2/3) and 3431/5147 = 3431/5147 (there is no 1/5) http://imgur.com/a/4FFNy

Edit: Spelling.

[DieBuche → webfuel]

That's actually an issue with that specific font. Try editing the first Verdana Example (3/4 Ale..), that works for me for 1234/5678.

[mbq → webfuel]

Got me; I tested 3431/4147 and then made an error when posting a comment; this is my original screenshot: http://imgur.com/MajJD

On: Poll: Your preferred music for working?

[DieBuche]

Nothing electronic to choose from?

On: Google to default to SSL version for logged in use...

[DieBuche]

Ugh, you really need some basic formatting. I can't even see where one job ends and another one starts. And the contextless highlight doesn't make that any better.

On: Post Web site loads too slowly - The Washington Po...

[DieBuche]

It's not the video or whatever, it's just observing some basic rules:

-Combine external JavaScript

-Enable gzip compression

-Leverage browser caching

(As suggesteg by Chromes Inspector)

As well as

-Using css embeds where possible

-Severside caching if they don't do that already

On: Show HN: Kerning.js — Take control of your web typ...

[DieBuche]

So, to style the 235th word in a text, I'd have to do #main { -letter-size: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .... 0.5em; }

Why wouldn't I simply wrap it in a span, then it even works on browser with JS switched off. Uh, and once I have to edit the copy and add a single word somewhere, everything breaks.

[bmelton → DieBuche]

Is there some reason you wouldn't just put it in a span and style that? Just because you CAN specifically target the 235th word in a text doesn't mean that you have to, or that you necessarily should.

I can think of a few instances where I could have used the ability to target a specific letter in the past, specifically as it relates to logotypes or branding, but none that involved targeting the 235th letter.

On: HTML5 Fullscreen Video

[DieBuche]

Currently not it seems. It doesn't seem to matter from where I call videoElement.webkitEnterFullscreen(), it always works (in Safari)

On: Greplin Wants You To Redesign Wikipedia Search

[DieBuche]

Of course it does.

[pjscott → DieBuche]

Huh. Maybe I need to update Chrome, because it's not working for me. Weird.

EDIT: It was just a hiccup when I checked; the problem is gone now. Thank you for pointing that out; from now on I'll use this method to search Wikipedia.

On: Greplin Wants You To Redesign Wikipedia Search

[DieBuche]

What do you mean by heavily modified? Wikipedia is running version 1.17wmf, basically 1.17 with some fixes pulled from trunk. You'll find it here: http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/branches/wmf/1.17w...

You'll find the installed extensions here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Version

On: Thieves Found Citigroup Site An Easy Entry

[DieBuche]

The article itself it just as bad. ...to breach security by focusing on the vulnerability in the browser

This sounds like the was a specific browser bug or is the address bar now a vulnerability?

“It would have been hard to prepare for this type of vulnerability,” Hard to prepare against people changing &acctno=1234567 to &acctno=1234568 ?

[SolarNet → DieBuche]

I write a porn site more secure than this... Not only that but the fact they blame the browser is absurd, they have some crazy incompetent web developers there.