Archive for February, 2006

CAPTCHA the Internet

Posted by Tom on February 21st, 2006

CAPTCHA (an acronym for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart”) has been on my mind ever since Phil Windley suggested a graphical CAPTCHA would make a good web service. I thought there might be those willing to pay to use it. Well, it’s been done.
There is a need for this [...]

IE DOM Bugs

Posted by Tom on February 7th, 2006

I’ve been working on a Javascript project where it’s necessary to create input elements (radio buttons and checkboxes) dynamically. With a functional DOM, it takes only a couple of lines of code, and works fine in Firefox and Safari. Too bad IE isn’t as DOM compatible as it claims to be.
After several searches, I discovered [...]

Safari “Debug” menu

Posted by Tom on February 7th, 2006

While trying to track down a Javascript bug in Safari, I was lamenting the lack of a Javascript console and DOM explorer. Then I found a tip on MacOSXHints.com, explaining how to enable the Debug menu. From the terminal command line, enter the following:
% defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1