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Robert Nyman
Personal blog · robertnyman.comwebprogramming
Robert Nyman writes Robert's talk, a personal blog at robertnyman.com about web and programming. Since 2008, 31 different Hacker News readers have linked it 44 times, most often “Explaining JavaScript scope and closures”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
A web site about web development, web standards, HTML, CSS & JavaScript, Firefox extensions and more!
Most-linked posts?
- Explaining JavaScript scope and closures2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-04-17
- /2008/10/16/beware-of-javascript-semicolon-insertion/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-05-12
What Hacker News says?
You might need some semi-colons though... http://robertnyman.com/2008/10/16/beware-of-javascript-semic...
Comment linking /2008/10/16/beware-of-javascript-semicolon-insertion/
on “You might not need jQuery”Submitted WebKit: An Objective View as a story · 57 points
HN discussionjQuery in ~2008 was when it kinda took off, but jQuery was itself an outgrowth of work done before it on browser compatibility with JavaScript. In particular, events. Internet Explorer didn’t support DOM events, so addEventListener wasn’t cross-browser compatible. A lot of people put work in to come up with an addEvent that worked consistently cross-browser. The DOMContentLoaded event didn’t exist, only the load eve…
Comment linking /2006/08/30/event-handling-in-javascript-an-alternative-addevent-solution/
on “XSLT – Native, zero-config build system for the Web”Submitted Drop Shadow With CSS For All Web Browsers as a story · 35 points
HN discussionWould it really be so hard to support a calendar? http://robertnyman.com/html5/forms/input-types.html
Comment linking /html5/forms/input-types.html
on “Firefox 30.0”Submitted Web browser versions are dead – automatic updates is the future as a story · 21 points
HN discussionActually BSD style causes problems in Javascript due to semicolon insertion. http://robertnyman.com/2008/10/16/beware-of-javascript-semic...
Comment linking /2008/10/16/beware-of-javascript-semicolon-insertion/
on “C to Go: Could Go replace C?”Submitted Microsoft force-installs Firefox extension as a story · 7 points
HN discussionThe click-jacking ability has been known for over a year now: http://robertnyman.com/2010/03/22/css-pointer-events-to-allo...
Comment linking /2010/03/22/css-pointer-events-to-allow-clicks-on-underlying-elements/
on “CSS-Only Clickjacking”Submitted Technical Evangelist from Mozilla Is Joining Google as a story · 3 points
HN discussionYou'll get better performance with for (var i=0, l=myLinkCollection.length; i<l; i++) { } http://robertnyman.com/2008/04/11/javascript-loop-performanc...
Comment linking /2008/04/11/javascript-loop-performance/
on “Advanced JavaScript Techniques”Submitted Explaining JavaScript scope and closures as a story · 3 points
HN discussionYou are right to expect this from Microsoft, they've done it before: http://robertnyman.com/2009/01/26/microsoft-force-installs-f...
Comment linking /2009/01/26/microsoft-force-installs-firefox-extension/
on “Mozilla Blocks Official Skype Toolbar Add-on for Firefox”Submitted HTML5 Hurdles: What Is Missing And Web Browser Update Rate Problems as a story · 3 points
HN discussionJust casual trivia: One of the contemporaneous competitors to jQuery was called "DOMAss". https://robertnyman.com/2007/03/02/domass-renamed-to-domassi...
Comment linking /2007/03/02/domass-renamed-to-domassistant-with-added-prototypejquery-compatibility/
on “Claws are now a new layer on top of LLM agents”Submitted A reply to Microsoft’s statement about IE9 vs. Firefox adoption rate as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How To Reduce The Number Of HTTP Requests as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Apple to patent CSS transformations and animations as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted JavaScript Inheritance – How and Why (2008) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Trying out Google Inbox as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The editors I’ve been using – which one is your favorite? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Who’s your friend on Facebook? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Neurodiversity as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The launch of Firefox OS – my thoughts and some history as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Thoughts on Blink, Google’s new rendering engine as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Pussy as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Many People Actually Want To Talk To Their Phones? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why I do what I do as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted JavaScript tests & Compatibility tables as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Explaining JavaScript scope and closures (2008) as a story · 2 points
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