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Web & Frontend

The most popular blog posts about web & frontend on Hacker News. 398 posts.

2011
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Understanding "Prototypes" in JavaScript

For the purposes of this post, I will be talking about JavaScript objects using syntax defined in ECMAScript 5.1. The basic semantics existed in Edition 3, but they were not well exposed. A Whole New Object In JavaScript, objects are pairs of keys and values (in Ruby, this structure

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Firefox 8.0 is Released

v.8.0, offered to release channel users on November 8th, 2011 Check out what’s new, the known issues and frequently asked questions about the latest released version of Firefox. As always, you’re encouraged to tell us what you think , or file a bug in Bugzilla .

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Flash: 99% Bad

Flash reduces usability by: making bad design more likely, breaking the Web's fundamental interaction style, and consuming resources better spent enhancing a site's core value.