Simple Cross Browser Rounded Corners with Drop Shadow

Posted on December 13th, 2008 by Chris

I found a convenient method for creating elements with rounded corners and a drop shadow. Previously, I had been using Steffen Rusitschka’s ShadedBorder script to accomplish this effect with minimal overhead. While his script is an impressive piece of work, it can be a little slow to render since it accomplishes the effect by creating [...]

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How to Make a Generic Javascript Method Closure

Posted on October 1st, 2008 by Chris

The Problem
I recently found myself writing a custom Javascript API to integrate a Flash widget written by an external vendor. I was making the API object oriented, so it could be instantiated and controlled simply like:

var myWidget = new FlashWidget()
myWidget.doStuff()

Things were going well, until I realized I had overlooked a minor detail in the Flash [...]

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