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(HTML) Google Maps API Reference - paul66

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:37:22 UTC

(HTML) jQuery loading fallback - paul66

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:52:53 UTC

A vast majority of sites these days make use of the jQuery JavaScript library. A vast majority also make use of Googleâ€™s hosted version of the library for faster loading speedâ€™s, and better cross site caching. However, what if there is ever a problem and jQuery is not loaded from Google? Well here is your backup. What it basically does is check if jQuery is loaded from Google. If not, then we load it locally from our own version of jQuery.

(HTML) X-UA-Compatible - paul66

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:48:22 UTC

Internet Explorer has many rendering engines ready for use. What this line of code basically does is force IE to use the most up to date rendering engine that it has available, so that your pages will render as well as possible. It then goes on to talk about Chrome Frame. Chrome Frame is a plugin for IE6, 7, and 8 which brings all the rendering, and js power of Google Chrome to IE. If the user has it installed, we render our site using it.

(HTML) Favicon and Apple icons - paul66

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:42:29 UTC

The favicon is pretty much normality these day. the interesting bit here is the apple-touch-icon which is used if you save a bookmark to your home screen on an apple touch device such as an iPad or iPhone. Interestingly enough, android also supports its usage. As far as I can tell, the apple-touch-icon size is 60px by 60px. As the comment says, if your icons are in the root of your domain, these links arenâ€™t required.