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How do you use images?

Posted on 18 July, 2019 by

Let us know how you use images on your website with this short form: forms.gle/vF9SW95simXKoZrKA.

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A manifesto for teaching web development

Posted on 4 June, 2018 by

Ten principles for teaching HTML, CSS and JavaScript to absolute beginners. Continue reading →

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Search Google developer videos

Posted on 1 August, 2015 by

Please note: I am currently rebuilding this app: the URLs below will not work. I built a prototype API and application for searching Google developer video transcripts and metadata: shearch.me?q=webrtc simpl.info/s      Why? 1. I work for a search company. 2. … Continue reading →

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Media Newsletter: audio, video and realtime communications

Posted on 6 March, 2015 by

I’ll be publishing a monthly roundup of news about media tech. Sign up at bit.ly/signupmedia. Archive at medianews.me.

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Fundamentals of video on mobile

Posted on 1 July, 2014 by

Watch my Google I/O video: Fundamentals of video on mobile: Responsive media Coping with variable connectivity Accessibility and fallbacks Formats and codecs    

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WebRTC in the real world: signaling, TURN and STUN

Posted on 4 November, 2013 by

New on HTML5 Rocks: a detailed look at building servers for WebRTC. html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/webrtc/infrastructure

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simpl.info: simplest possible examples of HTML, CSS and JavaScript

Posted on 10 September, 2012 by

I’ve built a site to provide simplest possible examples of HTML, CSS and JavaScript: simpl.info github.com/samdutton/simpl Motivations: ‘Show me the code!’ ‘Does technology X work on platform Y?’ ‘Where the heck is that Foo example I saw?’ A minimum of ‘huh?’ … Continue reading →

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WebRTC in Internet Explorer with Chrome Frame

Posted on 9 August, 2012 by

Screencast and post explaining how to enable WebRTC in Internet Explorer with Chrome Frame. Continue reading →

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Introduction to WebRTC – now on HTML5 Rocks

Posted on 25 July, 2012 by

I’ve written a detailed introduction to WebRTC on HTML5 Rocks: http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/webrtc/basics/ Continue reading →

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Chrome Developer Tools, Google I/O 2012

Posted on 10 July, 2012 by

Video of the Chrome Developer Tools session at Google I/O 2012 with Sam Dutton and Pavel Feldman. Continue reading →

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Getting started with the HTML5 track element

Posted on 15 February, 2012 by

If you haven’t had a look at the HTML5 track element — check it out my tutorial on HTML5 Rocks. The track element provides a simple, standardised way to add subtitles, captions, screen reader descriptions and chapters to video and … Continue reading →

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Cherry Cream Delight

Posted on 13 September, 2011 by

I can’t believe the things I’ll eat when I’m on a plane. Continue reading →

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Automatically pause video when it’s not visible

Posted on 5 August, 2011 by

I’ve built a Google Chrome extension called Hold It! that pauses video when it’s not visible. For example, when you: minimise a window with a video playing in it move to a different tab open a video link in a … Continue reading →

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Win a Chromebook!

Posted on 2 August, 2011 by

Win a Chromebook in the Italian Google Chrome Web Store competition. Continue reading →

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Chrome extension to test navigation and page load speed

Posted on 29 July, 2011 by

Page Speed Test is an extension that displays a timeline of navigation and page load events for the current page, and a historical chart of page load timing data for all visits to the page. You can get it from https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lgmnmdkkghdeagbghognjbjijpnckcid?hl=en-US. Continue reading →

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Web apps need better context menus

Posted on 29 July, 2011 by

For web apps to be as good as native apps, they need better context (right click) menus. Take a look at the screenshot above. This shows what happens when you click on a person in a Google+ circle: I’d like … Continue reading →

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The Page Visibility API

Posted on 15 July, 2011 by

Demo of the Page Visibility API: useful for checking if a web page is — or becomes — visible or hidden. Continue reading →

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AppleScript to view HTML in a browser with TextWrangler

Posted on 16 May, 2011 by

TextWrangler is a great text editor for the Mac.

Here’s a handy AppleScript to enable HTML files to be opened in any browser, including Chrome. Continue reading →

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Instant search for Shakespeare’s sonnets

Posted on 8 April, 2011 by

I’ve written an application to search Shakespeare’s sonnets, which links to Quarto 1 facsimiles of each of the poems at the the University of Victora Internet Shakespeare Editions website. You can access it as a plain old web page in … Continue reading →

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Framegrabber Chrome extension

Posted on 25 March, 2011 by

I’ve built a free Chrome extension for bookmarking video timecodes and capturing framegrabs. It’s called Framegrabber and you can get it here. Framegrabs are still images of individual film frames. The Framegrabber extension makes it possible to take framegrabs from … Continue reading →

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