DEMOS

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Demos Listed By Browser

Any Browser

3 Columns From 1 + Link Icons – 15th September 2003
3D Border Demo – 2nd October 2003
Abbreviations Demo 2 – 13th November 2008
Alternative Abbreviations Demo – 24th January 2005
Anchors Demo – 6th September 2004
Anti-alias Text - date unknown
Automatic Image Resizing Demo – 5th March 2006
Autoquotes Demo – 9th October 2004
Browser Options Bug – 11th November 2005
Buttons Padding Demo – 25th October 2006
Cross-Browser Text Glow Demo – 27th October 2005
CSS Frames – 7th January 2004
CSS Frames Demo 2 – 28th February 2006
CSS Gradients Demo – 5th September 2005
CSS Gradients Demo 2 – 7th September 2005
CSS Gradients Demo 3 – 13th October 2005
CSS House – 16th October 2003
CSS House 2 – 20th October 2005
CSS Pencils – 5th January 2004
DVD Recorder Remote – 27th June 2008
Flat File Database Demo – 12th October 2004
Flat File Database Demo 2 – 1st December 2004
Flat File Database Demo 3 – 20th February 2006
Flat File Database Demo 4 – 16th January 2009
Flat File Database Demo 5 – 3rd May 2010
Floaty JavaScript Browser Bugs - 24th November 2006
Form Inputs Test – 18th November 2005
The Frog (Image Resizing Demo) - 30th March 2008
Horizontal List Demo – 20th October 2004
Horizontal List Demo 2 – 22nd June 2005
Horizontal Menu Problem – 27th June 2008
Image Zoom Test - 5th December 2006
JACOB – 25th October 2005
JavaScript Form Submit Test – 28th November 2005
Keyboard Demo – 25th March 2005
Links Concept Demo – 29th August 2008
Photoshop Moveable Menus Demo – 30th August 2008
Random Answer Demo – 5th April 2006
Random Colours Layout Demo – 31st March 2006
Random Story Demo – 4th April 2006
Shadow Demo – 17th October 2003
Shadow Text - date unknown
Styling Forms – 3rd December 2003
Using Images To Show Link States – 15th September 2003
Vertical Text Engine Demo - 12th November 2008

Internet Explorer

Divs Gap Demo – 31st January 2006
IE Dropped Float Bug – 29th September 2006
IE Hover Crash Demo – 28th February 2006
IE Layout Problems - 1st December 2008
IE List Hover Bug (IE) – 5th September 2008
IE Rendering Bug – 18th October 2006
IE6 Jigsaw Demo – 29th August 2008
IE6 Stretched Button Bug – 14th December 2005
IE7 Background Zoom Bug - 14th November 2006
IE7 Repaint Bug – 3rd August 2006
IE8 Bold Text Bug Demo - 10th March 2008
IE8 Letter Spacing Demo – 27th June 2008
IE8 Square Bullets Font Bug – 17th March 2008
Missing Backgrounds Bug – 10th November 2006
Zoom Test (See IE Can Zoom Pages Like Opera.) – 25th July 2004
For IE5.5/IE6 users - this tests the 'zoom' style on most HTML tags.

Opera

Text Shadow Test - 29th November 2007
Blockquote List Bug – 15th June 2006
Button Bugs – 2nd December 2005
Links Lose Underlining Bug – 7th May 2005
Opera Diagonal Borders Bug – 7th May 2005
Opera Dotted Border Demo – 24th January 2005
Opera Input Button Bug – 26th October 2006
Opera Sticky Notes – 15th July 2004

Firefox

Firefox 3 Zoom Test - 26th November 2007
Break Tag Extra Space Bug – 3rd October 2006
Firefox Options Bug – 4th November 2005

Safari

Text Shadow Test - 29th November 2007
Break Tag Extra Space Bug – 3rd October 2006

Miscellaneous

Multicolumn Demo (Netscape 3-4) – 15th February 2006

Last updated: 3rd May 2010

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