Google Chrome

The more I use Google Chrome, the more I like it! The main thing is the speed, it absolutely screams compared to IE7 on script-heavy sites like Gmail. I also really like that each tab is a separate process; my machine has limited memory so having these processes means I can see which tabs consume the most memory, and if I close that tab I immediately get the memory back. The combined address/search bar works a treat as well.

When it first came out there were some noticeable bugs, so I kept using Firefox. But now, several updates later, it seems rock solid and I'm doing all my browsing with it.

It will be interesting to see how the market shares pan out. I predict we'll see slow but steady growth, unlike Opera which has never taken off. But it has no chance of overtaking Firefox unless it becomes cross-platform and contains an equivalent extension mechanism.

List margins and padding

I had some trouble today getting my <ul> unordered list to position correctly across browsers. The problem turned out to be simply that the default style sheet in IE is different from the other browsers I tested in its settings for left margin and left padding.

The solution is simply to set values for both left margin AND left padding (use zero if you like) to get your list to position correctly across browsers.

Script debugging in IE

In case I forget how to do this again, simply refer to one of these how-to guides.