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“comparisons” News Archive (2)

Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
Using Google’s Flutter for Truly Cross-Platform Mobile Development (sma)176
mobile, flutter, dart, google, native
What Are the Differences Between PhpStorm and WebStorm? Which IDE Is Right for You?175
phpstorm, webstorm, code-editors
Front-End Frameworks: Custom vs. Ready-to-Use Solutions174
frameworks, customization
TYPO3 vs. Drupal: What Content Management System to Choose173
content-management, typo3, drupal
The Two Extremes of Writing CSS, and What We Can Learn From Them (j9t)172
css, concepts, best-practices, principles
Reboot, Resets, and Reasoning (chr/css)171
css, resets, history, normalize-css, terminology
FOIT vs. FOUT, a Side by Side Comparison (zac)170
fonts, user-experience, flash-of-x
Understandable-Simple vs. Minimal-Simple Code (j9t)169
simplicity
Introduction to WebRender—Browsers Today (nic/moz)168
introductions, gecko, browser-engines, browsers
Reread the Classics, What Is IxD, UX, and HCI? A Designer’s Perspective (jia)167
interaction-design, user-experience, hci, terminology, concepts
(Now More Than Ever) You Might Not Need jQuery (oll/css)166
jquery, javascript, ajax, performance, examples
Why Choose Vue.js (ano)165
vuejs, react
Two Paradigms of Web Development (j9t)164
concepts, best-practices, principles
Masking vs. Clipping: When to Use Each (sar/css)163
masking, clipping, svg, images
Laravel vs. Symfony—Clash of the Frameworks162
php, frameworks, laravel, symfony
JavaScript Framework Comparison—AngularJS, Vue.js, Meteor.js, or Next.js161
javascript, frameworks, angularjs, vuejs, meteor, nextjs
GIF, PNG, JPG, or SVG: Which One to Use?160
images, jpeg, png, gif, svg, webp
Brotli and Static Compression (mal/css)159
performance, compression, brotli, gzip
Making “input type=date” Complicated (ppk)158
html, forms, edge, chrome, browsers
Best Text Editor? Atom vs. Sublime vs. Visual Studio Code vs. Vim157
code-editors, sublime-text, vs-code, vi+vim
Presentation Attributes vs. Inline Styles (chr/css)156
html, svg, attributes, css
What Is the Difference Between CSS Variables and Preprocessor Variables? (chr/css)155
css, preprocessors, custom-properties, variables
Next Generation Server Compression With Brotli (mal/sma)154
compression, brotli, gzip, performance
A Comparison of Animation Technologies (sar/css)153
animations, css, canvas, smil, webgl, gsap, jquery, threejs, react
PHP vs. Ruby—Let’s All Just Get Along152
php, ruby
Static Site Generators Reviewed: Jekyll, Middleman, Roots, Hugo (bii/sma)151
static-site-generation, site-generators, jekyll, hugo
The Difference Between Responsive and Adaptive Design (geo/css)150
design, responsive-design, liquid-design
The Pros and Cons of Nesting Your Sass Code149
sass, nesting
SQL vs. NoSQL: How to Choose (cra)148
how-tos, databases, sql, nosql
Which Editor to Choose? (bre)147
code-editors, vs-code, sublime-text
Deconfusing Pre- and Post-Processing (dea)146
css, preprocessors, postprocessors
Average Manager vs. Great Manager145
engineering-management
The Difference Between Minification and Gzipping (chr/css)144
minification, gzip, compression
Page Bloat Update: The Average Web Page Is More Than 2 MB in Size (tam)143
performance, metrics
Front End and Back End (ppk)142
programming, career
Programming Fonts141
websites, fonts, programming
HTML5 Differences From HTML4 (zco/w3c)140
html, standards
Junior Designers vs. Senior Designers139
design, career, processes
Organizing CSS: OOCSS, SMACSS, and BEM (mat)138
css, oocss, smacss, bem
On Web Documents and Web Apps (j9t)137
terminology, concepts
All Code Is Not Equal: On Research and Production Code (j9t)136
concepts, terminology
Konqueror vs. Firefox135
browsers, konqueror, firefox
Version Control Software in 2014: What Are Your Options?134
version-control, git, svn, cvs
Myth Busting: CSS Animations vs. JavaScript (css)133
animations, css, javascript, myths, metrics, gsap
Dart: On Its Merits (aer)132
dart, javascript
Bootstrap vs. Foundation131
videos, frameworks, bootstrap, foundation
The Web Wars130
libraries, frameworks, tooling, history
Browserify vs. Component (for)129
browserify, tooling
Classes vs. IDs and Descendent Selectors128
css, selectors
The Battle of CDNs: Comparing Cloudflare and Incapsula127
content-delivery, tooling, cloudflare
WordPress vs. Joomla: Search Engine Optimization126
seo, wordpress, joomla
Repurposing vs. Optimized Design (nng)125
design, desktop, mobile, print, optimization, user-experience
Sass vs. Less (chr/css)124
preprocessors, sass, less
Mobile Sites vs. Apps: The Coming Strategy Shift (nng)123
mobile, native, strategies, user-experience
Skeuomorphic Design vs. Modern and/or Futuristic Design (mat)122
design
I Still Love Flash—Here’s Why121
flash, jquery
Web Designers vs. Web Developers (mho)120
career
Sublime 2 vs. Notepad++119
code-editors, sublime-text, notepad++
Are CSS Tables Better Than HTML Tables?118
tables, css, html, semantics
Internationalization vs. Localization: What’s the Difference? (cms)117
internationalization, localization, terminology
Now You See Me (aar/ali)116
css, hiding, accessibility, jquery
Confessions of a Converted PHP Developer: Mixing Like a Baker115
ruby, php, mixins
CSS3 vs. CSS: A Speed Benchmark (sma)114
css, performance, metrics
The Difference Between “:nth-child” and “:nth-of-type” (chr/css)113
css, selectors
Camino, a Fast Alternative to Bloated Heavyweight Browsers112
camino, browsers
The Difference Between the WHATWG and the HTMLWG (wir)111
whatwg, w3c, standards
Google 2000 vs. Google 2011110
google, search, retrospectives, spam
Searching vs. Browsing (tan)109
searching, browsing
Best Lightweight PHP Frameworks of 2010108
php, frameworks
Eight Reasons to Choose Safari or Firefox (mac)107
browsers, safari, firefox
Print Design to Web Design: Comparative Analogies (chr/css)106
design, print, web
“visibility” vs. “display” in CSS105
css, hiding, seo
IE8 vs. IE6: Rise of the New Machine (dal/aja)104
internet-explorer, browsers, metrics
Table Layouts vs. Div Layouts: From Hell to… Hell? (sma)103
html, layout, tables, semantics
Callbacks vs. Events102
javascript, callbacks, events
Server-Side JavaScript Will Be as Common as PHP (ate)101
javascript, php
Tables vs. CSS: CSS Trolls Begone100
html, css, tables, layout
PHP Frameworks: Comparing CakePHP and Symfony99
php, frameworks, symfony
HTML vs. XHTML: Why HTML Wins (j9t)98
html, xhtml
XHTML 1.1 or HTML 4.01? (chr/css)97
xhtml, html
DOM vs. Template (tro)96
dom, php
Dynamic URLs vs. Static URLs95
seo, urls
A Quick Look at Browser Engines (Trident, Gecko, WebKit, Presto)94
browser-engines, browsers, trident, gecko, webkit, presto
10 Weblog Engines Reviewed (sma)93
blogging, content-management, tooling, link-lists, wordpress, movable-type, drupal, joomla
What’s the Fastest Way to Code a Loop in JavaScript?92
javascript, loops, performance, metrics, browsers, firefox, camino, safari, opera, internet-explorer
HTML or XHTML: Does It Really Matter? (sib)91
html, xhtml
Rendering Performance in Canvas Compared to SVG and VML (dal/aja)90
performance, rendering, canvas, svg, images
jQuery and Prototype Benchmarks (dal/aja)89
jquery, prototypejs
13 Reasons Why CSS Is Superior to Tables in Website Design88
design, layout, tables, css
Subversion Gits the Last Train87
version-control, svn, git
The Browser Bunch (joe/mac)86
browsers, unix-like, safari, flock, camino, firefox, opera
A Collection Is Not an Array (sib)85
javascript, arrays
Color Rendering Difference: Firefox vs. Safari (chr/css)84
colors, rendering, firefox, safari, browsers
Firefox 3 Performance Gets a Boost83
firefox, browsers, opera, safari, internet-explorer, metrics
XHTML 2 vs. HTML 582
xhtml, html
Is JSON Better Than XML? (nza)81
json, xml
The Great Browser JavaScript Showdown (cod)80
javascript, performance, metrics, opera, safari, internet-explorer, firefox, browsers
Comparing the Evolution of Java and JavaScript79
java, javascript
State of ECMAScript 4 (jer)78
ecmascript, spidermonkey
Prototype and jQuery—Going From One to the Other (rem)77
slides, prototypejs, jquery
Cost of Solution vs. Cost of Problem (j9t)76
principles, economics, prioritization
Single-Line vs. Multi-Line CSS (chr/css)75
css, formatting
Font Rendering Differences: Firefox vs. IE vs. Safari (chr/css)74
css, fonts, rendering, firefox, internet-explorer, safari, browsers
Comparing SEO to Spam73
seo, spam
jQuery vs. Prototype: OO JavaScript With or Without Training Wheels72
jquery, prototypejs, oop
jQuery for JavaScript Programmers (sim)71
javascript, jquery
CSS Selectors—Speed Myths70
css, selectors, performance, metrics, extjs, jquery, dojo, mootools, prototypejs, internet-explorer, firefox, safari, opera, browsers, myths
HTML Elements Index (j9t)69
html, xhtml, overviews
“border-radius”: Safari vs. Mozilla (pet)68
css, borders, safari, mozilla, browsers
HTML5, XHTML2, and the Future of the Web (dig)67
html, xhtml, web-platform, outlooks
HTML or XHTML? Fact From Fiction66
html, xhtml, standards, myths
Graceful Degradation and Progressive Enhancement65
graceful-degradation, progressive-enhancement, concepts
JSON vs. XML: Browser Security Model (car)64
browsers, security, json, xml
JSON vs. XML: Browser Programming Models (car)63
browsers, programming, json, xml
HTML vs. XHTML62
html, xhtml
jQuery: (Mis)leading the Pack61
jquery, prototypejs
Why jQuery’s Philosophy Is Better (wyc/jqu)60
jquery, prototypejs
Web Inspector Gains New Eyes for Metrics, Properties59
webkit, dev-tools, firebug
How Strict Is Your Dynamic Language?58
programming, perl, php, ruby, python
AJAX [Conference]: Flash vs. AJAX57
flash, ajax, javascript
The JavaScript Library World Cup (dan)56
javascript, libraries, dojo, prototypejs, scriptaculous, yui
Comparison of Dojo and Prototype (JavaScript Toolkits)55
dojo, prototypejs
Minification vs. Obfuscation (dou)54
minification, obfuscation, terminology, javascript
Yahoo Is the New Google53
yahoo, google
A Comparison of AJAX Frameworks for ASP.NET (aja)52
frameworks, ajax, asp-net, link-lists
How to Tell the Difference Between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 (dal/aja)51
web-2.0, web
AJAX Perf—Comparing the Atlas and Prototype Class Idioms50
javascript, performance
Rel vs. Rev (mic)49
html, xhtml, semantics, microformats
What Is Web 2.0 (tim/ore)48
web, web-2.0, concepts, terminology
How Is a Google Sitemap Different From an HTML Sitemap? (van)47
google, sitemaps, html
HTML Tags vs. Elements vs. Attributes46
html, attributes, terminology
Dashes vs. Underscores45
urls, seo
HTML 5 vs. XHTML 2 (dal/aja)44
html, xhtml, whatwg, w3c, standards
The Future: HTML or XHTML (lac)43
html, xhtml, outlooks
HTML Tags (lac)42
html, terminology
Open Source vs. Closed Source (jus)41
foss, economics
Checkboxes vs. Radio Buttons (nng)40
forms, guidelines, usability
Tables vs. CSS—a Fight to the Death39
html, tables, css, layout, design
PDF vs. HTML38
pdf, html
Tags vs. Elements (ann)37
html, terminology
Patagonia Finds HTML Beats Rich Media for E-Catalog36
ecommerce, html, user-conversion
The Daily Standards35
websites, standards, conformance, metrics
Screenreader Visibility34
accessibility, screen-readers, hiding, css, overviews
RSS in Depth33
slides, rss, syndication, standards
A Comparison of Two Computer Fonts: Serif Versus Ornate Sans Serif32
fonts, typography, readability, legibility
Weblogs vs. Old Media (dav)31
blogging
Inclusive Web Design for the Future (sch)30
slides, history, browsers, graceful-degradation, standards, design, strategies
Practical Applications: Visio or HTML for Wireframes (jef)29
prototyping, html
Flash and Web-Based Applications (nng)28
flash, web-apps, usability
XHTML vs. the World (tan)27
xhtml, rss, syndication, blogging
XHTML 2.0 Drafted26
xhtml
Cache or Check?25
performance, caching
SWF vs. SVG—Which Should You Choose?24
flash, svg, images
The Problem With Standards23
standards, html, xhtml
A Comparison of Popular Online Fonts: Which Size and Type Is Best?22
fonts, legibility, studies, research
Usability Metrics (nng)21
usability, research, metrics
The Web Is Like Canada (ali)20
web
Bitmaps and Vectors: Web Graphics Evolve (zdn)19
images, gif, jpeg, png
Differences Between Print Design and Web Design (nng)18
design, web, print
Comparing XSL and CSS (ndw)17
xsl, css
The Extensible Style Language16
xsl, css
Site and Origin Comparer15
tools, analysis, security
Website Change Monitor14
tools, analysis
HTML Diff (w3c)13
tools, exploration, auditing, debugging, html
Color Comparer12
tools, exploration, colors
Color Contrast Comparer (Directed Edges)11
tools, exploration, colors, contrast, accessibility, wcag
Website SEO Comparer (pre)10
tools, exploration, seo
Font Comparer9
tools, exploration, typography, fonts
Font Pairing Generator8
tools, exploration, typography, fonts
Google Lighthouse Report Comparer7
tools, exploration, google, performance
List Comparer6
tools, exploration, content
AVIF and WebP Settings Comparer (ind)5
tools, exploration, images, avif, webp
Color Contrast Comparer (Chip Cullen) (chi)4
tools, exploration, colors, contrast, accessibility
Website Performance Comparer3
tools, analysis, performance
URL Comparer2
tools, analysis, urls
Text Diff1
tools, exploration, content