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This (apparently non working) gist gave me the hint. Stuff I've been dealing with for a while , finally used to bring an Object.create(firstArgOnly) cross platform/engine/client/server code that works. The name? inherit() More Reliable Than Object.create() The reason I didn't even try to polyfill the ES5 Object.create() method is quite easy: it is not possible to shim it in a cross platform way due second argument which requires descriptors features, highly improbable to simulate properly. Even if browsers support the create() method, inherit() guarantee that no second argument will ever be used so we are safe from inconsistencies within the function. Forget hasOwnProperty ! Yeah, one of the coolest things about being able to inherit from null is the fact not even Object.prototype is inherited so we can create real empty objects without worrying about surrounding environment, 3rd parts obtrusive libraries, and the boring and slow obj.hasOwnProperty(key) check. // so...

Funny discussion today on twitter about " why on Earth IE still does not support extra arguments with setTimeout and setInterval " ... oh, well ... The execScript Behaviour Somebody in IE team thinks that the rest of the world should avoid extra arguments because of a bloody edge case as the third argument in IE is: // ... seriously ... setTimeout("Msgbox('WTF')", 0, "VBScript"); What IE Users Could Do Well, rather than create a closure every bloody time we would like to reuse a function with different arguments, something posible 10 years ago via ActionScript 1, every web developer (and not only) misses the opportunity to avoid closures using a de-facto standard for some unknown reason not part yet of ECMAScript specifications. For those interested I will show an example later, right now let's think about a solution compatible with VBScript for those mental developers, as I have been, brave enough to still use this language for some purpose. ...

spoiler: if once again everybody knew except me, you guys should do something to be better indexed in Google ... while if this is totally new and cool, well, you are welcome :) Sometimes I am stubborn, so stubborn, that even if it was me writing this post , and this one after , I have never given up about IE < 9 getters and setters ... " there must be a way ", I have thought during last days, and ... yes, eventually I have found the way ! Test Driven Developed Solution I have decided the possible behaviour, I have implemented all use cases, and I have successfully validated them against all browsers I could came up, with the exception of a single test, the first one, which fails in those browsers unable to freeze an object ... well, these browsers are disappearing thanks to their suggested, or automatic, updates, so everything is fine. Here the unit test that should cover 100% of the used JavaScript and/or the used VBScript where available (only IE < 9 so please don...

Update Yes, I did it: getters and setters for IE < 9 and other browsers Update apparently Dojo framework explored this stuff before me Re-Update: More limitations!!! Apparently I have said "Hooray!" too early, @_bga told me that this way is compatible with primitives only since the moment we have a property with an object or a function, this will converted into string. So: don't return objects or functions since these will not work as expected! Well, still something tho ... I should probably change the title with a big "almost" ... ... pretty much, the " dream comes true " features that could open hundreds of doors for current Web development status is here, but before we can understand properly the example page , we surely need a bit of introduction about the topic ... Getters/Setters For Everybody! Getters and Setters are beautiful, powerful, and the ideal scenario for whatever developer behind any sort of API. Getters and Setters work perfect...

I have enclosed in only 5 steps JScript weirdness, hoping all precedent deliriums about functions, standards, and Internet Explorer, will make more sense now. Here there is the link to original HTML slides , I hope this will help everybody to have clearer ideas.

Update: released official version in Google Code, cross browser, and easy to use. blog enry Ok guys, this is a quick and dirty entry in my blog. I need to write documentation, create the project in Google Code, explain better what I have done and how it works. I do not want to give you the zip right now because I have to change name (silly me do not check before) and to do last tests ... but basically, what I have created this week end, is a graceful enhanced multiple file upload manager compatible with Chrome, FireFox, Internet Explorer (5.5 or greater), Opera, Safari. The manager wrap an input type file and manages it allowing multiple files selection, where supported, or one after one insert with possibility to remove one or more file from the list. Everything is absolutely customizable, since the wrapper is entirely in CSS, the library has a language namespace for errors or messages, and events are created by developers. In those browsers were Ajax upload is not supported, the pro...

It has been about 4 years, or more, that I know about this problem, but for some reason I did not talk about it, scared by possible reactions. In other words, I was waiting for some noise over the net, or some fix from Microsoft, but nothing is happening. Actually, Microsoft is working hard on Internet Explorer 8, but the problem I am talking about, is still present ... so, I suppose it is time to tell you how dangerous this IE "feature" could be, and how dangerous could be to forget a little detail in a form, like the autocomplete attribute. The magic autocomplete option Every browser tries to make our net life as simple as possible, and when we start inserting data in an input field, it suggests us a couple of words or, if the name of that field is unique enough, directly the most probable word, name, or number, we are going to insert. To perform this operation, we could start typing the name, or simply use the down arrow button to open the list of options, and choose, usu...

Hi guys, today we will not talk about my last JavaScript ArrayObject creation :D Today is the benchmark day, and in this case the test is as simple as explicative ... both Math object and scope are two things we use every day for whatever purpose in this baby Web 2.0 era! Let me start directly with results (ORDER BY speed ASC): Firefox 3.0b4 ---------------------------------- regular avg time in ms: 9.98 scoped avg time in ms: 3.18 encapsulated avg time in ms: 12.98 Safari 3.0.4 (523.15) ---------------------------------- regular avg time in ms: 13.42 scoped avg time in ms: 6.42 encapsulated avg time in ms: 11.82 Opera 9.24 ---------------------------------- regular avg time in ms: 13.82 scoped avg time in ms: 9.6 encapsulated avg time in ms: 17.64 Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.17184 ---------------------------------- regular avg time in ms: 16.42 scoped avg time in ms: 6.82 encapsulated avg time in ms: 16.82 Firefox 2.0.0.12 ---------------------------------- regular avg time in ms: 26....