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#49847: At the end of the second paragraph in the "Joe asks" aside, it says: ... For example, if you had a self-closing script tag above a div...more...
 P4.0
21-Sep-12
25

#48808: sidebar should be floated right to match figure 2.2

style.css:
section#sidebar{
float: right;
width 25%;
}

 P4.0
25-Feb-12
26-29
#49540: The last example on customised pop-ups (popup.html) does not include the jquery script that is in the source code. It would be useful to incl...more...
 P4.0
18-Jul-12
27
#49319: The fall back java script for IE 8 and less produces an empty screen whenever the structural elements are used. However, the script works if t...more...
 P4.0
13-May-12
31
#51343: Page 31 says that the target attribute of the <a> element has been deprecated. I found a link (that I can't post in this forum) that says it ...more...
 P4.0
20-Apr-13
36
#48229: Last item on the page for the sidebar: We’ll also need to float the sidebar and define its width. Download html5newtags/style.css secti...more...
 P3.0
07-Dec-11
42
#51158: Place holder for password field is truncated, turning "Type your password again" into "Type your password". Designers should be cautioned to ...more...
 P4.0
30-Mar-13
136
#50207: "If the browser has support for the border-radius property" (last sentence of the "Invoking the Rounding" section), but the code ("if(!hasBord...more...
 P4.0
25-Nov-12
193

#50719: - History API lists [IE8] support which is incorrect.
- Cross-document Messaging does not list IE at all, believe [IE8] should be listed?

 P2.0
05-Feb-13
204
#49117: In the following fragment at the top of page: Form validation Client-side validation of inputs. [C5, S5, 10.6] It seems that you've forgo...more...
 P4.0
16-Apr-12
244
#49511: In order to "make all the links on a page with the class of popup open in a new window" var links = $("#links a" ); Should read: var li...more...
 P1.0
11-Jul-12
2011 eqdos
#48806: I am a new Avon Representative who is tiryng to build her customer base. Could anyone give me some ideas to increase my sales on campus, onlin...more...
 P4.0
25-Feb-12