Gerd Riesselmann: Notes From the Bog - All Around Objects: C++, .NET, PHP, Design Patterns And MoreThis is the blog of Gerd Riesselmann, a freelance software developer from Cologne, Germany. This site contains articles about software development and user interface design in general and object oriented programming in special, covering a set of programming languages from C++ and C# to PHP and Javascript. Additionally, you'll find code snippets and modules for Drupal, the open source content management system powering this site.Internet update the wrong way IV- November 8, 2006 Two things I find especially annoying about updating iTunes: Why I need to download a full setup each time And why are all QuickTime settings - especially the setting to not install a QuickTime icon in the taskbar on startup - lost after each updatehttp://www.gerd-riesselmann.net/user-interface/internet-update-the-wrong-way-iv The Holy Grail CSS Layout Fix for IE7- November 8, 2006 In Search of The Holy Grail describes an easy way to create a three-column, source-ordered, table-less layout with a fluid column in the middle. It is used by the Comic Marktplatz, for example. However, there is an annoying bug with the shiny new Internet Explorer 7. IE7 has a problem in understanding the left column rule of margin-left: -100%; Instead of considering the width of the surrounding div container, IE7 inserts the width of the body, which leads to the left column being moved out of.http://www.gerd-riesselmann.net/development/the-holy-grail-css-layout-fix-for-ie7 And again: Is C++ really faster- November 4, 2006 I was pointing to articles about if low level optimization really makes sense and if C++ is really faster than higher level languages several times. But of course this will be a never ending debate, and it still continues. This time C and C++ should be the best languages for higher level mathematics problems. Unfortunately this is not the case. The author argues that C and C++ just aren't productive languages. It takes 2-4 times as long to implement something in these languages than in a very..http://www.gerd-riesselmann.net/development/and-again-is-c-really-faster |