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Akxl Labs articles discuss programming concepts and techniques in ASP.NET, C#, JavaScript, CSS, AJAX, and other web technologies. You can also browse the articles by tags.

Saturday, February 09, 2008
ColorChanger is a custom JavaScript object that can transition any style property of an HTML entity from any one color to another by calculating intermediate colors. Monday, January 28, 2008
Examples and code describe how to create a cross-broswer text-wrapped drop cap in CSS using the first-letter selector. Includes a solution to Internet Explorer's line alignment problem. Thursday, August 16, 2007
How to use CSS and JavaScript to dynamically alter the opacity of an item on a web page, including animated fade-in and fade-out of an element. Thursday, March 29, 2007
An HTML/JavaScript/CSS based scrollbar that provides a more powerful, style-able, and smaller alternative to regular scrollbars. Dragging and the mouse wheel are both supported. Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Presents a graphical explanation of an algorithm to create a Tag Cloud, with an example .NET User Control in ASP.NET C# that you can use on your website. Sunday, February 18, 2007
Never make a graphical button again, let your ASP.NET button controls do it for you. CustomImageButton combines a graphical button maker with an ImageButton control, to create an ASP.NET (C#) tool that makes it's own buttons on demand. Sunday, February 18, 2007
A no-user-interaction, accessible CAPTCHA that is invisible to visitors - it makes spam-bots identify themselves instead. Monday, January 29, 2007
Scale and bound font sizes in a tag cloud using a natural-log curve fitting. Tuesday, January 23, 2007
A no-user-interaction, accessible CAPTCHA that is invisible to visitors - it makes spam-bots identify themselves instead. Tuesday, January 23, 2007
How to convert a web-style hex color (#FFFFFF) to a Color struct instance in C#. Thursday, November 23, 2006
A dotnet pluugin to display the status of an IM user on your website. Determine or Display your Status on AIM, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ, Jabber, or Skype. Saturday, October 07, 2006
A method for adding link unerline styles that's better than CSS borders. Saturday, October 07, 2006
How much coffee does a college student need? Saturday, October 07, 2006
A hybrid method for creating a cross-browser compatible XMLHTTPRequest object for AJAX transactions. Saturday, October 07, 2006
Got an AJAX Script stuck in readyState 2? You've probably got a WWW conflict.