Opera 10.51, the fastest Web browser ever!

Opera recently released Opera 10.51. Opera claims this as the fastest Web browser thus-far produced for Windows computers. The browser has also been given a completely new look similar to Google Chrome. It also claims it ensures the fastest javascript.

The desktop browser is free to use, lands on Windows. Opera has said, its Mac And Linux Version is coming soon.

The Norwegian software maker calls Opera 10.51 the fastest browser they’ve ever produced. The browser is also said to include improved standards support for HTML5 and CSS3. It allows users to switch between pages or windows without having to disturb your browsing.

For Windows 7 and Vista users, there are some more goodies: Opera now fully supports Aero Glass, Aero Peek and Jump Lists. You can easily access your Speed Dials, tabs and more from the Taskbar.

Opera 10.51 is available for Windows in 42 different languages and Opera 10.50 beta 1 is a free to download.

IE6 fix for select box over absolute positioned element

IE6 sux. General css/javascript hover drop-down menu uses a div or ul with position:absolute. No matter how much you increase the value of z-index the select box (windowed element) will always remain on top most – yes only on a special browser, Internet Explorer 6. The reason is IE6 considers select element as windowed element and keeps it always on top layer.

Solution is using iframe on top of select element, as iframe is also a windowed element placing it on top of select box fix the problem.

Here is the typical HTML code for this drop-down menu:

<div class="top-menus" style="left: 221px; top: 127px;">
<iframe frameborder="0" scrolling="no" align="bottom" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="javascript:'';" style="height: 200px;"></iframe>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Bracelets</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Rings</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Earrings</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Necklaces</a></li>
    </ul>
</div>

The inline css is calculated using jQuery offset() function. FYI, you can easily get the width,height,left,top position of any element using jQuery(“element”).offset(). Make sure the width and height of the iframe is exactly same of it’s overlying UL element. If you apply any border to the UL, you have to consider that during calculating the proper width/height of the iframe.

This is the sample jQuery code:

var timer = null; // global
$("#top-nav a").hover(function(){
	clearTimeout(timer);
	$("#top-nav a:not('.cur')").removeClass("selected");
	$(this).addClass("selected");

	var o = $(this).offset();
	var left = o.left + 1; // 1px extra for border
	var top = o.top + 32; // 32px for placing it just below the horizontal menu
	if($(".top-menus").length){
		if(left == $(".top-menus").offset().left)
			return;
		else $(".top-menus").remove();
	}

	$("body").prepend('<div style="left:'+left+'px;top:'+top+'px;" class="top-menus"><iframe src="javascript:\'\';" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" align="bottom" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><ul>'+html+'</ul></div>');
		$(".top-menus").find(".parent, .child").remove();
		var hi = $(".top-menus").find("ul").height();
		$("iframe").height(hi + 2); // extra 2px for border

}, function(){
	clearTimeout(timer);
	timer = setTimeout(function(){$("body").find("iframe,.top-menus").remove(); $("#top-nav a:not('.cur')").removeClass("selected");},300);
});

$(".top-menus").live("mouseover",function(){
	clearTimeout(timer);
}).live("mouseout",function(){
	clearTimeout(timer);
	timer = setTimeout(function(){$("body").find("iframe,.top-menus").remove(); $("#top-nav a:not('.cur')").removeClass("selected");},300);
});

I know this code won’t exactly fulfill your requirement, you can get the main idea from this and write your own code yourself. You can see it in action on www.trendtogo.com.