Application Form Element: Date Combobox

The date combobox baffles many web designers for a myriad of reasons:

• How do I support more than just Internet Explorer?
• How do I design and code for I18N and Localization?
• How can I make it look consistent with other form elements?
• How can I avoid z-index problems when overlapping other elements?

This simple Javascript version supports Internet Explorer 5.0+ and Mozilla Firefox (and Firebird) 0.6+ (and probably many others, as it is standards compliant). A step by step implementation guide is soon to come...

Rich Web Apps for Dummies...and Geniouses

Over the next few years I'll be using this blog to muse on the various considerations involved in rich web application design and development. I have exposure to everything from understanding business requirements to gathering customer needs to coding rich-client web controls to designing for scalability and internationalization. I also tend to be a bit of a gadget freak and emerging technology analyst, so I may stray to those topics from time to time. Welcome one and all, and I hope we can learn wonderful things from eachother!