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Unicode Characters in CSS Content

Many of the little symbols that we regularly use as bullets, arrows, etc. already exist as unicode symbols. [[more intro]]

Usage

Find the code for the symbol you would like to use, some useful links are:

Changes to HLS Alternate Audio Tracks

iOS7 vs. iOS8

Since iOS 8 went live on Friday and I updated a few of my devices over the weekend, I decided to do some quick testing of web video playback. Wanted to see if there were any little, undocumented changes that would affect REPlayer, or our general approach to HTML video - like the changes to exiting fullscreen video that came in the update from iOS6->iOS7¹.

Overall, things seem pretty much the same between iOS7->iOS8, and in a quick runthrough, REPlayer looks to be working just fine.

One interesting change to note though, is that the native interface (iOS default controls used when video is fullscreen) for selecting Sub-Title/CC tracks - or Alternate Audio tracks when they're available - no longer seems to recognize/display the audio tracks in iOS8.

Sub-Title selection still works just fine, but the Audio Section (and Audio Tracks) do not display in iOS8. Confirmed that the testing m3u8 still contains Alternate Audio tracks in the m

Command Line Notes

Trying to start a collection of the commands/workflows/etc. that I find when looking up how to accomplish something from the Command Line.

Bandwidth Fact

It's measured in Megabits

Not Megabytes

This makes a lot of sense - I always thought the numbers seemed high

B = bytes b = bits

Storage is usually measured in bytes. (512 GB hard drive)

Enable Safari Debug Menu

This is different than the Developer Menu, which is enabled via the Safari Preferences window - this enables several rendering debug options.

In order to enable the menu, close Safari, then enter the following command in a terminal window:

defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeInternalDebugMenu 1

Page Level Redirect

Include this in the <head> to redirect a single page (as opposed to a whole domain) to a new page:

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL='http://new-website.com'" />

CSS Maximum Values

Found some maximum possible values for various CSS elements today, which don't seem to be documented anywhere that I was able to find

outline-width

65534px
- ~~Also the ZIP Code for Laquey, MO~~
Browsers seem to accept higher values, but stop rendering the outline after this
- outline-width: 65534px; = a gigantic outline
- outline-width: 65535px; = no outline *This width applies even if the element is passed to the GPU for rendering using -webkit-transform: translateZ(0);

	touch README.md
	git init
	git add README.md
	git commit -m "first commit"
	git remote add origin https://github.com/[[path to repo]].git
	git push -u origin master

	<!doctype html>

	<html lang="en">
	<head>
	<meta charset="utf-8">

	<title>Basic HTML Page</title>
	<meta name="description" content="Basic HTML Page">
	<meta name="author" content="Jordan Pagels">