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Using Jquery?
Saturday, October 16th, 2010Here is a great resource with Jquery components on it.
http://hanshillen.github.com/aegisdemo/
On Image Maps and Alt Attributes
Friday, October 15th, 2010I am lucky enough to choose what I use in my design work and therefore can avoid using Image Maps on websites. The cons almost always outweigh the pros, though there are some unique cases where nothing else will really do the job. Recently I came across this link on this topic that seemed to be a pretty good overview with coherant examples.
Here it is
Are you reseting your CSS?
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010If you write CSS and don’t know what I mean by that, click the link below.
If you do know what I mean by that, click the link below.
If you are learning about CSS and are up for some detailed info… you get the idea.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptjunkie/gg257960.aspx
So… what is a CSS reset? Well are you familiar with the idea that each browser renders web page content differently? Good. So as a designer, one of the things you can do to not spend quite so much time pulling your hair out is to ask the browsers to turn off many of the things that make them different before they load our design. The articel on Script Junkie shows the tops CSS resets (I’m pretty much an Eric Meyer stalker so you can guess which I use). It is worth the read.
Open Office
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010If you need a simple and free office-like set of products, check out Open Office.
http://www.openoffice.org/.
I use Office for Windows and Mac, Google Docs, and Open Office depending on which machine I am using. Now, it’s a given that I’m a bit weird, but don’t worry software geekdom is not contagious.
dll issues covered by Windows Secrets
Friday, September 10th, 2010This link “A threat to common dll files hits many apps” will connect you to the Windows Secrets newsletter. If you have not seen this before and are a regular windows user take a few seconds to check it out – you might find subscribing useful.
80 of the most useful Mac tools and utilities
Saturday, September 4th, 2010The most evil cookie
Thursday, August 5th, 2010I am not usually bothered by cookies and will delete them as I need to but the “special” flash cookies that are hidden from regular cookie control windows are really bugging me.
As fate would have it the lovely and talented Woody from Windows Secrets highlighted just this issue in his latest newsletter.
Here is the link – http://windowssecrets.com/2010/08/05/02-Eliminate-Flash-spawned-zombie-cookies
Let’s all say it together… NO AUTO PLAY!
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010Ok,
I’m a huge fan of the Adobe Captivate Blog but having videos autoplay is really, really annoying! I do not want any sound on my laptop that I did not ask for or install. I have some whirrs and clicks and itunes running in the background (playing whatever middle eastern pop tune struck my fancy this week), but I DO NOT WANT to have a voice over from a tutorial (or worse, an ad) starting without notice.
Grrrrrr
Ok, … that said, check out the blog anyway. They know more about Captivate than damn near anyone and are a really good resource.
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Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 - Photoshop CS6 Sneek Peek #3
Monday, February 13th, 2012