Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
I recently started using a new service called CrossBrowserTesting, and it’s so incredibly awesome I felt compelled to write a review. First some background… Browser compatibility is a difficult challenge for all web designers and developers. The process of debugging HTML, CSS, or Javascript problems that only occur on specific ...
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
It’s been a few weeks since the release of Google’s Chrome, and many people have now had the opportunity to try it and comment on its potential impact on the browser landscape. Much of the discussion has centered around how Chrome performs, what features it lacks, and how the interface ...
Monday, August 25th, 2008
Apple just released Safari 4.0 Developer Preview to its developers. The new browser comes with several new features, including: CSS support for masks, gradients, reflections, and specifying a named canvas. Rudimentary support for the WAI-ARIA (Rich Internet Application) and cross-site XMLHttpRequest specifications. The ability to send messages between documents Storage ...
Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Web designers and marketers often need full-size screenshots for before-and-after shots and also for portfolio pieces. Fortunately, there’s many ways to create website screenshots. However, among all of the options, my favorite way to make full-length screenshots is by using Screengrab! — a Firefox Add-on. Using Screengrab! is about as ...
Monday, March 10th, 2008
Richard Kershaw of Quality Nonsense just launched a Firefox extension that makes it super easy to lookup domain names. The extension lets you perform one click domain searches at your registrar of choice using the selected text in your browser window. It’s super-simple: select the text for your domain search ...
Thursday, December 27th, 2007
One of the best things to come from social networking and the so called Web 2.0 is the Web widget. Web widgets allow users to easily drop JavaScript code into their own website and instantly add content and features. Most Web widgets contain CSS ids and classes that allow the ...
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
If you’re on the Internet all day like myself, then you probably come across hundreds of websites, files, music collections, historical archives, images, etc, that you would like to keep track of. Let me introduce you to Zotero. Zotero is a free Firefox 2.x add on — compatible with Windows, ...
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
Mozilla released a security update for Firefox 2. The new update brings the current version to 2.0.0.1. Depending on your Firefox preferences, you will either get a popup window that looks like the image below or you’ll need to click on Help > Check for Updates… from the menu. There ...
Thursday, September 28th, 2006
One of my favorite social media services is StumbleUpon. I like it because it’s one of the best ways to discover new websites, and it’s also perfect for marketing Web pages and websites. For some reason, StumbleUpon has the uncanny ability to drive a significant amount of traffic. The StumbleUpon ...
Sunday, July 9th, 2006
Built-in Spell Checker Firefox now sports a new spell checker that works with input fields and textareas. This is easily my favorite new feature in Firefox. It works similar to most modern word processors — misspelled words have a red dashed line underneath them and right-clicking the word will display ...