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- Ethan Poole
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- Wed 25 Jun 2008 at 15:50
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Most techies will quickly preach about the increased productivity one will experience as a result of dual (or multiple) monitor setups. About a year ago, I went to my local Apple Store and purchased a brand-new 20" Apple Cinema Display to pair with my 20" iMac. The price had just been reduced another $100, so it seemed like a pretty good deal to snatch up. Of course, dual-monitor setups are really cool and the expanded screen space can often come in handy.
Primarily, dual-monitors came in handy when designing webpages, when I had Opera, T…
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- Matt Oakes
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- Mon 23 Jun 2008 at 17:36
In a past rant, I talked about Microsoft's decision to close its DRM servers for its MSN Music service, rendering all of the music bought from the online store next to worthless. Luckily, it turns out that Microsoft listened to what was being said by the online community and they have decided to keep the servers online. They have extended the date from the previous cut-off of the 31st of August 2008 to at least the end of 2011.
This is great news for anyone that used the MSN Music service before it closed, but still it is not as good a sol…
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- Ethan Poole
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- Sat 21 Jun 2008 at 11:33
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Matt just recently posted a blog entry about Opera 9.5, so I figured I would post an entry about the also newly released Firefox 3. Be forewarned, I am a hardcore Opera user, so I am not super familiar with Firefox. However, on a whole, I can say that Firefox 3 seems like a step in the right direction and it improves on a number of issues that plagued Firefox 2. The general changes include:
New theme
Implementation of Gecko 1.9
Page zooming
New bookmark manager
New download manager
Improved password manager
New address bar
Numero…
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- Ethan Poole
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- Thu 19 Jun 2008 at 17:43
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Awhile back, 37signals posted a blog entry about the clickable area of links. The key is for links to have a padding on them, so that users do not necessarily have to click on the actual text itself, but have the ability to click on the area around it as well. It helps to improve usability and is a small adjustment to make to a website. One should only use it on navigation links really, but it does make a big difference for such a small change.
At Lowter, we have a large clickable area for our top navigation links, but this results more o…
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- Matt Oakes
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- Tue 17 Jun 2008 at 17:15
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A few days ago, the latest version of the Opera web browser was released: Opera 9.5. I've been a massive fan of Opera for a while now. The feature set is great out of the box (mouse gestures, tabs that work the way I expect them to, and the speed dial, just to name a few) and the speed is great. With the latest release comes many further enhancements:
Opera Link: Your bookmarks, Speed Dial and even notes taken in the Opera browser can follow you anywhere. Opera Link keeps you synchronized between any Opera 9.5 desktop browser and Opera …
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