2004 September

To me, this is a real testament to the popularity of the CSS movement. A famous tables user, Yahoo has finally decided to make the move to a CSS layout and take down the tables once and for all.

When I first ran across this, I was under the impression that CSS had somehow taken up residence in the physical world, then made strides to participate in the major plays of the east coast. All right, I made that up, but it did sound pretty convincing, no? Anyway, today I found a neat site […]

As search engines go, Google does seem to have the Midas touch with their Web based success. Well, not every project they partake in turns to gold though. According to Wired News, their News-engine is not churning out support for itself financially.

When a Mac user wants access to an editor, I am willing to bet a software program like BBEdit is exactly what they have in mind. Designed with the user in mind, BBEdit allows for editing, searching, and the over all transformation of your work. I have heard a lot of good things about this […]

Looking for a full featured text editor? Perhaps you ought to consider stepping up to HTMLPad 2004 Pro. Perfect solution for HTML, XHTML, CSS, and PHP editing, this does not strike me as software would let the user down. Not to worry though, they did not forget to include access an FTP client. That’s right, […]

Have you ever bought software from a company and later found them completely non-responsive? Over the last couple of months I have been doing just that. About 12-18 months ago, I bought a piece of software from Wensoftware. It is called Book Library. The program is very good at what it does. I have hundreds […]

I admire people with sight challenges as I am sure it takes a lot of patience to surf the Internet relying on hearing words being read out loud. Unlike those who can see, they can’t scan a page and decide whether or not they want to continue reading. The article from OJR discusses how they […]

Designing Windows Form applications can be tedious work. Today, one reader writes into Thom Robbins asking where they might find the Web Browser control. Robbins has the answer for them complete with pictures and concise instruction.

An article that discusses the proper way to style form controls in a consistent way without driving yourself completely nuts. Roger Johansson takes his readers by the hand to show them what they need to know in order to make this happen.

More of a pain than anything, Stefano Demiliani warns readers that to be aware of a nasty exploit that affects those of use that receive HTML email. One of the first points made in this post is that disabling HTML email may not necessarily the best answer in the world. He offers an alternative that […]

Hey, I am all about Wizards! Not the sort that cast lighting from their finger tips, but rather the ones that help to complete forms and install programs. Well today on Ask MetaFilter, one site visitor asks for a wizard based solution on the DHTML/CSS/XHTML side of things.

What do you mean all Web graphics are square? It’s true according to About.com. Jennifer Kyrnin goes on to explain that in reality Web graphics are in fact square by nature. See, each Web graphic is made up of millions of tiny square dots called a pixels. See, even the pictures you see on the […]

No one alive can deny the force of Google and how powerful it has become in the Web design and Web hosting business. Many people work for hours and hours, days and days to make sure the Web site they have is ready for Google and it’s Googlebot whenever it might come for a visit.

Beach, Blanket, Broadband! - U.S. Broadband Penetration Grows to 51.4% Among Active Internet Users.
U.S. broadband penetration continued its steady growth past 50% among active Internet users in August. US broadband penetration grew by 0.73 percentage points in August, with 51.42% of active Internet users on high-speed connections at home. 48.58% of US home users dial […]

OK, this is pretty strange. I just found a Weblog post talking about something called a “patch for IE7“. The patch, apparently designed for Internet Explorer, apparently has been relatively successful. Only a few things that bug me here though. Why in the work would I want to download some “mystery patch” from the Internet? […]

So you think that you are the master of the HTML domain, huh? Care to test that theory? Take a little trip on over to Google Blogoscoped and check out their little known HTML facts. You will find all sorts of cool little tidbits about Web browsers, fonts, old-school methods, plus a whole lot more. […]

If you are a My Yahoo user, then you will want to read this article about a beta version of My Yahoo that looks to offer many new features. One thing to note is the inclusion of RSS and Atom. This is something to keep an eye on I think.

A serious look at find the best way to “ink the World Wide Web” with the Tablet PC. When designing a Web site that will be used by Tablet PC users and PC users alike. This can a little touch and go. Today’s article by Larry O’Brien explores this issue with great concern.

I know, I know, I have covered this utility here once before. Yet, when an update to a program like HTML Guardian, I think this deserves a little press! Now for those of you that have no idea what I am talking about, HTML Guardian allows its user to to encrypt HTML, ASP and script […]

Whether you write in a linear or a circular fashion, there are
going to be times that you don’t know where your writing will lead.
Still other times, you may know where you are going but time may be a
concern. These are cases where it might be more convenient and advantageous to write in the form of […]