Jun 26, 2008

A handy Mac OS keyboard shortcut

While at my last job, I found myself listening to internet radio an awful lot. This typically came in the form of Pandora and Last.fm. In an effort to keep from closing the window by accident, I started making a dedicated browser window and minimizing it to the dock (I didn’t know about [...]

Jun 13, 2008

WWDC: My thoughts on Safari

In an ideal world, Safari would be the dominant browser. There, I said it. It doesn’t have to be the only option, as Firefox certainly has a lot to offer, but recent releases have made it unquestionably the most progressive browser on the market. It is blazing fast, supports a good chunk [...]

Jun 03, 2008

A new stance on IE

Day in and day out, I fight against the FAIL that is Internet Explorer. These days, Version 7 pretty much gets the job done with a little cajoling and the occasional punch in the face, but Version 6 is the bane of my existence. On a whim, I bought DestroyIE.com the other day [...]

May 05, 2008

When IE7 really sucks: No doctype

First off: I would never be building a page without a doctype unless I had no other choice. Let’s get that clear. In all honesty, I don’t think I’ve ever had to suffer through Internet Explorer’s quirks mode because I’ve always built my sites using HTML 4.01 or XHTML 1.0 (both strict). [...]

Mar 22, 2008

Why Apple’s PC auto-update rocks my world

Update: Welcome, MacSurfer visitors! Thanks for checking out this post. If you like it, or even if you hate it, please leave a comment. Looking forward to your input!
Let’s get the full disclosure out of the way: I am a huge Apple fan. I’ve catalogued my Cupertino gadget collection more [...]

Mar 18, 2008

a good day to be a web developer

Today Apple rolled out Safari 3.1, and Matt Mullenwag did an official preview post on WordPress 2.5 (RC 1). Maybe it was the double espresso and two green teas I had between breakfast and lunch, but I’m about as giddy as a school girl (who swoons when presented with sexy new tech stuff). [...]

Sep 02, 2007

Hey GrandCentral

Your login form is borked in Safari. Just so you know. Looks like someone got around to fixing the glitch. My comments on flash and a standalone login page remain.
I mean, seriously. Who in your company told you that using flash where javascript would have worked just fine was a good [...]

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