Author Archives: Aaron T. Grogg

Check Your Website Performance

High Performance.  What does that really mean in the web world? Well, if you’re a developer, you might be thinking about how efficient your scripts and functions run, whether they do or don’t bleed any resources, whether they properly dump … Continue reading

Ever Wonder How High the z-index CSS Property Goes?

Here is the answer… http://www.puidokas.com/max-z-index/ Thanks to Stephen Tang for passing along! Happy z-indexing, Atg Top⇪

View Source from Firefox Directly into your HTML Editor

How many times have you had to take a webpage you are viewing, make a flat file and tinker with it in your favorite HTML Editor (I use Dreamweaver, so I’ll use it in this post)? To do this, you … Continue reading

HTML5 Form Elements: I cannot WAIT!

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/html-5-snapshot-2009 HTML 5 is ready to go! Well, sort of… Mostly, in some places, and some times with just a little help… But great reading, especially the part about <form> s (page 3, Opera-only for now), be sure to view … Continue reading

Tips and Toys for Gmail

Gmail Notifier will tell you you get a new email, and it comes in two flavors! There are also a TON of cool Gmail toys to choose from and play with! My personal faves (which I am still checking out) … Continue reading

Notes from Jesse James Garrett Talk

Had the pleasure of attending a very intimate presentation and discussion with Jesse James Garret and Tamara Wayland of span class=”vcard”>Adaptive Path, so I thought I’d share a few notes I took… I like that part of AP’s mission statement … Continue reading

Website Performance Tips from Google

From the lads and lassies at Google come tips and guidelines on improving page speed. Well worth scanning trough! Happy testing, and thanks for the referral, Dan, Atg Top⇪

Are your Firefox passwords protected?

Do you click that handy “Remember” button every time you enter a username and password into a site in Firefox so it will miraculously be waiting for you next time? Did you know that Firefox does NOT automatically protect that … Continue reading

Tips from The CSS Anthology from SitePoint

In keeping with a long-held belief that you can learn something from anyone if you pay close-enough attention, I submit the following… I recently downloaded the sample chapters for SitePoint‘s CSS Anthology and, granted, it took me until page 78, … Continue reading

More Firefox Tips…

Have you ever noticed that when you are typing a previously visited URL in IE, the address bar automatically fills-in the “next step” of the URL? Meaning, if you previously visited the NY Times article  http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/27/washington/27cnd-gonzales.html and started typing the … Continue reading