Most of us probably have a template we use to start new HTML docs, but I thought Accesssify‘s MarkupMaker was a clever idea, and quite well implemented! * The anal-retentive in me couldn’t pass-up suggesting he add rel=”stylesheet” to the … Continue reading
Author Archives: Aaron T. Grogg
A Couple More Firefox Tips…
Did you know… …you can highlight a word or phrase on a webpage then right-click the highlighted word or phrase to get a context menu with two useful options: Search Google for [highlighted word or phrase] – this performs a … Continue reading
Centered Horizontal Tabs with Just CSS
Yes, it’s an old article, but one I think well-worth revisiting! http://24ways.org/2005/centered-tabs-with-css How do you center a UL, when you would normally float your LIs? Well, Ethan Marcotte has written an article for 24 Ways that covers the basics and … Continue reading
Make Firefox Open with Multiple, Preset Homepages
Did you know you can make FF start with multiple preset tabs? For instance, I like my FF to open with the first tab as my Yahoo! Mail, the second tab as my Gmail, and the third to as my … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
From the man himself, Mr. Jeremy Keith, comes a pretty cool collection of links and things… http://adactio.com/journal/1582 I’m not sure I fully understand this, neither how it works nor what one would use it for, but, hey, it’s a mash-up, … Continue reading
jQuery Performance Rules, per Dave Artz
The man, the myth, the legend, Dave Artz, lends his expertise to fine-tuning jQuery. I can’t tell you how much this changed my way of coding… Read, memorize, apply, repeat. Thanks to Ron Harris for sharing this! Happy coding, Atg … Continue reading
The Best Firefox Add-ons (or at least a list of my favorites…)
Nearly any Firefox (FF) user knows that you can “add-on” stuff that doesn’t come innately with a FF download and install. If you don’t, you should; try going here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ Now, on my first encounter with this page, I looked … Continue reading
And Now for Something Completely Different…
This is just simply freaking awesome… what a fantastic perspective on life… http://www.simonhoegsberg.com/we_are_all_gonna_die/slider.html And for other viewpoint-altering shots of life… http://www.simonhoegsberg.com/ Happy mind-bending, Atg http://www.simonhoegsberg.com/we_are_all_gonna_die/slider.html Top⇪
How to Code HTML Newsletter Emails
Never fun, always a pain, and something that just won’t go away… Clients always want Newsletters that they can send via email. They want their brand correctly represented. And they want it to look good in “everybody’s email”… Ugh… In … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
Anyone with a few extra days on their hands… http://bestwebdesignschools.com/2009/usabilityedu-25-incredibly-useful-usability-cheat-sheets-checklists/ Alex: Did you write this one?? http://bestwebdesignschools.com/2009/25-essential-freeware-apps-for-web-designers/ Josh: This one’s for you! http://www.businessinsider.com/henry-blodget-check-out-all-the-cool-new-stuff-the-new-york-times-is-working-on-to-save-itself-2009-5 A brief, painful, but useful lesson in life: http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2009/05/15/less-is-more/ Happy reading, Atg Top⇪