Author Archives: Aaron T. Grogg

New Font Replacement Technique

Until @font-face catches on, this looks to be a pretty slick alternative to sIFR. Though this does still leave your/your clients’ font files vulnerable to the vicious font thieves of the world… Anyone ready to dive in??? Happy fonting, Atg … Continue reading

How Web-Safe is Your Font Stack?

A recent newsletter from SitePoint brings to light a couple of fonts I would have not thought to be “web safe”: Palatino, anyone? While none of the “new” options are 100%, I was quite surprised to see several fonts with … Continue reading

Xmarks for Internet Explorer, Safari, and Chrome

For anyone who is as in love with the Firebug add-on called Xmarks (formerly Foxmarks) as I am, did you know they also have versions for IE, Safari, and Chrome? I have to admit I’ve not yet installed this myself … Continue reading

Multiple Versions of IE on a Mac

I can’t imagine anyone still tests for versions of IE any older than IE6, and as much IE6 does suck, we do still have to test in it. And if you primarily work on a Mac, that can be rough. … Continue reading

Further Proof that NO Idea is Worthless…

Got an idea, but you’re not sure it’s worth the time to do it? Or you think it might not take off? Read about someone who does not think like that… Then go do something… Happy doing, Atg Top⇪

Convert Microsoft Office .DOCX to .DOC

If you’ve ever had to ask someone to re-send a Word 2007 .DOCX document to you as a .DOC, you’ll appreciate this handy download… http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466 It doesn’t affect your older version of Word at all, just lets it open, read, … Continue reading

Test in Multiple IEs Without Installing Multiple IEs

I’m sure most of you already know about IE stand-alone installations, but IETester from DebugBar really piqued my interest, because it doesn’t require the multiple downloads and installs. I would be curious to hear if anyone has used this, has … Continue reading

Developing for Mobile, with just HTML and JS?

“PhoneGap is an open source development tool for building fast, easy mobile apps with JavaScript.” This sounds too good to be true… http://phonegap.com/ Would love to hear if anyone has had the time to tinker with this. Happy mobiling, Atg … Continue reading

Which Image Replacement Technique is Best?

We all know that graphic headers are never a good thing: they add weight to page downloads, they hinder accessibility, and at times could even hinder usability. But, if you work in a professional environment, then you know there are … Continue reading

Need to Copy an Existing Website?

HTTrack Website Copier might be just the tool for you, especially if you don’t have FTP access to the old site… As the site itself says: “It allows you to download a World Wide Web site from the Internet to … Continue reading