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The best trackball lubricant
January 26th, 2006 at 12:19pm | 22 CommentsTip: Trackball mouse getting a bit sticky? Rub your nose or forehead with the finger or thumb you use to control it and presto! That trackball will be rolling like new. I have a MS Trackball Explorer that is controlled with the index finger. Sometimes it gets sticky, I think due to hand perspiration or ... read more »
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Pasting Multiline URLs into Firefox
January 26th, 2006 at 11:53am | No CommentsEvery day I get e-mails with long URLs that are split onto multiple lines and I have to reconstruct the damn URL by copying and pasting every damn line one at a time into the location bar of my browser. Well today I had enough, and as always I turned to my good friend Google ... read more »
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Refocus on functionality and usability
November 27th, 2005 at 10:31pm | No CommentsFew would debate that Ajax is a major advancement in web development. One that has the potential to take even more applications off the desktop and into the browser. However, with this exciting new approach to web development, it is even more important than ever to refocus on the functionality and usability. Even with special ... read more »
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Writing IE-only CSS in a stylesheet for all browsers
July 30th, 2005 at 8:29pm | 1 CommentUpdate (2009-03-26): I now recommend using conditional comments rather than cluttering your stylesheet with these hacks. Check out my newer article “Preventing IE6 bugs” for more details. Since IE was not originally developed according to standards, it has been a losing battle for Microsoft to bring it up to code. These discrepancies are a constant ... read more »