Mozilla is revamping the pop-up feature for Firefox to disable Flash and JavaScript popups by default. Firefox can disable such popups, but the current version has that feature turned off due to concerns that it would interfere with legitimate popup windows that some sites use. A manual method of changing the default to block plug-in… Continue reading Firefox Popup Improvements
Author: Kim Siever
I am a copywriter and copyeditor. I blog on writing and social media tips mostly, but I sometimes throw in my thoughts about running a small business.
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Adobe Photoshop CS 2
Adobe released their new version of the Creative Suite today. While some of the products look pretty cool, I am turned on by some of the new Photoshop features. After all, I use Photoshop nearly every day and more so than any other CS title. Some of the features that I have wished for in… Continue reading Adobe Photoshop CS 2
Design Stealing
For April Fool’s, designer Douglas Bowman recreated his Stopdesign blog using the design of several well-known web designers (such as Jason Santa Maria, Dan Cederholm, Jason Kottke and Todd Dominey). He set it up so the stolen design will be completely random, so press refresh to get the whole effect. This will most likely change… Continue reading Design Stealing
Google Offers Ride Finder
It just keeps getting better. First Yahoo! Maps offers cross streets and inline establishment indicators. Now Google offers Ride Finder. Just select one of the major US cities listed and you can see all the locations for shuttles and taxis in the area. A commuter’s dream come true. Somehow, I don’t think this will catch… Continue reading Google Offers Ride Finder
GMail Storage Doubled
If the search engine wars weren’t bad enough, Yahoo! recently upped their webmail storage amount for individual accounts to match Google’s 1GB limit. Today, a year after GMail was announced, Google has announced an increase for their limit to two gigabytes.
Deleting Firefox Auto Complete Values
I am working on a project where I have to add several new job postings each day into a data base through a simple web form. Often, the job duration, application due date, city, or company are the same as previous ones. As a shortcut, I simply type in the first two or three characters… Continue reading Deleting Firefox Auto Complete Values
Google Preloads Firefox Searches
ZDNet has an article that states Google now pre-loads websites for the top results of searches made using Mozilla browsers. Reza Behforooz, a software engineer at Google, announced on Wednesday that the search engine now pre-loads the top search result into the cache of Mozilla browsers. “Now Google’s faster than ever on Firefox and Mozilla… Continue reading Google Preloads Firefox Searches
CSS Maze
Here’s an experiment that uses only CSS and XHTML to create a functional maze. No scripting at all was used. It even comes with secret passageways.
GMail Invites, B$ & 360
I have a bunch of GMail invites and everyone I know has a GMail account already. If you want one, just comment on this post. I also have nearly 700 chips on BlogShares. I’ll give 50 to anyone who writes a post on his/her blog about HotPepper.ca and 100 to anyone who adds a link… Continue reading GMail Invites, B$ & 360
Spruce Maps
I’ve been published on ALA! A very exciting time. I should point out that the article was originally written last summer, and I have learned a few things since then. Nevertheless, here is Spruced-Up Site Maps (or “Spruce Maps” as ALA cleverly named the URL) in all its glory. Looks like I got in in… Continue reading Spruce Maps