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Archive for September, 2005

Web Development Links

Tuesday, September 20th, 2005

htaccess Cheatsheet
Browsershots provides screenshots of your site in different browsers on different platforms. Great for testing in Safari, Konqueror, Epiphany, Galeon, Mozilla, and Camino. I’ve used if for a while now and have no complaints other than the length of time for you to get results (sometimes days).

Windows Installation Notes

Tuesday, September 20th, 2005

I am about to start the process of installing Microsoft Windows XP on a family members computer. This will be an upgrade from Windows Me, perhaps the worst OS ever.
Because the machine is on the old side (PIII 800, 128MB RAM), I need to create as optimized a version as I possibly can. […]

Opera Announcement

Tuesday, September 20th, 2005

Opera has announced they are giving Opera browser away. It is about time.
Though I normally only recommend open source software, Opera is a strong competitor. I would rather have people use Opera than Internet Explorer anytime. In it’s current form, Opera is still better than the planned IE7.
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190 To Go

Monday, September 19th, 2005

Have you ever Googled yourself? I do it on a regular basis. Digital Point has a keyword tracking tool.
I was just checking it and I found a pleasant surprise.

Before now, I’ve never been ranked with the keyword Jeffrey. Now, as you can see, I’m 191st. Apparently, I take satisfaction in the […]

Improving the Firefox UI

Thursday, September 15th, 2005

I’ve been using Firefox since before it was called Firefox, even before it was called Firebird. Years ago, when it was called Pheonix, I felt it had the best user interface of any browser on the market. Though I still agree, I feel there are areas of improvements.
By downloading extensions, users can alter […]