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December, 2006 Archive

Starting the New Year Google Free

Sunday, December 31st, 2006

By now most people realize that Google’s mission to be free from evil is impossible. Idealism wasn’t able to withstand the lure of hundreds of millions of potential users in China. Coupled with the fact that Google has quickly become an advertising and media giant, there seems to be a schism between the need to [...]

Posted in Apple, Commentary, Google, Productivity, Tech Industry | 2 Comments »

Security Update Released for Firefox 2

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

Mozilla released a security update for Firefox 2. The new update brings the current version to 2.0.0.1. Depending on your Firefox preferences, you will either get a popup window that looks like the image below or you’ll need to click on Help > Check for Updates… from the menu.

There were a total of five critical [...]

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Customize Your Basecamp Start Page

Monday, December 18th, 2006

37signals , the makers of Basecamp , pride themselves on building software that does less than their competitors. They take great care to deliver only the features they believe their customers need.
That’s nice.
Meanwhile, back in the real world, I’m tired of waiting for them to fix the “little things” in Basecamp. Time [...]

Posted in Firefox, JavaScript, Productivity | No Comments »

sIFR 3 Beta Released

Monday, December 18th, 2006

On Monday, December 18th, Mark Wubben announced the 1st beta version of sIFR 3. Mark stated he feels this release is fit for widespread use.
For those who are not familiar with sIFR, here’s a definition from the sIFR WIKI:

sIFR allows website headings, pull-quotes and other elements to be styled in whatever font the designer chooses [...]

Posted in Web Accessibility, Web Design | 3 Comments »

Adobe Photoshop CS3 Beta Screenshots

Friday, December 15th, 2006

While we’re anxiously awaiting the Mac release of Photoshop CS3 beta, we managed to get a copy of the Windows version a little early this morning. Here are some screenshots to whet your appetites. Think of this as software unboxing pictures.

Posted in Just for Fun | No Comments »

Henshaw Selected to Speak at webDU 2007

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

webDU, the premier Antipodean Web technology conference, selected Sitening’s Jon Henshaw to speak at the the 2007 event in Sydney, Australia.
Formerly known as MXDU, webDU is in its fourth year, attracting the majority of Australian developers, designers, managers and students with an interest in web technology.
Henshaw will present “Optimizing Standards Based Websites for Search Engines.” [...]

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Mauk Joins Sitening

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

Sitening has hired Amy Mauk as Web & Flash Designer.
Mauk, who created an illustration deemed “charming” by Martha Stewart, was previously a designer and illustrator for Design-her Gals. An accomplished artist and photographer, Mauk’s work has been featured in Nashville Business Journal and juried shows.
“We’re excited to round out our technical team with such a [...]

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Run IE5, IE6, and IE7 at the Same Time - Even On a Mac

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

Internet Explorer — known to many Web designers as the bane of their existence — can now have multiple versions run on the same computer. Thanks to a program that’s actually been around for a few years, I was able to effortlessly install and run the following versions of IE on my computer:

IE3
IE4
IE5
IE5.5
IE6
IE7

Even better, I’m [...]

Posted in Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Web Design | 12 Comments »