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  • Firefox Tip

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    I discovered yesterday that [tag]bookmarks[/tag] in [tag]Firefox[/tag] can have no name. Seems pointless? Not if the sites have [tag]favicons[/tag]: Space saving, so you can see more, hence fewer clicks. The above are jazzle.co.uk, The Sketchup Components Collection, bit-tech, ebay, amazon, radiotimes.com and the default icon (for a site with no [tag]favicon[/tag]), but you knew that…

  • Browser Wars (not much fighting)

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    Having created the new Saints site, I have access to the visitor [tag]statistics[/tag]. I was surprised to see that over the first 9 days (27,682 visits, 10.6GB) 92.2% were using [tag]Internet Explorer[/tag], and I was more surprised to see that ~57% of those were still using IE6. So more than half of all visitors are…

  • Microsoft could save 45 million tons of CO2 emissions

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    Microsoft could save 45 million tons of CO2 emissions with a few lines of computer code, need I say more? [tags]MS, Microsoft, CO2, emisssions, kyoto, abatement[/tags]

  • IE7’s Zoom Feature

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    I am of the strong belief that IE7’s Zoom feature is significantly flawed. The problem is explained at boagworld.com. The worst result is the that on many sites it will force a horizontal scroll bar! A well known no-no. The other problem which doesn’t appear to be mentioned there is the fact that background images…

  • Ready for IE7?

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    The majority of (legit) Windows users may get a shock over the next 24 hours or so as IE7 is rolled out. How soon until users stuck with [tag]IE6[/tag] start to get frustrated with ‘broken’ websites? Will it encourage them to get legit copies of Windows? Of course not, there are too many alternative browsers…

  • bbPress

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    bbPress is a fantastic example of how the web should be made. While there are of course a few (minor) issues, bbPress is still a beta / pre-v1 product (0.72 ‘bix’ in fact), and ‘issues’ may actually be simple matters of preference. If I was to set up a forum I’d use bbPress. But what…

  • Blogosphere Could Change

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    I genuinely believe that the oddly (and uncatchily) named Real Time Matrix and/or similar services could significantly affect [tag]online[/tag] publishing. While aggregation and [tag]blog-search[/tag] aren’t new, services like this could change the dynamics of the [tag]blogosphere[/tag] – the big guys might find themselves getting less traffic as the smaller sites get more attention, and hopefully…

  • RSS updates

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    It has occured to me that [tag]RSS[/tag] (etc) readers should allow the user to [tag]refresh[/tag] the [tag]post content[/tag]. This would mean that if the post is updated, which many often are, those edits would be visible from within the feed reader. Better: get the reader to check the posts and notify the user if the…

  • Bounce Spam?

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    I, like a lot of people, get a lot of [tag]spam[/tag] [tag]email[/tag]s. I get a lot of these via a catch-all, but I’m now turning that off. Should I bounce or just ignore those messages? I’d like to think that the spammers would be put off by emails bounced back to them, but think I…

  • Antec Fantastic

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    I recently got myself a secondhand Aria SFF case from Antec. Unfortunately I found that the card-reader which is built into the front was missing, and the eject button on the optical drive fascia plate had been broken and was MIA. I contacted Antec to see if it would be possible to get a replacement…