Fix yellow form fields in Firefox
If a visitor to your website has downloaded the Google Toolbar and uses Firefox to view your site, form fields with common names (First Name, Email, etc) will display in yellow. To circumvent this...
View ArticleDreamweaver and Subversion
I recently started using Tortoise SVN (Subversion) to get a handle on version control in a multi-programmer project. Subversion is a Good Thing—you know, subvert the dominant paradigm, just like we...
View ArticleThe torment of IE6, CSS and dropdown menus
It took me two entire days to figure out that it’s not my fault! It’s IE-freakin-6. I’m so annoyed. Here’s the issue: I used my favorite technique for creating CSS tooltips on a form. Next to each form...
View ArticleIE6 standalone version
If you’ve already installed IE7, it ate IE6. That means you can’t use IE7 to test how websites perform in IE6 and what strange IE6 quirks might be lurking in the shadows. This standalone version of IE6...
View ArticleTest for popups (if you really must use them)
Here’s an easy bit of javascript that helped me solve a big usability problem. The issue: we designed an application that requires users to fill out a form, then displays their errors in a popup...
View Articlesnap – automatic link previews
Snap.com offers a free tool that creates thumbnail previews of links on your site. The user hovers over a link and a small preview of the site appears (with a small link to snap.com, of course). I love...
View ArticleCreate separate profiles in Firefox
Do you share a computer with someone else (at home, for example) and secretly wish that they’d keep their bookmarks out of your bookmarks? Or do you wish you could more easily keep your work-related...
View ArticleLightbox image effect is super-easy
I usually try to avoid falling in love with shiny new web effects, but with Lightbox I couldn’t help it. I hope this effect doesn’t get overused too soon, because I really like it. I’ve spent a lot of...
View ArticleHow to create an interactive PDF prototype in Visio
If you’ve ever tried to communicate a site design via paper, you know the value of also presenting an interactive version with live hyperlinks. Visio users know that it’s pretty easy to create an...
View ArticleAxure how-to: create a conditional button
Axure is my absolute favorite tool for wireframing, prototyping and even functional specs – but despite my ongoing love affair with the program, it’s not the easiest thing in the world to figure out....
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