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Cross Browser Testing

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
I recently started using a new service called CrossBrowserTesting, and it’s so incredibly awesome I felt compelled to write a review.  First some background… Browser compatibility is a difficult challenge for all web designers and developers.  The process of debugging HTML, CSS, or Javascript problems that only occur on specific platforms is both tedious and frustrating.  At Sitening we run either Parallels or VMWare on our laptops so we can launch Windows and test the sites we’re working on.  Unfortunately, this is a time-consuming process, and the results are often suspect.  While it is possible to install multiple versions of IE, ...

http://raven-seo-tools.com/blog/2578/cross-browser-testing

Google Chrome: Why?

Thursday, September 18th, 2008
It’s been a few weeks since the release of Google’s Chrome, and many people have now had the opportunity to try it and comment on its potential impact on the browser landscape.  Much of the discussion has centered around how Chrome performs, what features it lacks, and how the interface compares to other browsers.  What has been less discussed is what I believe is Chrome’s reason for being, which is to get the other browser vendors to think outside the window tab box. Google has developed some incredibly rich interfaces for their web applications.  What we can infer from Chrome is ...

http://raven-seo-tools.com/blog/2577/google-chrome-why

Firefox and Safari Are Aggressively Driving New Ways to Publish and Experience the Internet

Monday, August 25th, 2008
Apple just released Safari 4.0 Developer Preview to its developers. The new browser comes with several new features, including: CSS support for masks, gradients, reflections, and specifying a named canvas. Rudimentary support for the WAI-ARIA (Rich Internet Application) and cross-site XMLHttpRequest specifications. The ability to send messages between documents Storage of data either locally or just for the user’s session The option of running web applications outside of a browser or when disconnected from the network Canvas pixel manipulation Safari is still playing catchup to Firefox on some fronts. For example, Firefox has supported WAI-ARIA since version 1.5. However, the Safari team seems to be pushing the ...

http://raven-seo-tools.com/blog/2877/firefox-and-safari-are-aggressively-driving-new-ways-to-publish-and-experience-the-internet

How to Grab a Screenshot of an Entire Web Page

Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Web designers and marketers often need full-size screenshots for before-and-after shots and also for portfolio pieces. Fortunately, there’s many ways to create website screenshots. However, among all of the options, my favorite way to make full-length screenshots is by using Screengrab! — a Firefox Add-on. Using Screengrab! is about as easy as it gets. Simply bring up the page you want to grab and then click on the Screengrab! icon on the status bar. The result is a full-sized screenshot of the Web page. I used it to take a screenshot of Snipplr, our public code snippet repository for designers and programmers.

http://raven-seo-tools.com/blog/2873/how-to-grab-a-screenshot-of-an-entire-web-page

New Firefox Extension Does Quick Domain Lookups

Monday, March 10th, 2008
Richard Kershaw of Quality Nonsense just launched a Firefox extension that makes it super easy to lookup domain names. The extension lets you perform one click domain searches at your registrar of choice using the selected text in your browser window. It’s super-simple: select the text for your domain search and hit the keyboard shortcut (CTRL + SHIFT + D by default). Alternatively, you can right click for the contextual menu and hit “Domain Lookup for…”. You can learn more and download it here: Domain Lookup Firefox Extension

http://raven-seo-tools.com/blog/2872/new-firefox-extension-does-quick-domain-lookups

How to Build Fast, High-Capacity Podcast Sites on the Cheap!

Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Originally presented at PodCamp Nashville Many people have figured out how to record, edit and create their podcasts, but they don’t know how to easily setup a podcast website — let alone, set it up for the possibility of hundreds or thousands of people downloading it at one time. This tutorial shows you how to setup a fast, high-capacity podcast website without spending a lot of money. A key component to this solution is Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service). S3 provides very cheap file storage and high-capacity delivery. That enables you to distribute your audio files to thousands of people at one ...

http://raven-seo-tools.com/blog/2870/how-to-build-fast-high-capacity-podcast-sites-on-the-cheap

How to View the Generated HTML Output from JavaScript Web Widgets

Thursday, December 27th, 2007
One of the best things to come from social networking and the so called Web 2.0 is the Web widget. Web widgets allow users to easily drop JavaScript code into their own website and instantly add content and features. Most Web widgets contain CSS ids and classes that allow the webmaster to alter the look-and-feel of the widget. However, most Web widget documentation is lacking or missing, and Web browsers won’t display the HTML output in the page source. Fortunately, there’s an easy way to view the HTML code created by these widgets. Using Firefox and the Web Developer Add-on, you ...

http://raven-seo-tools.com/blog/2850/how-to-view-the-html-output-of-javascript-web-widgets

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 bugs (one of them only affecting Windows), two high priority bugs and one low priority bug. The full list of fixes are below: XSS using outer window’s Function object RSS Feed-preview referrer leak Mozilla SVG Processing Remote Code Execution XSS by setting img.src to javascript: URI LiveConnect crash finalizing JS ...

http://raven-seo-tools.com/blog/2707/security-update-released-for-firefox-2

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 tracking was added to Basecamp last September. It’s been over a year and they still haven’t added it as an option to be the start page of a project. (They’re missing Writeboards, Chat, and Files, too.) For all you Firefox users out their, here’s a Greasemonkey ...

http://raven-seo-tools.com/blog/2941/basecamp-start-page

Google Service Links Update

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
Today I updated the Google service links script to also modify the “More” box on Google.com and the search results. Now your links will appear there in addition to Gmail, Calendar, etc. Here’s a screenshot: Click here to install the updated script. (Don’t forget you’ll need to have Greasemonkey installed.)

http://raven-seo-tools.com/blog/2938/google-service-links-update

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