Jul 16
YouTube joins the movement to phase out Internet Explorer 6
One of the cool things about SuperPreview (the browser testing application that comes packaged with the new Microsoft Expression Web 3) is that it lets you check any site against older browsers. So when I have a couple of minutes to spare I test out well known sites to see if they comply with web [...]
Jul 10
This is Expression Web 3
Expression Web 3 is now available for trial download directly from Microsoft. Click here to join in on the fun!
It’s no secret that I’ve been playing around with various pre-beta and beta versions of version three of Microsoft Expression Web for the last few months, all in preparation for the release of my new book [...]
Jun 03
10 reasons you’ll love Windows 7, part three: Aero Snap Gives You Window Control
There are a lot of subtle functions and effects built into Windows 7 that may seem either rudimentary or pointless at first glance but end up being very useful when you realize what they can do. Of these the new window control tool called Aero Snap is a much needed and hugely effective addition.
Snap your [...]
May 25
10 reasons you’ll love Windows 7, part two: The Taskbar
The Windows taskbar was introduced with Windows 95 and has functioned as a launching application as well as a place to store and access minimized or hidden windows. But through all it’s following iterations it never really changed. Meanwhile other OS developers were introducing fancy new features like application docking and taskbar customization and Windows [...]
May 22
10 reasons you’ll love Windows 7, part one: It just works!
I’ve been using Windows 7, first in Beta and now in Release Candidate, since early March or so. And I am thorroughly impressed. I was never a Vista hater – and I think most Vista haters either never actually tried Vista or refused to accept that Vista and XP were not the same thing – [...]
