View from the Potting Shed

I’ve got to a point working on my current Website design project where I’m needing to

test the code in a variety of browsers
keep track of which browsers still have issues with the code

Toolbar
So I took my own advice and created a new toolbar which I now have as part of my main toolbar, with links […]

Not sure why I’ve never noticed this before. When assigning a priority to a Task within Microsoft Outlook 2003 you can click on the priority box and select from a fly-out context-menu one of three options: Low, Normal or High.
But why didn’t the developers adopt a kind of natural mapping approach to the location […]

UPDATE: I’ve just created a step-by-step guide on how to install Anapod Explorer Universal Edition version 9.0.3. I hope that’s helpful to some folks.
ORIGINAL POST: Jane has an Apple iPod — it’s a fifth generation 30GB Video iPod — and while it’s all lovely and usable in its all-black designer chic look we have […]

This is my latest favourite ‘toy’ that I’m playing with just now. Eric Meyer’s CSS Sculptor is a Dreamweaver Extension (for DW8 or DW CS3) from WebAssist developed in collaboration with the CSS guru himself. It’s not cheap, though: normal price is US $149.99, although I got it on special offer via .net magazine for […]

I love typography, fonts and all that jazz. In my time I’ve created a couple of rather pathetic-looking handwriting fonts, and compiled a couple of fonts for use with mahjong documents, but I’d love to create a good, professional-looking font. Maybe one day.
I’ve tried a few font creation applications including:

FontCreator
FontLab 4.6
Fontographer 4.1

I currently have […]

Microsoft have just announced Service Pack 3 for Microsoft Office 2003, which has prompted me to make sure that all my Microsoft Office applications are up-to-date.
What is a Service Pack?
A service pack (often abbreviated as SP) is a collection of updates, fixes and enhancements to a software application or operating system — such as Microsoft […]

It turns out that Microsoft have been listening to the voices of impoverished students across the globe and are currently offering Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate Edition for only £38.95 (the RRP is £599.99) as part of their The Ultimate Steal promotion.
What you get
Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate Edition includes:

Word 2007
Excel 2007
PowerPoint 2007
Outlook 2007
Groove 2007
Publisher 2007
OneNote 2007
InfoPath […]