05.04.2007 web tech tips 1 Comment

Lightbox 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 time looking for a nice-looking, easy to use, user-friendly slideshow script. I haven’t found much until now–Lightbox [...]

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22.03.2007 web tech tips No Comments

Create 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 and personal browsing separate?
Keep the peace — create separate profiles, and everyone keeps their own stuff: bookmarks, saved passwords, cookies. [...]

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30.01.2007 user-topia, web tech tips No Comments

snap – 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 that it’s free and very easy to install, but for my purposes there are a few drawbacks:

can’t enable [...]

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