Web Tips and News
Open IE-only Web Pages in Firefox. Posted: March 5, 2007
Many users have switched to Firefox as their primary browser, but leave Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) on their computer for those web sites that will only work correctly in IE or for web design and development cross-platform. Well, there is a new Firefox plug-in that lets you open an "IE Windows" as a FIrefox tab, so you can basically emulate an IE viewing experience in a Firefox tab. Now that's cool. Now you can remove that IE icon from your desktop. It can be downloaded from Firefox or from MozDev. Check who has the most recent version.
A faster PDF viewer. Posted: March 5, 2007
Have you ever noticed how long it takes for an Adobe PDF file to open up when you click on it from your browser or the hard drive? It's kind of along time. FoxIt is new, free plug-in that will open PDF files much quicker. (The download size of Foxit Reader is only 1.5 M which is a fraction of Acrobat Reader 20 M size). You can download FoxIt here.
Build your own amazing background, landscape, or world! Posted: March 5, 2007
Ok, so this isn't really web-related, but it is cool. TerraGen is a freeware scenery generator software that allows you to easily create your own beautiful lanscapes which have been used as Windwos desktop backgrounds as well as video games, TV, and movie backgrounds, and many books and magazines. A Terragen image appeared on the April 16, 2001 cover of Newsweek. TerraGen can be downloaded here. Or, Wiki it here.
Microsoft's new Web Authoring suite is worth notice. Posted: March 5, 2007
Move over FrontPage, Microsoft Expression Web is here. A much improved web authoring tool with greater integration of XHTML, XML, CSS, RSS, .NET, accessibility, and cross-browser support. And the template layouts are more up to current styles. The software is getting very good reviews. Visit the Microsoft Expression Web home page. Read reviews of Expression here or here or here. An affordable Student/education version is available for purchase here.