February 2008

The browser Status Bar tells you more than you may realise

Avoid surprises on the web: check the status bar in your browser.

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Choose what happens when you click

Right clicks, or Control clicks usually call up a contextual menu that allows you to choose what happens next.

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How much further? The thumb knows

Ever wondered just how much longer a web page or email will go on before you get to the end? The ‘thumb’ in the scrollbar provides a hint.

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Track yourself with Google News Alerts

In the past it was difficult, time consuming and expensive to monitor the news. Now we have Google News Alerts. [First published February 2004. There are now many more tools you can use to track mentions of yourself or your projects, but Google Alerts remains very useful.] Your community group or business needs to monitor [...]

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Display a Better Title in WordPress

Another of my regular WordPress articles for Informit has just been published: Peachpit: Web Design Reference Guide > Customizing WordPress: Display a Better Title: make a great first impression for your blog by customizing the first thing visitors see in bookmark lists and search engine results: the titles of your blog, its posts, and pages. [...]

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Beyond the printed book

Over at Thinking Outside the Book Maria Langer wrote an excellent article about ebooks. This is my comment and response. Please read her article first. I think the ‘problem’ of ebooks is particularly acute in the area of technical writing — software how-to manuals and the like — more than it is for fiction. Information [...]

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