In case of emergency (reinstall) this is a reminder to myself of what should i download afterwards (free and legal! ). In other words – this is a list with free and/or opensource applications for MacOS X that might become (or already are) handy for any web developer that works with the best (no offence, no flame) computing device ever – Apple Mac. If you have any hints for apps that are missing here, please correct me. Read the rest of this entry »

I don’t have to explain that it’s much better to use neat fancy images instead of regular html buttons. And sometimes designer succeeds himself and ads something really cool that you can’t simulate with CSS alone so background image for button should be set. On the other hand there is this stupid IE7 bug (afaik IE8 is ok) where you can’t see the background image for an input button if CSS border is set to “none”. Read the rest of this entry »

We all know how great is to make dynamic HTML lists so you may traverse into selections by taking into account what has been selected before. Superduper way would be to use AJAXized calls to server so it takes care of what should be displayed, but what to do if you have already two rendered HTML combo boxes (aka drop-downs) and just must make a JavaScript logic to take care of showing only those options from list 2 that correspond to the selection in list 1. Internet (google) has some examples using JS arrays which totally doesn’t suite me since i prefer “less code – less hassle” principle. And such arrays doesnt fit me since as i said – i have two generated lists and dont want to generate them as arrays and then build up in JavaScript which in my opinion is just an extra step.
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Me and my colleges do a great deal following contemporary business format – we work at the home office (not “from home”, but “at the home office”). I ain’t gonna tell now about cost savings on traveling expenses and office space rent but despite even “present economic situation” it is possible to save even more. I’ve been working in all kinds of offices – cubicles, open-space, closed space, outside space, free air, etc. But none of them gives that freedom for creation as home office. Of course, some rules must be applied since I’ve been hearing around “och, it must be so hard for your self control”. Nope. Opposite. Read the rest of this entry »