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29th July 2005

Mac OS X speed FAQ

“If unsure as to which of these causes is slowing down your machine, ask a technician to help you isolate it before attempting to use any software to fix the issue. Many of the softwares recommended below have multipurpose functions, which may do other things you don’t want to do to your system. Only use the software to solve the known issue you are having.”

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29th July 2005

CSS Image Maps - Flickr-like Technique?

“Below is a sample image map that’s built entirely using CSS and XHTML. While I’ve added support for Javascript (item titles are simply displayed beneath the image), I’ve disabled it in this example — I’ve run into a bit of a problem when JS is enabled and CSS is disabled…”

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29th July 2005

Innovation: Throwing Design Rules Out The Window

“Sometimes rules should be thrown out the window. Often the most valuable lesson in art and design schools is ignored. For a visual communicator to grow and improve, you must be prepared to throw everything you just learned out the window.”

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29th July 2005

Net Rage: A Study of Blogs and Usability

“Catalyst’s proprietary test of the usability of blogs, conducted in late June and early July of 2005, can be downloaded immediately here. Our analysis sheds light on a variety of heretofore neglected, user-experience related design challenges associated with blogs’ potential to become a mainstream medium for Internet users.”

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