Posted in Rants on Nov 2nd, 2011
(In no particular order) Stopped support and development of their toolbar for Firefox Maybe it’s the cynic in me, but I have to believe that this was done to get more people to switch to Chrome. I mean why else would they do this? The only public mention of this by Google says that Firefox [...]
Posted in JavaScript/jQuery, Rants on Feb 18th, 2011
More and more I’m seeing the use of fixed positioning in websites to the point of it becoming a distraction. Let me give you two examples. First, the New York Times. Unfortunately I can’t give you a link because this example involved an ad, and the ads on the Times’ pages are dynamic. But what [...]
Posted in Rants on Jan 25th, 2011
The Google toolbar is pretty much the only toolbar I add to my browser. I’ve used it since it came out but recently I noticed two annoying changes. First, the theme changed and now all my toolbar icons look like they were designed by third graders. With the new pastel colors and soft rounded look [...]
Posted in Rants on Jan 17th, 2011
Aside from the fact that I believe that cell phone carriers and makers are basically gouging everyone with their high prices and ridiculous monthly fees, wanna know why I really hate smartphones? It’s because now, more than ever, smartphone manufacturers seem to be coming out with new models every week but most of us are [...]
Posted in Rants on Nov 19th, 2010
You may think that emails have a subject line so that you will know what the email is about. You’re wrong. Emails have a subject line so you can ignore them. Why Do Emails Even Need a Subject Line? I’m sure the original intent of emails having a subject line was so that the recipient [...]