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Web Design Blog - February 2010

Firefox Flash Playback Mystery

Recently I have been noticing that flash animations on Firefox have been very rough. They seem to be jerky and appear to flicker when objects are moving. I know this is an issue isolated to Firefox as I have tested in IE and Safari. I don't recall always having this problem so it leads me to believe it is an issue related to the newest release (I am using 3.5.8) or it may have something to do with a plugin I have installed. Either way it is a mystery to me. If anyone else has had this problem le... read more!

Feb 25, 2010 1:52pm by Jeff Nicholson

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PHP substring to shorten your output for preview

Many sites have a flow where the user is directed to a larger list of items that he can look over as a preview before navigating to a details page containing the full view. If you want to show a little preview of a long text attached to your listing, such as a user bio, using substring is a must. It is very simple to do, feed in your string you want to shorten into substr like so substr($string,0,250). The parameters are very simple ( string to slice up, starting index, number of letters to cut ... read more!

Feb 24, 2010 7:40pm by Mike Vandenberghe

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Proxy your api calls for flash

Many sites use flash heavily and also want to make use of ajax like functionality. Sometimes you need to make a call to a third party service such as twitter, youtube, tinyurl, etc. There is a problem that comes up when you try to have flash interface directly to these third parties, there are security measures in place for cross site access to try and keep you safe. If you can't call this third party service directly from flash, there is an alternative, proxy the service through an api on your ... read more!

Feb 15, 2010 2:34pm by Mike Vandenberghe

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Happy Birthday Photoshop

Believe it or not Adobe Photoshop turned 20 yesterday. I didn't realize it was that old. As a young designer it is hard to imagine life without Photoshop. Beyond MS Paint (which I don't think counts as graphics software), Photoshop was the first and has become the only software I use for on screen design. It was introduced 6 years after the first mouse shipped with a Mac, and way before digital photography became mainstream. I wonder why they called it Photoshop? ... read more!

Feb 11, 2010 3:50pm by Jeff Nicholson

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How to find your public IP address

You may just be curious or you may be trying to troubleshoot an issue with a service provider. Whatever your reason may be, knowing how to find your public IP address can be handy. There are ways to look on your computer to find your ip address, but because of devices such as wifi routers this address you find will most likely not be your public ip address. There are many free services that will tell you what your public ip address is. Your public ip address is what the rest of the world will kn... read more!

Feb 11, 2010 3:36pm by Mike Vandenberghe

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Taking a screenshot PC and Mac

Sometimes taking a screenshot can be vital in troubleshooting or explaining a problem to someone over the net. Many people do not know how to take a screenshot. Whether you are on a pc or a mac, the process is pretty simple. For a Mac: Use the key combination, (command key) shift 4 , this will put your cursor into a crosshair mode where you can select an area of the screen to create an image from. Drag your mouse around the area you want to take a picture of then let go. Mac OS will save the pic... read more!

Feb 11, 2010 3:30pm by Mike Vandenberghe

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Thunderbird delete bypass trash

Nifty trick, in thunderbird when you want to delete an email and skip sending it to trash. Do a shift-delete ( hold down shift then hit delete key ). This will skip the trash and purge that email right away. Be careful though, this does clear it out immediately, be cautious not to delete anything you don't want deleted. ... read more!

Feb 03, 2010 10:48am by Mike Vandenberghe

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