Read PDF documents right in your browser with the PDF Browser Plugin from Schubert IT. The plugin is free and works well in Firefox and Safari (they provide a different version of the plugin for IE 5).
One of the things that has always annoyed me with browsing on the Mac, is the fact that when I click on a link to a PDF document, the file is saved to the desktop then opened with Preview or Acrobat Reader. I am really enjoying this plugin!
Jon Hicks from Hicksdesign has prepared a very cool Firefox Wallpaper for your desktop.
A good article on CSS-Discuss, outlines Why the CSS box model need a hack and offers up seven possible solutions to making your CSS-based layout work across all major browsers.
The Software Usability Research Laboratory at Wichita State University present a great research paper titled Where Users Tend to Click. The paper studied the clicking habits of 304 participants and compiles some surprising results.
The Missing <link> in the World Wide Web suggests that the <link> element is possibly the most underused and underachieving element available to us today. Learn about this mystery element and how to use it effectively.
Boxes and Arrows has a great article on Planning your future and deals specifically with career growth.
The article suggest making creating a document that includes:
The Web Page Layout Gallery contains 5 very nice examples of various website layout designs.
From the official Firefox site comes Firefox Tips & Tricks.
Some really great tips here – I especially like the one that changes the cursor for links that either open in a new window, or those links that contain JavaScript code.
Most Web sites maintain textual and image data separately, however, did you know that text and images can be combined into a single source file? An article review at unixreview.com show how to create Inline Web Images.
Not too sure if I would ever use this technique (mostly due to poor browser support), but it certainly could provide an interesting solution to bandwidth and image theft.
