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Open hidden folders in the Mac OS X Finder

This is one of those simple tips that makes you think “Everybody knows about this but me.”

To open hidden folders such as /etc/apache2 in the Mac OS X Finder, do one of the following:

Press Shift + Cmd + G and type /etc/apache2
Open a Terminal window and type open /etc/apache2

Next, hit enter and say “Hello, Finder window.”

Posted on March 18, 2010 in Mac

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IE9 Platform Preview available

A platform preview of Internet Explorer 9 is now available for download. News include better performance and improved support for HTML5, CSS3, DOM, SVG, and XHTML.

Posted on March 16, 2010 in (X)HTML, Browsers, CSS, HTML 5

Geek Meet Gothenburg March 2010

It's been over three years, but on March 24 NetRelations will be hosting another Geek Meet for web people in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Posted on March 12, 2010 in Web General

Reverse chronological order comments

A few suggestions for sites that display reader comments in reverse chronological order, especially in combination with paging.

Posted on March 11, 2010 in Usability

Seven HTML related working drafts published

HTML5, HTML: The Markup Language, HTML5 differences from HTML4, HTML+RDFa, HTML Microdata, HTML Canvas 2D Context, and Additional Requirements for Bidi in HTML.

Posted on March 8, 2010 in (X)HTML, HTML 5

Visual display of alternative text

When an image is missing or images are disabled, web browsers should completely replace the image with its alt text.

Posted on March 4, 2010 in Accessibility, Browsers

Accessibility issues on Vancouver Olympics websites

Joe Clark takes a look at the accessibility (or rather the lack of it) of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics websites.

Posted on March 1, 2010 in Accessibility, Web Standards

CSS efficiency tip: use a single stylesheet file for multiple media

Instead of spreading CSS intended for different media types over several files, you can use @media rules to combine them into a single file and reduce the number of HTTP requests.

Posted on February 22, 2010 in CSS