IE Now Behaves Properly: IE7-js

Posted by Jeff

So here is a little gem that I wish I had found before now, called IE7-js.  IE7-js is a JavaScript library has been written to make Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE5, IE6, IE7 and IE8) behave like a standards compliant browser. It fixes many HTML and CSS issues and makes transparent PNG work correctly under IE5 [...]

10 Photoshop Brushes I am Downloading

10 Photoshop Brushes I am Downloading

Posted by Jeff

So I have been seeing many Photoshop Brush lists lately and have picked out a few that will be downloading and trying out.  So, I guess this is my top 10 picks from the Photoshop brush lists that I have seen recently, in no particular order. dot splatter vol.4 – by brushing up Oil Stains [...]

CSS 3 Border Radius

Posted by Jeff

Border-radius is one of my new favorite additions to CSS 3 and it is already supported in some browsers. Border-radius allows designers to apply radius corners on elements on the page.  There are a few drawbacks to this approach. Users browsing with IE8 and below and a handful of other browsers (Roughly 50% of your [...]

Tweetbacks Installed

Posted by Jeff

This is pretty cool stuff and could reshape commenting on sites as we know it.  TweetBacks by Dan Zarrella searchs twitter for tweets about your url.  After collecting this data, it displays them on the page, much like comments.  This idea rocks and I can’t wait to see where it goes. TweetBacks is still very [...]

Old School Gaming on My Mac

Posted by Jeff

So I love the FireNES plugin for Firefox because I can play games from my childhood before deciding if I should buy them again. But, I do not have a game controller for my Mac and using the keyboard to play Super Mario Brothers is less than exciting. Well, good thing for me the Xbox [...]

NVIDIA Speak Visual Flash Site

NVIDIA Speak Visual Flash Site

Posted by Jeff

  The new NVIDEA Speak Visual site is one of the better Flash sites that I have seen in a while.  The whole CSS/XHTML “movement” seemed to slow down good Flash on design on the web.  Flash still needs to be used appropriately, and this site shows how powerful it can be when it is.

Going for a clean slate!

Posted by Jeff

I am going to start my site over pretty much from scratch.  I still have all of the old content available and it can be found here: http://jefferyrainey.com/blog.