More writings

A small step for web typography

19 April 2002A Textpad macro that converts quotation marks and dashes with one keypress. »

Wanted: A foolproof route from word processor to HTML

11 April 2002As I admitted at the end of my entity support test article, knowing which special characters display correctly is a hollow victory. Sure, now we can easily use the correct typographical marks when working in our favourite HTML editor, but... »

Browser support for extended characters

04 April 2002A table showing browser support for numeric entities (special characters, symbols and punctuation marks). »

XHTML modifications for Dreamweaver

28 March 2002All updated Dreamweaver components available for download. Also includes correct numeric character entities for Dreamweaver and for Textpad. »

Customising IE

01 March 2002Throwing out some useless toolbar icons, adding some others; good use of the Links bar; installing the Google toolbar. »

Bookmarklets and other useful things for IE’s Links bar

18 February 2002A list of all the bookmarklets I use (mostly for web development) and where I got them from. You can install them from this page. »

Photoshop shortcuts and tips

18 February 2002Photoshop 5.5 shortcuts and techniques that I find indispensable. Most will be obvious to experienced Photoshop users. »

Review of the Liberal Democrats website

14 November 2001For an article on political websites, Create Online invited me to contribute a review of the Liberal Democrat website. They supplied the questions. »

Recommended sites, magazines and events for new media students

19 October 2001A cursory overview of some resources I consider invaluable to people just starting out in web design. »

Tips for faster websurfing

27 September 2001Better bookmark management; customisations and enhancements to your browser; keyboard shortcuts; etc. »

Good books on usability

26 September 2001A brief response to the request, “Can you recommend a couple of good usability books?” »

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