We’ve just developed a Google Maps application - all using Firefox - and started to test it in IE. We were shocked to find that our map looks completely off centre and have a big grey backround across them. Moving the map with the mouse causes them to clip and look shocking!
See below:
So how do [...]
We use prototype.js and scriptaculous for a number of our sites and applications - they provide great foundations with which to build advanced javascript applications. However they can be fairly large and take a while to download.
As I’ve previously mentioned on this blog, you can get pre-shrunk versions of both prototype and scriptaculous which [...]
Udi Manber, the VP of Engineering in Google’s Search Quality team has a very interesting post about the Search Quality Team (the guys responsible for the ranking of results in Google searches).
I’ve often wondered how google ranks results, and whilst they don’t tell you specifically, the post offers an interesting insight into the inner workings [...]
Google Australia today released gDay, a new search function that allows you to search for tomorrows news today. They have a press release here. Looks pretty amazing and promises to help you find out Football scores before the game is played:
Gotta love the start of April.
I recently purchased a new Mac and have been progressively setting it up with all my favorite Mac applications. Google Notifier for Mac is one of these, which monitors my Gmail account and lets me know when I have mail.
Unfortunately, on my new Mac I have not been able to Sign-In to my Google Account [...]
Recently I upgraded to a new Mac. I like to install applications from scratch when I upgrade, as it allows me to clean out all the garbage that I didn’t need in the first place. So I’ve compiled a list of all the best free applications I like to have installed on my [...]
I setup auto-forwarding for a client’s Gmail account today and ran into a couple of interesting problems. Firstly, I tested the auto-forwarding function from my own Gmail account, with the forwarding email address set to my own Gmail account. After a number of attempts, i discovered that i wasn’t receiving the forwarded emails.
After [...]