The 3D special effects in films, TV, and commercial advertising are rapidly exploding. Capturing realistic quality in 3D images is a true art that takes a lot of time and effort. Displayed below are some high quality renders that will make you look twice.
This example shows how to create visual effects with a web database of information using ajax and javascript. This is perfect for a “Web 2.0″ look for sortable listings. The content itself is relatively easy to code and to implement onto any website with the files provided exclusively on the Backbase homepage.
Still, IE has difficultly handling this ajax effect on most computers. But, it is definitely something neat to check out. Enjoy!
This experiment is intended to help the general public (not geek) about the effects of not updating, no firewall router, and running IE on XP. We call this experiment “DoomPC” - for the doomed fate of the poor PC.
If you dislike this quirk as much as I do, you’re in luck. I will provide a few methods for squashing this bug as a web designer, and another tweak which will completely remove it from your browser’s default behavior by editing the CSS that controls the user interface.
First, let’s look at web design tricks. In your CSS document, just start out by putting this universal rule for all links:
a
{
outline: none;
}
Update: If you want to retain the dotted border for tab-based navigation, apply this to a:active. This still allows the indicator to appear when focused by keyboard, but hides when mouse activated. It’s the best of both worlds…
a:active
{
outline: none;
}
Also, another method involves universally targeting the :focus pseudo class specifically in Firefox. The CSS for his method is listed below.
:focus
{
-moz-outline-style: none;
}
The great thing about using outline: none; when designing is that other browsers that don’t mis-interpret the dotted border aren’t affected by it. IE6 still renders it, as does Firefox on Mac. Opera by default has no indicator.
CSS Validation is a big pet-peeve for me, which is why I opted to explore other options, and came up with the simple outline: none; method. This is the same syntax that we will use to tweak our Firefox installation on Windows, so that the border is gone for all websites.
Don’t worry, it is a very simple solution. Browse to: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\res\ua.css. Open the file in a code-editor that has line number, and scroll to line 123.
You Will See This:
:-moz-any-link:focus {
outline: 1px dotted invert;
}
Change It To This:
:-moz-any-link:focus {
outline: none;
}
Save the file and re-launch Firefox. That’s it, you’re done! Or, you can type about:config, then go to browser.display.focus_ring_width and set this value to 0.
Steve Jobs and Wozniak filed partnership forms on April Fool’s Day 1976 to create the first Apple computer. Despite numerous ups and downs since then, Apple has been able to bring us revolutionary products recently - from the iPod to OS X.
Today, Apple has created an MP3 player that dominates over 80% of the market as well as an outstanding, cheap online music store, iTunes. According to The Associated Press, “Apple’s financial health is better than ever.”
Steve Jobs commented on this particular anniversary during his Macworld San Francisco keynote speech, and suggested there would be some recognition on this day.
Hopefully we’ll be seeing an announcement as predicted by Monday night from Apple, although there has been no evidence that any such event would take place.
Maybe a wide-screen iPod, possibly a 13-inch iBook, imaginably an iPhone… Apple also has a history of being very unpredictable…
