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Archive for June, 2007

PicLens – The Full Screen Image Browser

Published on June 26, 2007 in Firefox

PicLens is a newly released plug-in for the Mozilla Firefox browser (Windows only), by Cooliris, that lets the user launch a full-screen slideshow while browsing photos on sites such as Flickr. It was first released last year for the Safari browser and can best be described as something similar to the slideshow feature in Picasa. Support for PicLens is currently provided for Facebook, Flickr, Friendster, Picasa, and image search results from Google and Yahoo. In addition, web sites can add support for PicLens to their site by including support for Media RSS.

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 26th, 2007 at 9:22 pm and is filed under Firefox. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

Fix for Suckerfish Dropdowns in IE 7

Published on June 20, 2007 in Asides

While attempting to implement a Suckerfish dropdown recently I ran across a problem that causes the menu do not function properly in IE 7. Basically, if you change focus within the browser then move back across the dropdowns, the menus stick in place on the screen. Fortunately, ‘Built from Source’ has posted a simple solution to this problem.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 20th, 2007 at 7:54 am and is filed under Asides. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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Leslie Franke:[les-lee fran-key]; 1. Husband and proud dogowner; 2. Seventh-day Adventist; 3. Web Designer; 4. Atlanta Braves Fan; 5. Northeast Ohio Native; 6. Bottle Caps Lover; 7. Certified 'Freakonomic';