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As a website designer, I generally have Firefox, Photoshop, Dreamweaver and a few other programs running at any one time. Alongside them, I also have a few helpful utilities running, ready for a quick bout of time- and stress-saving action. Taking screenshots I’ve used quite a few programs that do a more thorough job than […]

I can hear the mob down at the other end of the street. “Down with IE6! Death to IE6!”  I wish. Calls for the death of IE6 have, in certain circles, been mooted almost since it was first released. That’s because Microsoft’s browser from August 2001 was prone to crashing, it was insecure which made […]

Of all the new features in Photoshop 4, I am most excited about the new Content-Aware Scaling feature. When laying out a website design I tend to spend way too much time sourcing images that will suit the design, and more importantly, the design layout. This is a task that all designers have to contend […]

It’s all very exciting. Your website designer has finished work on your new site, you’ve gone through your final checks and the site has gone live. You realize that all those hours of hard work were worth the effort because your shiny new website is now online, ready for your colleagues, visitors and clients to […]