Bring Down IE6 is a website created to combat the ever-growing hatred against Microsofts ageing Web Browser
The premise is simple: Internet Explorer 6 is antiquated, doesn’t support key web standards, and should be phased out. This isn’t about being anti-Microsoft, it’s about Microsoft’s lack of development in the browser market. With IE7/8 not available for Windows 2000, IE6 accounts for up to 20% of web usage, primarily via business users. Clients pressure designers to ‘force’ sites to work in IE6, and designers, not wanting to lose business, comply, using hacks and workarounds. This wastes time and money. Microsoft needs to fix this, designers need to unite, and we all need to move on.
So please link to, tweet about and talk about this site to anyone you know
Each week I will try to give you a bit of information about me, and what better way than a good ol’ fashioned list. This week? Albums.
There are some albums that you pick up, and the moment that last beat finishes, you are left emotionally distraught. So much power, depth, funkiness crammed into 60 minutes or so, and you have what it takes to have a great album. The albums that I choose are not necessarily ones I listen to, but ones that changed my musical tastes, distorted my views of the world, and made me smile at the end of it.
Firefox is without a doubt one of the best browsers on the market. The customisability options are unmatched, the security is tight, and its blazingly fast too (but not the fastest) . Here are just a few tips to increase your productivity.
This is such a handy shortcut its ridiculous. It re-opens tabs you’ve closed. This is especially useful if you thought you were finished on a page, and you need to open it again, or if you closed it by accident. I can’t count the number of hours this simple, yet undeniably useful shortcut has saved me.
2. Less tabs, less memory
Again, pretty straight forward. If you need that extra juice for rendering, or you need to open up several Word documents, close a few tabs. It’s simple, if you don’t need them open, close them.
3. Do you really need all those Add-ons?
The only addon’s I have are Firebug, Web Developer Toolbar, Twitterfox, Stumbleupon, and no more. That’s all I need. I don’t need widget that displays the weather in 400 different countries or a addon that connects me to ICQ, MSN, Skype and Yahoo all at the same time.
4. Learn the shortcuts
Ties in with number one, but this is vital if you want to browse with pace. Some of my favourites* are Ctrl + T (Opens a new tab), Ctrl + K (Goes straight to search), and Ctrl + Tab (Toggles between open tabs). You can find a full list here
5. Keywords
This is such a cool little feature, but it’s one of the most unnoticed. When you bookmark something, Firefox gives you the option of letting you assign a keyword to a Bookmark item. Then when you need to access that bookmark in a hurry, all you have to do is type that short word or phrase into the toolbar, press enter, and voila, your bookmark is open! Some of my keywords are ml – mail, rd – reader, and dg for digg.com.
These are just some of the basics. Firefox is such an open browser, there is very little you can’t do in it. Just keep messing around with it, and you’ll be on your way to browsing heaven in no time.
*How nerdy is that? I have favourite shortcuts. Ha!
I rarely talk about my Cerebral Palsy online, mainly because I don’t see it as "relevant" information on here. I think the reason why I chose a career path that involved the web, is mainly due to the fact that I can be whoever I want to be online. I don’t mention it on social networks because usually there is no way you are going to see people personally from the online world in reality.
I am not denying that people should not be curious. I have lived with this long enough to know that if I walk in public, people are going to glance. But some days you just want a day off. And that’s where the internet comes in.I can be who I truly am, without succumbing to social pressures. It levels out the playing field.
I don’t try to be someone else online, I just try to be treated normally online. Something I have with a very select group of people in reality. Hopefully these things will change in the future, until then I shall find comfort in the fact that ignorance is bliss.
