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Type a Lot? How to Avoid Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

If you are a web developer, or just spend a lot of time in front of your computer typing, then you have increased risk of developing repetitive strain injuries such as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Learn how to minimize your risk.

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Free Compression/Decompression Software

If you download software or send bulky files, you will likely need compression and decompression software. Here are some free programs that you can use.

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Free Audio Editing Software

Lately, we’ve been sharing our favorite free software picks. Today, we’ll share our favorite free audio editing software. These tools are useful for creating and editing audio for your website.

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Free FTP Clients for Windows and Mac

Why buy software when you can find a free open source alternative? These FTP clients are three of the best software packages out there. Try them now.

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Safari and Flash Don’t Play Well Together

Flash is used across the internet to achieve many great effects. Unfortunately, not everything that you want to achieve — such as div overlays — is cross-browser compatible. In this article, we address how Safari treats transparent flash elements using the wmode parameter.

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1 Big Reason To Use Standard Fonts

Recently, we ran into a problem which caused text to disappear on two browsers. The culprit? Non-standard fonts.

In this article, we discuss the problem and give alternatives for using fonts which are not widely supported.

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Firefox vs. Internet Explorer

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has enjoyed many years of near dominance. Current statistics report that nearly 73% of web surfers use the browser. But things are rapidly changing. Although Internet Explorer still remains popular, usage has steadily decreased during these last few years.

What is the reason for the steady decline? Mozilla Firefox. In only a few years, Firefox has become the second most popular browser, used by almost 20% of web surfers.

In this article, we discuss how Internet Explorer has maintained such great popularity among web surfers, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of using Firefox.

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Is Your Website Cross-Browser Compatible?

Believe it or not, all web browsers do not behave the same way. And depending on how a website is coded, it might look differently in each browser. Clearly, this can be quite problematic; broken sites often look unprofessional. So how can you determine whether your website looks the same across all browsers?

In this article, we suggest tools that can be used to view your site in multiple browsers, as well as quick fixes for some of the most common cross-browser compatibility issues.

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