Microsoft have recently unveiled the Internet Explorer 6 Countdown website. This is a good move by Microsoft to support the development community and raise awareness to get users off Internet Explorer 6. At Stomp Box we haven’t been building sites to support IE 6 for a while now, unless specifically requested — which thankfully hasn’t [...]
Firefox 4 has been released!
After some significant delays Firefox 4 has finally been released. Hooray! The long awaited update to Firefox will be crucial for this browser’s future, with some very stiff competition from Google Chrome and Apple’s Safari. I have been seriously considering switching to Chrome for my default go-to browser, so it will be interesting to see [...]
Hello, where am I?
As is often the case when I get busy, maintenance and site updates get a little neglected. Rest assured, been lots going on. Currently working on a very nice custom WordPress site, which will be immediately followed by another WordPress site. I’ve just completed the front-end build for an exciting new charity business — more [...]
WordPress 3.1 is released
WordPress 3.1 (code-named “Reinhardt” in honour of the jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt) has been released. This is a very exciting release for WordPress with some fantastic new features that will enable even greater theme development and customisation options. Here’s the biggest new features: We’ll be testing WP 3.1 shortly and will likely roll it out to most of [...]
WordPress.com now offers premium paid themes
Today WordPress.com announced that they will now be offering so-called Premium (i.e. you pay for em) themes which you can install on your free wordpress.com blog. This is huge news for anyone who runs a blog over on WordPress.com. We’re going to start seeing some really nice slick themes available in the coming months. Of [...]
Google’s treatment of underscores vs hyphens
It seem Google DOES NOT treat underscores and hyphens the same. Do a multiple word search with hyphens and underscores between the words and you’ll see what I mean: Results 1 – 10 of about 502,000 for “search engine journal”. Results 1 – 10 of about 502,000 for “search-engine-journal”. Results 1 – 5 of 5 [...]
A periodic table of Google
For the Google fans… a periodic table of Google services. Nice. View in a WebKit browsers, Safari or Chrome. http://code.google.com/more/table/
Google Reader for Android
Google Reader has finally arrived on Android. It syncs up with your existing Google Reader account, such that your unread counts, starred items and subscriptions are consistent from desktop to mobile. Each news item can be starred, liked, or shared, and you can even add “Notes,” just as you can in the web app. Overall, [...]
Stomp Box LinkedIn page is live
Our company profile page, with some info on Stomp Box and the services we offer, is now live on LinkedIn – check it out.
