http://homepage.mac.com/cssfan/blog.html Most Recent CSSFAN Blog 60 en-us Copyright 2005 http://homepage.mac.com/cssfan/b_0508251616.html Wired magazine makes me crazy. All I want is a digital version. I'll pay the same as the paper version. I'll accept any Digital Rights Management scheme Wired wants to impose. All I want is the same thing MacWorld and Scientific American provide: Digital editions of the magazine I can download as soon as they're released. I don't want paper, and I don't want to wait a month between the time Wired content is on the streets, and when it's available on their website. Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:16:00 CDT http://homepage.mac.com/cssfan/b_0508111118.html In an August 10, 2005 article for CNET News.com, U.S. Copyright Office poll: IE-only OK?, Paul Festa reports the U.S. Copyright Office is soliciting opinions (through August 22, 2005) on the Copyright Office's decision to make the October 24, 2005 launch of its online preregistration system for unpublished, commercial works-in-progress, based on Internet Explorer 5.1 and higher. The decision to create a proprietary website will be based exclusively on "whether any eligible parties will be prevented from preregistering a claim due to browser requirements of the preregistration system." Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:18:00 CDT http://homepage.mac.com/cssfan/b_0508102033.html In an August 1, 2005 article for CNET News.com, Next Explorer to fail Acid test, Paul Festa reports Microsoft's upcoming release of Internet Explorer 7 will not pass Web Standards' Acid2 test that demonstrates whether a browser complies with desireable W3C standards for HTML 4, CSS1, PNG, and Data URLs. (The article reports "Apple Computer has already said that its Safari browser passes the test in preliminary builds." I tested Safari 2.0 that shipped with Mac OS X 1.4, and it does not pass the test.) Wed, 10 Aug 2005 22:33:00 CDT http://homepage.mac.com/cssfan/b_0508030823.html In my May 12, 2005 blog, My New Mouse, I said: "It's a mystery among all but the most ardent Mac-heads why Apple persists in providing only one-button no-scroll-wheel mice, requiring users to press the sole mouse button (or the trackpad's single click-bar) while pressing the Ctrl key to display shortcut menus. But, that's the Mac way, and there's no changing it. (How's that for thinking different!)" The problem's exacerbated for left-handed mouse users, because (at least on the PowerBook keyboard) there's only one Ctrl key, and it's on the left. Ctrl-clicking for left-handers means crossing the right hand over to the left side of the keyboard. But now, the problem is almost solved. Wed, 03 Aug 2005 10:23:00 CDT http://homepage.mac.com/cssfan/b_0508021619.html Fashion Discovery of the Week: The Motorola VS GSM Razr cell phone (see my June 28, 2005 blog, Razr's Edge) fits perfectly in the coin pocket of Levi jeans. Why is this important, and what does it mean for the future of clothing design? Tue, 02 Aug 2005 18:19:00 CDT http://homepage.mac.com/cssfan/b_05080108044.html In my July 5, 2005 blog, Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger): Widgets, I said "A disadvantage of Dashboard however, is that its widgets cannot have the focus at the same time as the Desktop or any open window. Users have to alternate between viewing Dashboard widgets, or working with the Desktop and open windows; not both at the same time." Mon, 01 Aug 2005 10:48:00 CDT http://homepage.mac.com/cssfan/b_0507240648.html Three months ago, Fox News carried an April 7, 2005 AP story, Energy Bill Would Extend Daylight Savings, reporting that the House Energy and Commerce Comittee "approved an amendment to the upcoming Energy Policy Act of 2005 to extend daylight-saving time by two months, having it start on the last Sunday in March and end on the last Sunday in November." Currently, Daylight Saving Time is observed in the US from the first Sunday in April through the last Sunday in October. Sat, 24 Jul 2005 08:48:00 CDT