Category: Internet and Tech
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Disabling tab hover cards in MS Edge
In a previous blog post I listed the steps for disabling tab hover cards in Chrome but now I must share how to do the same in the Microsoft Edge web browser. If you’re using MS Edge and not sure what a tab hover card is, move your mouse cursor to a tab, leave it…
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Bootstrap 5 is here
Bootstrap 5 is here and tutorials and websites are being created about it around the web. One good source for web development video tutorials is Traversy Media on YouTube and he recently put out a beginner-friendly crash course using Bootstrap 5 to create a simple website. You can watch the crash course video down below…
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New CSS to style underlines
Mozilla’s Jen Simmons posted a video on YouTube recently talking about some new CSS for styling underlines, “text-underline-offset,” “text-decoration-thickness,” and “text-decoration-skip-ink.” The video I am referring to is embedded below and I added a few simple code examples down below as well. I think these new styles will be useful and web developers can now…
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How to stop showing box that appears when mousing over Chrome tabs
A recent Chrome browser update brought “tab hover cards” which are small boxes that appear when you put your mouse on a tab. These boxes display the website’s “title” tag and domain name, as shown in the screenshot below. For me, these tab hover cards started to annoy me, as they block part of the…
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Sharing resources and articles – September 2019
Here’s a quick sharing resources post with a few links to websites and articles I found interesting. Off Page SEO: 3 Quick Fixes and 3 Long Term Strategies – Blog post from Shopify.com Bootstrap Vue v2 has been released Understand how hackers work – Blog post from blog.mozilla.org, talks about how hackers think How to…
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Sharing resources and articles with you: UX, favicon, bad habits and more
I came across a few good articles, blog posts and tools that I wanted to share with you, from UX to avoiding bad habits and unprofessional vocabulary and more. Promotion: Get 20% off with coupon code DISCOUNT20 – Coupon expires August 31st. Create your website today! 22 Basic UX Laws That Every Designer Should Know…
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Sharing resources with you: LinkedIn profile and job searching tips, and optimizing Google fonts
I came across a few good resources I wanted to share with everyone, ranging from LinkedIn profile tips to job interview tips to optimizing Google fonts performance. LinkedIn profile tips – Blog post from dev.to, you may not agree with every tip that is listed but they’re something to look at and consider Things to…
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Using “srcset” for your images and more image delivery techniques
After watching a recent video posted by Google Chrome Developers on YouTube, I wanted to blog about using the “srcset” attribute in the “img” tag in your HTML code to make more web developers aware of this easy-to-use/add code that will help your website. Definitely make sure to watch the video and check out the…
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Free online courses and learning sites
There are a lot of free online resources, including tutorials and courses. I put together a list of websites that offer free online courses that I wanted to share with others, hoping to help others. If you know of other websites that offer free online courses, please leave a comment. These websites are geared more…