Aptana Studio is an IDE, Integrated Development Environment, that specializes in making it easier for web developers to organize and find resources for their projects. Microsoft's Visual Studio and Eclipse are two popular examples of IDEs. Aptana provides a lot of the same type of functionality the Visual Studio does, but specializing in web development. Aptana, now at version … [Read more...]
Adobe Releases 9.3 for Adobe Reader and Acrobat
Adobe held good on their word and released a patch for Adobe Reader and Acrobat, bringing them up to version 9.3, to patch a serious exploit with the Javascript engine inside of Reader and Acrobat. This is the the third time the Javascript engine has been exploited leading many people to disable it completely. For information on how to disable Javascript inside Adobe Reader and … [Read more...]
IrfanView – The Best TIFF Viewer
I recently received hundreds of TIFF images which gave me the chance to reacquaint myself with IrfanView which is, in my opinion, the best TIFF viewer out there. The TIFF image format is commonly used for scanned documents and images with a high color-depth. Unfortunately, being able to open the format seems a little less common. IrfanView takes care of that problem and has a … [Read more...]
Now Is a Perfect Time to Update Java
As part of routine maintenance, you should be updating Java and a slew of other common browser plugins. If you haven't been, don't worry. Now is the perfect time to make sure you're running the latest version of Java. Just head over to this Java webpage to ensure that you're running the latest version which is (as of publishing) Version 6, Update 17. If you're running an older … [Read more...]
WebShot – Take Full-Length Screenshots of Web Pages
I recently wrote an article explaining how to take a screenshot after I was asked me that very question. I believe many of the commercial screenshot-taking applications on the market today certainly confuse the issue. Hopefully my article answered a lot of the questions about this frequently overlooked tool, but one thing that I didn't cover was a method to capture webpages … [Read more...]