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According to Digital Inspiration, "Luckily, the rule is pretty simple - always add the ALT attribute to your images but include the TITLE attribute only if the image is a link." Read more about a nice way to think about tagging images.

Change your bookmark icons! Right-click any bookmark, and select "Properties", then "Browse" for a new image or paste in a url. Works with Firefox 3 - Favicon Picker 3 0.4.0.5

Labels: Firefox

I've sometimes questioned the value of the various themes for Firefox, but actually like the Google-Chrome-like Chromifox appearance add-on.

Labels: Firefox, Tools

The Yahoo Search Page at http://us.builder.search.yahoo.com is identical to an earlier version of http://search.yahoo.com.

Labels: Yahoo

Gmail and/or Google Apps email fails to load in the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. The problem may occur after updating to the beta version of IE 8.0 or using IE 7.0.

Other Symptoms

1. Some Internet Explorer users are report that they see an 'Operation aborted' error message when they log in to Gmail.
   
2. Others describe the problem, "cannot access my Gmail account. The page loads, I see it briefly for less than a second, then it goes blank"

Solutions. The Gmail Help Discussion Group states that Google is aware of the problem and is working to resolve the bug. In the meantime, they suggest the following 2 workarounds:

1. Access the older version of Gmail at
   http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1
2. Use a different browser, like Mozilla Firefox or Safari.

If you're using Google Apps email, the older version can be accessed using the following URL

• http://mail.google.com/a/yourGoogleAppsDomain.com/?ui=1

An alternative solution (I have not tested this one) was suggested on thevistaforums.com:

Gmail works correctly if I uncheck "Enable Protected Mode" in the security settings of IE7, or if I hold the CTL key down when loading the page.

From what I can read, Protected Mode is supposed to help me by blocking malicious code from invading my system when using IE7, so I am not sure I really want to turn it off.

Read More at Gmail Help Discussion Group

Labels: Gmail, Google

Here are a few web sites that talk about the Google Domains problem where www.yourGoogleAppsDomain.com will work, but yourGoogleAppsDomain.com returns an error.

Here's a solution works nicely for domains hosted at Godaddy: As Jimwarholic.com describes below, first change the CNAME record to have the WWW point to ghs.google.com and then delete Godaddy's default A Name record. Here are the details and more discussion:

1. Jim Warholic writes "I decided to tackle the custom domain name setup again for Google Custom Domain names. The instructions for setting up a custom domain name seem simple enough, but when entering a CNAME record and having the WWW point to ghs.google.com produces only half the desired results." More...


2. Nitecruzr's Google Custom Domain - Case Study #1 - "If you're going to setup a Google Custom Domain, you have to start with DNS properly setup. In most cases, you will want the "www" alias, as well as the rest of the domain, to refer to Google. This requires you to carefully use the setup procedures provided by your DNS Host." More...


3. Google Custom Domain Name Working with WWW and Non WWW - "After doing some research online for the WWW custom domain name issues. I found a helpful link with some information about deleting the "A" record in the DNS control panel of Godaddy for your domain name. ~ Wednesday's Internet Child

Labels: Google

.docx is the file extension for Word Microsoft Office Open XML Format Document.

To convert Microsoft Office Word 2007 .docx or .docm files so that they'll work with Microsoft Office Word 2003, Word 2002, or Word 2000, you can install the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for 2007 Office Word. After converting, the file will be readable in OpenOffice.

The DailyBlahBlahBlah blog has a few other suggestions -- Zamzar, Docx2doc and other online converters.

The upcoming OpenOffice 3.0 will support the file format when it is expected to be released in the fall of 2008.

Labels: Openoffice