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Continuously detect window resizing with jQuery

Posted on January 26, 2014 by ellen

@media statements in stylesheets are fine for defining responsive css  changes that activate when the browser window dimensions fall within a certain size range, but what about when you want to activate a javascript function

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Javascript, Web Building

IE8 and Fontawesome: @fontface fonts show as boxes on some machines

Posted on January 19, 2014February 6, 2014 by ellen

I’m working on an HTML5 project that uses Fontawesome symbols for the Previous and Next buttons. On most browsers including IE8, @fontface fonts just work, most of the time. They won’t work if IE8 is

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HTML5, Internet Explorer, Javascript, Troubleshooting
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Stretchy Captivate that fits the Saba Player frame, on all browsers

Posted on January 11, 2014February 5, 2014 by ellen

Web-based learning activities in our old LMS were displayed in a flexible-size frameset, – the Rustici SCORM Engine player window. The SCORM Engine spoiled us with its many settings Content that needed to be large

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Captivate, Elearning, Web Building

OSX Migration Assistant doesn’t see all Time Machine backups

Posted on January 11, 2014January 30, 2014 by ellen

When reverting a new Mac from Mavericks to Mountain Leopard, I wiped the drive, installed Mountain Lion, then updated it with all the current updates. Then I backed it up to Time Machine,  in case

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Mac OS X, Troubleshooting
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Wacom Tablet hangs and freezes for a second every so often

Posted on January 8, 2014January 30, 2014 by ellen

One of my Wacom tablets, an Intuos 3, has had a habit of freezing every so often, particularly when hovering. The cursor would simply stop moving till I clicked somewhere, usually a couple of times.

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Hardware, Mac OS X, Technology, Troubleshooting
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Canon MX880 series printer won’t scan because of error: USB cable is disconnected

Posted on January 8, 2014January 30, 2014 by ellen

When trying to scan with a Canon MX 880 scanner over wifi,  you may receive this message: Cannot scan for these reasons: scanner is turned off USB cable is disconnected Please check and try again.

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Hardware, Mac OS X, Technology, Troubleshooting
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Error on installing legacy Wacom Driver: Install Wacom Tablet.pkg can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer.

Posted on January 6, 2014January 30, 2014 by ellen

I use a Wacom Intuos 2 tablet on my right hand for fine control, and a Kensington trackball on the left for big scrolling movements. The combination has helped preserve my wrists so far, since

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Mac OS X, Troubleshooting
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Customize Saba People Cloud themes using jQuery

Posted on January 3, 2014January 30, 2014 by ellen

Saba People Cloud provides for settings changes through the UI for theme styles and labels. This may not be suffiicient to achieve the  workflow and usability improvements you need. To do more significant theme changes,

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CSS, Elearning, Javascript, Saba, Snippets, Usability
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BBEdit 10.5.x ignores font size changes and other settings.

Posted on January 2, 2014January 19, 2014 by ellen

I was setting up my new computer, and trying to adjust font-sizes and other settings in BBEdit. BBEdit relies on the font-palette for all the font settings, but didn’t seem to notice any changes I

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Applications, BBedit, Troubleshooting
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Fixing slow performance on OSX 10.9, Mavericks

Posted on December 24, 2013January 30, 2014 by ellen

  I have an early-2008 iMac which has served me pretty well for home use, but the hard drive finally died. Since replacing the drive on those machines is quite a chore, I brought it

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Mac OS X, Mail.app, Troubleshooting
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