Archive for October, 2006

by mkeefe on Oct 9th, 2006

Adobe Lightroom Beta 4

lr-thumb.jpgRecently Adobe released Lightroom Beta 4 for both Mac and PC. If you had used Lightroom in the past you will quickly notice the developers overhauled the interface and added a ton of new features. New to the Windows version is the “Web” tab where you can quickly and painlessly turn your library into a web page with only a few clicks. The library tab now offers advanced searching and filtering tools. I have now cut my searching time in half with this new tool and as you can see that “ON” switch is the quick way to disable all filters while still giving the ability to re-enable it by flipping the switch again.

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Lightroom filtering options now offer quicker searches.

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by mkeefe on Oct 8th, 2006

My views on Internet Explorer 7

ie71.jpgYou may have noticed that Microsoft recently released a public beta of Internet Explorer 7 (RC 1 at the time of this posting) and there have been mixed thoughts and a ton of false facts. At the top of the false facts list is thinking that IE still has poor/limited PNG support but that simply isn’t true. IE 7 now supports transparent PNG’s and doing so really allows designers to take advantage their amazing quality. Continue Reading »

by mkeefe on Oct 3rd, 2006

Essential PHP Security

059600656x01_aa240_sclzzzzzzz_.jpgThis book is essential for anyone starting out in PHP, but not only for them. It offers tips for almost any skill level, maybe you know some of the ways to keep your site secure but Chris really goes in depth on some of them.

The code snippets are short, simple, but convey the point exactly as intended… and I also like Chris’s method for validating tainted data, similar to a fisherman. If the fish is bad throw it back and the same goes for user input.

I still have this book for reference and have lent it to a few people which resulted in them picking their own copies… all around a great resource.

Purchase the book from Amazon

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