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Webmaster News: 2/9/2010


Search Engine Optimization

Google Maps Used to Track Down Street View Car
Do you hate the Google Street View car for its supposed invasion of your privacy? Looks like this is what drove members of the group Free Art & Technology (FAT) when they've attached a GPS device to the Street View car containing Google's camera used for photographing streets in Berlin. So, now [...]



Usability

Users feel the difference between getting the details right [...]
"Craft is about details. The rounded corners and smooth edges. Making sure the pixels line up and nothing is out of place. Getting the palettes just right so there is no flashing. Precision is what creates energy and movement in a design. Users may not notice in a conscious way, but they will feel [...]



Internet Marketing

Chrome support for Greasemonkey
Back in December, I happened to click on a Greasemonkey script in Chrome and was shocked that it just worked. At the time, I wrote a note within Google that said Whoa. I just clicked on a Greasemonkey script in the latest dev version of Chrome (4.0.266.0 on Linux). Chrome offered to install the GM [...]



Programming

Answering A C# Question
I often receive questions about topics covered in one or another of my books, and I respond, most often, privately. Every once in a while, however, a question comes along that may be of more general interest. This question, though about C#, has a profound effect on Silverlight programming as well [...]



Web Design

Free Download Seamless Vector Patterns for Backgrounds
BGREPEAT is a high quality free seamless patterns web application. Where you can find fresh, cool, minimalist, awesome vector based backgrounds for blog, twitter and desktop. It keeps things simple; choose the pattern and clicked on "Thumbnail for Preview". So that you can have a look in popup [...]