http://blog.arcticsoft.net Official Blog of ArcticSoft Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:48:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ive written ajax request the long handed way using the long hand way of a XMLHttpRequest. It can be tedious and frustrating. Don't get me wrong, it works great but building this functionality can take a long time, just to avoid a page refresh. This is where jQuery comes in handy. ... http://blog.arcticsoft.net/2008/09/04/jquery-and-ajax-requests/ After downloading and installing chrome, here are my first thoughts. 1. Its fast, but when many tabs are open with flash it slows down a lot. 2. Its simple design turns me off. Dont get me wrong I love simple design, but when I feel like more functionality is lost it crosses ... http://blog.arcticsoft.net/2008/09/03/google-chrome/ A friend of mine just opened a business in Fairbanks Alaska. He opened an Anytime Fitness franchise. Congratulations Nathan! Here is a commercial for the opening. Click Here to see the commercial! http://blog.arcticsoft.net/2008/08/27/business-open/ Just released! I just finished developing a new version of the Medical Passport. This new version adds charting to the Passport formally called Electronic Medical Record. So in short, if you are away from home, and something happens, a new doctor can create a chart that is stored on your ... http://blog.arcticsoft.net/2008/08/19/essential-medical-medical-passport-v120/ I must repent for not posting lately. I have been busy with development and site redesigns. Also I went to Alaska for vacation. I have had an interest in affiliate sites for the last few years and its looking more appealing all the time. I have seen great success from others ... http://blog.arcticsoft.net/2008/06/24/affiliate-sites/ Here is the rest of the list. 1. Watch your load speeds. As a lot of people are on dial up, load speeds are an issue. No one wants to wait along time to have a page load. More and more ... http://blog.arcticsoft.net/2007/12/07/top-12-design-mistakes-part-two/ I am making a list of mistakes in web design. I know, there has been tons of these lists on other sites. But this list is different, it also takes into account newer technologies that have been used over the last few years. So here we go: 1. Write for web ... http://blog.arcticsoft.net/2007/10/31/top-12-design-mistakes-part-one/ I never thought I would say this, but I am now a proud owner of a Mac computer. As Macs have been gaining more market share and the need to do testing on a mac is coming up shortly, I went out and purchased the mini. Now I have used a ... http://blog.arcticsoft.net/2007/08/30/mac-mini-the-first-apple/ Like most other software developers and web designers we have trouble with some clients. I really feel the problem to this is a client does not understand the work and effort that goes into a site or software package. If a client saw what was involved in the Software Development ... http://blog.arcticsoft.net/2007/06/22/the-typical-design-client/ Well I did it, just upgraded to Adobe Web Premium Edition. First I would like to say I love it. It is actually based on web standards and not IE6 which I am grateful for. But one thing I feel got "too easy", that’s AJAX. I like the way Dreamweaver using ... http://blog.arcticsoft.net/2007/05/17/too-much-ajax-is-it-good-for-seo/