CheckBoxer for Google Chrome
CheckBoxer is an extension I wrote for Google Chrome. Based on the CheckBoxMate plugin for Firefox by nrlz, it does ... well.. exactly the same thing: you draw a rectangle around the check boxes you want to toggle on or off. Magic.
Here it is in action:
As you can see, it has selected all of the check boxes within the selected area. No need to hold any other buttons as it only works when you've dragged over the starting checkbox.
Click here to check it out.
Death To Internet Explorer 6! [Internet Explorer]
Kill Internet Explorer 6
Well it's about time.
It's been nearly ten years of toiling over my CSS and Javascript, trying to give my websites a consistent look and feel across the board. Internet Explorer version 6 has been the bane of my existence and the thorn in my hide. My developer friends and I have discussed boycotting it at the risk of losing the eyes of the uninformed millions unknowingly viewing the internet the way it was never meant to be seen. Sure, we might lose their eyes altogether but we'd prefer that over a negative experience.
More recent versions of Internet Explorer aren't as bad and they're getting better at adhering to web standards but there are still some annoying browser-specific quirks we have to deal with every day. All I ask is that people really follow through with this movement.
To read more, click here.