Microsoft and Wow haven’t gone hand in hand in a long time. Until now! Since, being first means everything, Microsoft’s latest offering surfaced today as the first step towards ubiquitous computing. With touch and drag technology, there are tons of potential for this. If you have ever used an ATM machine or been to uWink you’ve see similar ideas being put to use. Microsoft Surface is a commercial product for use by partners such as casinos, and will require device manufacturers to release compatible products. It has many features that are similar to that of Apple’s touchscreen computing technology, some of which will be seen in the iPhone. Here are the videos for these products.
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One of the least used properties in CSS is the Clip property. Clip is part of the visual effects module of CSS 2.1 and its job is to place a visible window on top of an object that is being clipped. It is useful for clipping images and creating thumbnails without having to create additional files. This trick can be used to create square thumbnails, or to create other varieties of thumbnails without actually duplicating files on the server. Here is the rundown.
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I am a firm believer in reducing code and optimizing page load to speed up browsing. CSS is one of those places where we can try to compress our code using shorthand notation. It is also much cooler and faster to write code once you learn all the shorthand tricks. The Font tag is one of the trickiest shorthand notations around, and I have noticed that many people shy away from using this specific shorthand notation.
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While in designing a website you should not rely on color alone, it does help to know what the colors you choose are saying. Why does Google use 4 colors in their logo while Yahoo only uses red? Why did JetBlue choose this color as opposed to JetGreen or JetRed?

Do you know the meaning of colors? For example while blue is a male color portraying peace and sadness, green can portray newness. Color Psychology shows us what colors brings out what moods, emotions, and appetites. There are even tests that can analyze you based on color preferences. There is the belief that different cultures have completely different interpretations of color and no universal psychological reaction to a specific color exists. For example, death is symbolized by black in most Western cultures and by white in many Eastern cultures.

Various display devices also handle colors differently. CRT, LCD and a Phone screens, PCs and Macs, all have unique color rendering characteristics. To be complete also correct for color blindness. Sim Daltonism is a small yet powerful free OSX app to test your website for color blindness. It comes with 8 different filters to simulate everything ranging from partial to complete color blindness.