Top 6 Internet Explorer Extensions for Web Developers

Apr 22 2008 by Jacob Gube | 19 Comments

Lead Image - Internet Explorer BrowserFor Web developers wanting to use Micosoft’s Internet Explorer as their primary browser, there’s some terrific IE extensions/add-ons that can aid you analyze, troubleshoot, debug, and speed up development of web pages.

Here, you’ll find the top 6 free IE extensions for web developers.

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7 Incredibly Useful Tools for Evaluating a Web Design

Apr 20 2008 by Jacob Gube | 88 Comments

leadin - analyticsAn effective web design is one in which your users are able to find information quickly and in a logical fashion.

Do they visit the content you want them to visit? Are they looking in the right places of your web page? Are you able to keep your user’s attention, or do they just leave quickly?

It’s not just about the content either. If your design loads slowly – or if moving from one section to another takes a long time – it affects the user’s experience.

These things can be the make-or-break factors between a user clicking on a link to find more information, or the back button to find it elsewhere.

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Awesome Things That Firefox’s Web Developer Extension Can Do

Apr 16 2008 by Jacob Gube | 21 Comments

photo provided by Benny Mazur (Bennimoto) of flickr - Windows and Firefox

Chris Pederick’s Web Developer extension for the Mozilla Firefox browser is one of the best tools in a web developer’s arsenal.

About a couple of months ago, I wrote an article about it entitled "9 Practical Ways to Enhance your Web Development Using the Firefox Web Developer Extension" and I’d like to follow up on that by showcasing even more things you can do with the Firefox Web Developer extension.

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