Internet Experience Tips
Browsing
- Full screen display (F11) removes toolbars.
- When the display is jammed, Ctrl/Refresh updates also the format (style).
- Pressing Ctrl while using the mouse wheel, will enlarge and reduce the display.
Surfing Performance
- The best surfing performance is on Saturday morning.
- Surfing performance is affected by your system response time
- Keep at least 40% of your disk space free.
- Clean your disk from unnecessary files (I use the Microsoft system tool "Disk Cleanup").
- Defragment your disk (I use the Microsoft system tool "Disk Defragmenter").
- Remove unnecessary installed programs.
- Clean the system registry (I use Microsoft RegClean).
- Remove unnecessary programs from the system startup.
- Adding toolbars usually degrade performance, as it initializes background operations.
Website Building
I built this website using stuff I found in the internet. My site is built using pure CSS,
without any table.
- I started learning HTML and CSS from HTMLSource.
- I followed the 12 Principles For Keeping Your Code Clean.
- In specific cases, such as styling forms, I used a
CSS Generator.
- All the time I was concentrating in performance. Do not use old code (e.g. tables),
and do everything you can so your pages will load faster (e.g. search for the optimal
image size and quality).
- Compress JavaScripts to reduce the download time (or valuable WAN bandwidth) and storage space required by your script files.
- If you are eco-conscious, consider using reverse color schemes, that is light-colored text on a dark background. Even if the energy savings are small, they are representative of the need for each of us to start taking small steps to save energy.
- I checked for tags' validity in
W3Schools.
- I ensured
Browser Compatibility of my pages.
- Stu's CSSplay website is
a goldmine. It includes creative and stimulating examples, and is handled both
professionally and passionately. Stu's code "feels" solid and robust, while
not missing out on ease of use and friendliness both to the viewer and the webmaster.
You will feel safe that Stu's code will be well looked after in future browser
versions.
- The code for the moving tooltip in my homepage, was copied from Walter Zorn.
- Amir Toister taught me VBA, to automatically create all gallery pages from Excel files.
Great to have such friends!
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)