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Web Developer Toolbar Updated

Todd Lambert — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:33:34 +0000

I have been living in a state of semi-misery since I’ve been using nightly builds of Firefox 3 for several months now. I love what is happening in the latest builds of Firefox, but my most used and most favorite extension (or add-on as they’re now called); Web Developer Toolbar has been partially broken with some of the vital features not working.

For the most part, I’ve been limping along with no css viewing or editing feature (vital for what I do all day) and things like the “feature persistence” for outlined elements not being, well, persistent. Recently, Chris Pederick released version 1.1.5 of the toolbar that I and most other web developers call vital. This latest update works in the latest nightlies and now I am about as happy as a pig in, err well let’s just say that “I am very happy”!

Download either the latest build of Firefox or the Web Developer Toolbar.

New Horizons

Todd Lambert — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:54:37 +0000

I have just accepted an offer from AGJ Systems & Networks, Inc. to become their new Director of Web Development. AGJ is a fast-growing technology firm based here in Biloxi that caters to mostly governmental agencies and small businesses offering a variety of services including web design. I will be in charge of moving the company’s clients forward and progressing their web department towards new goals.

Because of their base clientele, I may not be able to demonstrate a lot of the work I will be doing but one site that I can guarantee you’ll see posted on here once I get into full-swing will be the AGJ website itself. It has not been updated in a very long time and it is long overdue for some TLC which I will be attending to shortly.

I am very excited to be involved with such a growing company and I expect great things from our new-found partnership.

An Event Apart – Atlanta 2006

Todd Lambert — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 03:01:33 +0000

So I arrive in Atlanta the day before the event, get my rental car and decide to do some sight-seeing before it gets dark. Not having a map, or even the slightest clue about where I am or how to get around Atlanta, I set off from from the Avis depot with nothing but adventure and determination on my mind. That is until I quickly find myself roaming the back streets of downtown slumville USA. Seedy people eye-ballin’ me left and right, wondering if I have anything of value in my silver, Chevy Malibu with a big Avis rental car sticker on the back.

I start to feel that I am in fear for my life as I begin to drive faster and faster in what appears to be one big circle because all the streets, buildings and people appear to be identical. Then I find the Olympic Village area, a left-over attraction from the Olympic Games held here several years ago and find that things start to seem more normal. Normal that is until I notice that I am the only one looking at the sights, everyone else is looking for one-night stands, to score crack, or some other form of a “good time”. I however am looking for my hotel.

After several hours of driving around the great town of Atlanta, I arrive at my Hotel and my sanity. I posted some of the photos I took while driving around, to illustrate the variety of life I found during my stay here. It is a neat place, very big yet still retains a feel of the smaller southern charm I have become accustomed to.

All in all, I had a blast, enjoying the city almost as much as I enjoyed the An Event Apart conference and the meeting of Jeffrey Zeldman, Eric Meyer and Jason Santa Maria.

Why standards matter

Todd Lambert — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 09:36:08 +0000

If you are a fellow web developer please visit WASP and complete their Web Standards Survey. This will allow them to further their work towards a goal that we should all care about, Web Standards.

It’s a pretty basic survey asking mainly generic questions about your usage of standards and how those decisions affect your normal daily routine.

Please support Web Standards and your local web standards supporting web developer, buy an XHTML based website today!

Version 5 of TLE is here

Todd Lambert — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 03:24:05 +0000

You may be noticing some drastic changes, I have re-designed the site and revamped a few things.

First you will notice that the navigation is vertical rather than horizontal as in the past versions. The look is also a lot cleaner and more graphical although I really tried to “tone” down the look. I think I succeeded in this goal.

The site is still validating, and still works in all modern browsers. I had some issues with the new navigation scheme not working Win IE 5, but I think I have those issues resolved now.

I hope that you like the new look and feel, and would love some input on what you think of this new direction for the site. And of course if you want to revert back to the previous design, feel free by using the Site Theme changer located on the left under the navigation.

Stay tuned too, as this is only the first part of the site revisions and I hope to have the others online soon.