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If you use jscalendar in your projects you might want to read further. We use it a fair amount here as it is a good date picking tool and it plugs into the cakePHP framework really well. Anyway, there have been some reported bugs with this component with the proper placement of the calendar in Internet explorer 6 & 7. The problem arises when the calendar that is being generated is fairly close to edge of the displayable area. When you click on the element to bring the calendar up it is no where near where you clicked. The solution is fairly simple, but can be maddening to find and fix. Luckily someone already has. If you open the caledar.js file in the inlcuded files, just change the following lines (should be around line number 1393 and 1394). (more…)

Apple’s new MacBooks are moving to the next level of interaction and user experience with the new glass trackpad. The ingeniousdesign behind these new trackpads allows the user to build on the gesture technology that has been around for years. Taking the lead from their iPhone interface, which took the world by storm back in 2007, the new trackpad incorporates touch technology to make your workflow do exactly that, flow. Multi-finger gestures allow for 1,2,3 or 4 finger control and the ability to access. Spin? Enlarge, shrink? of course those are there, but the new gestures include Next, Previous, App Switcher, Expose, and Show desktop. Will the new zero button mouse scare some people? Probably. But at the end of the day, gestures are easy to learn and become a natural part of your computing experience. If you’re still weary of new technology, have no fear, you can still always plug in a good old USB mouse, or go wireless with Bluetooth. I for one am looking forward to getting my hands on one of these in the near future.