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Bel Ragay — 2007-05-18

A 23 year old girl who works as a designer in a foreign country (with foreign people, foreign languages, and foreign food) lists down five things that...well...just read.

Lucida Hybrid: The 'Grande' Alternative

Jose III Olarte — 2007-03-30

Lucida Grande is such a nice font to use in websites, but because it doesn't come standard with Windows, we turn to Lucida Sans Unicode and Lucida Sans to make sure users get a similar look. Unfortunately, both typefaces have imperfections that make them less-than-worthy candidates for substitution. Oh, dear.

The Big Switch: A Touch of Windows

Luis Buenaventura — 2006-12-16

From a web designer's point of view, the one thing missing in a Mac environment is Internet Explorer. Yes, the browser everyone loves to hate is a must-have for any serious web monkey. This article discusses the various methods that one could employ to get IE6 working on the new Intel-macs.

The Big Switch: Designer Tips and Tricks

Luis Buenaventura — 2006-12-10

When people say that MacOS is a very designer-friendly environment, they don't just mean that because of the elegant use of chrome on the buttons or the general spiffiness of the GUI. Little design tasks that, on Windows, could only be accomplished via a plugin or third-party utility actually come standard with this operating system.

The Big Switch

Luis Buenaventura — 2006-12-02

A Mini-series on Switching From Windows to MacOS. I've had my Macbook Pro for or almost two weeks now and I think I've had enough experience with it that I can make some fairly decent comparisons between OSX and Windows XP, from the viewpoint of someone who has just recently switched.