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Disable MacBook Pro’s Trackpad Zooming

written by Marc Katsambis for the Geeky section

⇒23 Sep 2009

Trackpad Zoom

For anyone who owns the new unibody MacBook Pro, you may have noticed the ability to zoom in and out on a webpage when using the trackpad. I noticed this almost instantly when I first got my new laptop, as I was used to resting my ‘clicking’ finger on the button whilst I used my opposing finger to move around and navigate the pointer. However, with the new unibody body… (urggh) the trackpad has, like all good* Apple Mouse products, integrated the buttons into one seamless ‘mouse zone’, which looks really sleek but for those who find it hard to break a habit, the new look and functionality of the trackpad has made it near impossible to surf the net without inadvertently zooming in and out within a web page, making it extremely irritating to browse the web. Read on!

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⇒31 Jul 2009

get_browser(): learning to use PHP's browser identifying function

OK, this one’s a bit more technical than usual!

On a previous post, I discussed how you could use PHP’s get_browser() function to detect your users’ browser information. You may need to do this for a number of reasons: fixing small CSS details (for instance, positioning <button> elements next to input fields and getting them to display correctly) and preventing your users from seeing stuff reserved for the googlebot† are some examples that come to mind. Read on!

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