RSS Feeds Updated

There was a small change to the RSS feeds to work around issues with some readers. Although the feed was completely valid, a few utilities didn't process them correctly without an optional field.

Also, many pages now have a "Subscribe to this page" link. The main feed announces changes on the entire site, but these feeds only announce changes for a single page.

A Quick Update for ArsClip

Version 4.11 of ArsClip has been officially released. The major focus of this build was to improve the visuals of the popup clip. The goal was to make it look better and improve usability. A lot of work has been done for color compatibility. To show of the improvement, I've added some example color schemes to choose from. Many, many small changes have also been made for usability. For example. hovering a clip icon will now change the graphic to signify it's function.

For keyboard users, the popup now has enhanced shortcut keys. These keys will automatically appear on submenus menus when accessed via keystrokes. Before, only the arrow keys could be used for keyboard navigation.

A New ArsClip

Version 4.10 of ArsClip has been officially released. The new major feature in this release is Clip Sets. This feature aids in showing a larger clip history directly on the popup by splitting the clips into sets in expandable menus. The second minor feature is a color change for clicked on clips. With both of the features combined, the Recently Clicked and Recently Removed options aren't really needed.

Other minor changes include: an improved Clip Menu with shortcut key support, Richtext is displayed on the Tooltip hint, and so on.

House Keeping

The look of the website is currently in flux. It has been a long time since the site was designed and a lot has changed with web browsers in that time. Since CSS was used for a majority of the latter design, updating the entire site is trivial. Due to aggressive caching by most browsers, the changes aren't likely to be seen until a refresh is performed.

The changes are going to be small and the overall layout will remain the same. The goal is to experiment with the smaller elements for both usability and aesthetics. Currently, posts are now enclosed to help separate and distinguish each. Inside a posts, the download links have been changed for the same reasons. Navigation links don't use as much vertical space and both navigation links and breadcrumbs have been updated visually.

Download Links

I've made a minor visual change to download links to look more like the current style of download buttons. This look should make the link stand out and well as make the link easier to identify.