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July 11, 2010

QuickTip: You Can Now Like Comments on Facebook

So I'm easing back into T4L posts again and thought I would start with something I rarely say: Facebook did something good! :)

For a long time, you've been able to Like a status update or link or photo that your friends have posted. However, in a lot of cases, the comments that other friends made on the post were more interesting/funny than the original. Then you'd often see comments along the lines of, "I wish I could 'Like' your comment!" Well... now you can!

I don't know why the still refuse to add a Dislike option for posts, because I see that requested even more than this one. But, for now, I'll just enjoy the fact they finally added a new feature that I actually "Like"!

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Thesis QuickTip: Adding Thumbnails to Your Teasers

I love the teaser feature of Thesis, where you have two columns of shorter blurbs linking to older blog posts. You can get a lot more links on your home page without making visitors have to scroll forever. However, by default, the teasers only display text, which is a little bland. And it's a real waste for sites that have a lot of attractive imagery in their posts, like photography, travel, and food blogs. Fortunately, it's very easy to add images to your teasers and Thesis offers several options for sizing and positioning them without requiring any coding at all.

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QuickTip: Change the Title and Blurb for Links You Post on Facebook

I share a lot of links with my friends on Facebook, and I'm always frustrated when the site I'm sharing from is coded in such a way that there's no useful or interesting info in the link text.

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QuickTip: An ICE Feature for Your Cell Phone

This is my first post about cell phones because, well, I generally hate them. However, I do still have one, mainly in case there's an emergency where I need to get help fast. But what about emergencies where you can't call for help? Well, it turns out that many cell phones now have a feature that can help first responders help you.

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QuickTip: Zooming In and Out of Web Pages

I'm not exactly sure in what version of Firefox and Internet Explorer this feature first appeared--I only stumbled on it recently. But it's definitely a nice addition.

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QuickTip: Find Jobs by City or State on LinkedIn

Anybody who follows this blog regularly knows that one of biggest pet peeves is Bad Interface Design, and social media sites are masters when it comes to this. One of the worst has to be the way LinkedIn lets people search for jobs based on geographic location.

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QuickTip: Improve Your Digital Photos with One Click

There's no question that the advent of digital photography has made me a better photographer.

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QuickTip: Make Quick Links to Your Favorite Commands in Office 2007

Even though I've been working in Office 2007 for two years now, I'm still not sold on the ribbon model Microsoft created for it.

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QuickTip: Override Migraine-Inducing Website Colors

I will never understand why anybody thinks that white text on a black background is a good idea.

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QuickTip: Finding an E-mail Needle in an Outlook Haystack

If you're one of those people who reads an e-mail, promptly acts on it, and then immediately deletes it, this post won't help you at all. But if, like me, you have dozens of folders full of thousands of messages, this post's for you.

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QuickTip: Open Web Links in a New Tab

This came up last week as my friends and I were complaining about Facebook's latest changes. However, this isn't specifically a Facebook issue--it can happen on other websites as well, depending on how they're coded.

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A Week of QuickTips

It's amazing how often a simple little trick can eliminate a huge source of frustration.

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QuickTip: Find Your Favorite Facebook Pages Faster

I'm a fan of 42 Pages on Facebook and I suspect I'm not alone in being really interested in only a subset of those.

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