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Google has finally released an official beta version of its Chrome browser for Mac. The initial beta version, termed Build 4.0.249.30, requires Mac OS X Leopard or Snow Leopard, and is only compatible with Intel-based Macs. In addition to the Mac release, Chrome for Linux has also been promoted to a beta version.

While developer builds of Chrome have been available for nearly six months, only now does Google consider it full-featured enough and stable enough to promote to its “Beta” release channel. Work will continue on Chrome with additional Developer Preview releases occurring on a regular basis. Refined versions will then periodically (approximately monthly) be released as new additions to Chrome’s Beta channel. Releases will eventually make their way to Chrome’s “Stable” channel, which will offer “rock solid” performance without the inclusion of features still under development and testing.

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tags: browser, Development, HTML

I could say -  I always write code that’s valid and “Apply Source Formatting” as Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 does it , but the truth is I’m a hack.
I get things to work with spit and chewing gum, and my code is a sloppy mess. Tidy Service to the rescue!

Tidy Service is a OS X Service that cleans up markup using the powerful HTML Tidy library originally created by  Dave Raggett. The version of HTML Tidy used in this build corresponds to the binary version released on February 11th, 2007.

HOW DO INSTALL IT?

1. Download Tidy Service
2. Copy TidyService.service file to /Users/<your home directory>/Library/Services/
   Note: You may need to create the directory “Services” if it does not already exist.
3. Logout and then login  again (or restart systyem).
   Note: Tidy Sevice will not appear in the Services menu until you logout, then login
4. Create settings for TidyService.
   create /Users/<your home directory>/TidyService.conf
   and insert following settings to TidyService.conf

   indent: yes
   indent-spaces: 4
   wrap: 72
   markup: yes
   output-xml: no
   input-xml: no
   show-warnings: no
   numeric-entities: no
   quote-marks: yes
   quote-nbsp: yes
   quote-ampersand: no
   break-before-br: no
   uppercase-tags: no
   uppercase-attributes: no
   doctype: omit
   show-body-only: yes
   output-html: yes
   tidy-mark: no
   

   A detailed listing of options can be found at http://tidy.sourceforge.net/docs/quickref.html

5. Set a shortcut to easy access to Tidy Service. Open Leopard -> System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts. Select Services in left box and set find “Tidy Markup” in list.
   

HOW TO USE

Tidy Service can be used to clean up HTML markup in any application that supports services by selecting (Coda, SubEthaEdit, Tumult HyperEdit, or TextWrangler) the markup in question and choosing one of the Tidy menu items from the Services menu.

Currently, there are two processing options: Tidy Markup and Tidy to XHTML. Tidy to XHTML instructs the Tidy engine to  generate valid XHTML, while Tidy Markup does not.

tags: Development, HTML, Text Editor

If you are a web designer or do any work matching colors with photos, you are in luck. Mac OS X comes with a cool little program to help you get the digital value of any pixel on the screen. It’s called Digital Color Meter.

Here is how to do it:
Step 1: From the ‘Finder’ menu, choose ‘GO->Utilities’ or click Shift + Command + U

Step 2: Next, open the app, ‘Digital Color Meter’

Now, you can change the aperture size to smaller (left) or larger (right). Also, you can use the drop down menu to choose what format you want it represented in. For HTML coding, use RGB As Hex Value, 8-bit.
To copy the displayed color value to the clipboard, hover the mouse cursor over the color you want to measure and press Shift+Command+C. Your needs may be different, and it gives you several options to choose from.

digitalcolor meter keyboard shortcuts:

• Lock Position (Command+L)
• Lock X (Command+X)
• Lock Y (Command+Y)
• Copy Image (Command+C)
• Save as TIFF (Command+S)
• Hold Color (Shift+Command+H)
• Copy Color As Text (Shift+Command+C)
• Copy Color As Image (Option+Command+C)

More about DigitalColor Meter on Wikipedia

tags: 10.5, Development, HTML, programming, Snow Leopard, Web