Browsing the blog archivesfor the day Saturday, July 18th, 2009

Image Preloading – the sure-work, scriptless way

Image-preloading is a supplementary function for ensuring smooth image changeover upon mouse hovering. This technique is widely incorporated in the creation of scrolling-effects – frequently seen in navigation bar, or in cases where an image is substituted with a sequence of thumbnails as part of a slideshow.

Wireless Ad Hoc Networking

A continuity from Cheap “Poor-man’s” Networking, if both computers have wireless capabilities, then a connection can be setup to connect them through the air. The
downside to this method is that wireless security such as WAP2, WAP, or WEP cannot be enabled as they are not supported under computer-to-computer direct networking. This type of wireless networking [...]

Cheap “Poor-man’s” Networking (Crossover Networking)

Crossover networking is a form of network that bridges two computers without the use of an accessory component such as a router. This allows peripheral hardware or files and folder associated with a particular computer to be shared with another computer. Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) can also be enabled so that both computers can access [...]