Monthly Archives: November 2007

Background Images – Why GIF Can Be Better Than PNG

Thumbnail image of screenshot demonstrating PNG problem

Accessible web design standards recommend that the graphics file format PNG is generally preferable to the older GIF. PNG is a more advanced file format and was designed specifically to replace GIF. It has a greater colour depth, wider transparency […]

Mouseover Images, No Javascript

The Meritocracy

Edit (December 2008): Changes to the code and styling of the Fog of Eternity site mean that examples shown on these pages may not work. The technique described should still work OK if you implement it yourself.

A limitation in […]

Why I Use Blogger

Edit (December 2008): Clearly Fog of Eternity now uses Wordpress and not Blogger. This is not to say that Blogger is a bad tool, however, and the comments here are still relevant for some.

I always find it amusing that […]

Home Networking Made Easy

These days wireless routers are becoming almost the norm even for standard “home” broadband packages, and with many homes having more than one PC and a number of other compatible devices the advantages of setting up a genuine network rather […]