Arnold Matusz's Blog

Most web designers and developers who target all sorts of browsers will ask the same question: Why do people still use Internet Explorer 6? I mean there is nothing obvious in using Internet Explorer 6 in 2009. I hardly observe myself checking for updates of software products I use on my computer, I’m doing it subconsciously.

I’m an exception, you may say here because I’m a web developer and I’m using this stuff daily. Well … NO!!! Everyone should update their software because time is passing by quickly, everything evolves around us, so does computer technology, so does software and so do the standards. » Continue reading ...

When the ASP.NET Ajax Control Toolkit first came out with the CalendarExtender, I just loved it. That smooth transition when navigating from month to month or year to year really won me over. I’ve also loved how I could use it as a simple ASP.NET Control by integrating it in my pages and using from my code-behind.

I took a look at the jQuery UI DatePicker widget (from an ASP.NET Developers point of view), which again completely won me over. What was it this time? Well … the speed, the options, the themes, the frequent updates, the ease of integration, etc. » Continue reading ...

It’s a long time since I’ve last been out for a little photo shooting. It’s probably not the photography that is so desirable, I think it’s more the fact that I get to disconnect from all the daily matters, from programming, from all the new information that arises daily from nowhere.

I never seem to get tired, I always feel like I have enough reserve to do anything. I never feel I need to get a good sleep or that I would like to do something else. I always feel good in my little world of … hmm, there would be too many to enumerate here. Anyway I always feel myself occupied with keeping up with the latest technologies, the latest trends, programming languages and techniques, etc. » Continue reading ...