Why does the TV listing show a wide column for channel and squeeze the show columns?

Sometime in the last few days (maybe when the advertisement was changed to the top of the right column) my tv listings got changed. They now show the channel in a very wide column (almost the whole width of the section) and the times/shows are squeezed into tiny little unreadable columns. I’ve tried emptying the cache, refreshing the page, and refreshing the module. (The latter does not work at all–shows “null script” when I click on the refresh icon.)

When yahoo redid it it wasn’t for the better, I have heard nothing but complaints on the new version/

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Is Opera Still the Best Browser ?

1/ Installation of the Opera browser:

It’s very easy to download and install Opera – as long as you know how to install any software on your favourite platform.

2/ Opera browsers main features :

- Visual tabs (tab thumbnail preview): admittedly, tabbed browsing has been a feature of Opera for a long time now. This allows users to surf the Web more easily and faster by opening multiple Web pages within the same application window and it is now standard on any modern browser. Opera 10 introduces a great new feature with Opera 10 though: it is now possible to reveal dynamically-sized thumbnails of your open Web pages by just dragging the handle below the tabs. And if your prefer to have your row of tabs on the right-hand side of the screen – on a widescreen laptop for example – the thumbnails will appear automatically. As you add more tabs, the thumbnails get squeezed either horizontally or vertically.

- Speed Dial: with Speed Dial, you can easily access your most used websites. Click the Configure Speed Dial button and choose from 4 to 25 favorite Web sites for quick access every time you open a new tab. This feature is also available on Firefox as an add-on.

- Opera Turbo for fast browsing on slow connections: Opera Turbo uses compression technology to speed up browsing, which could be useful when using a crowded Wi-Fi in a cafe or browsing through a mobile phone while commuting.

- Trash Can Icon: Another useful feature is the new trash can icon. If you accidentally close a web page that you want to keep open, with Opera’s trash can, you can reload that page quickly without having to dig through the history file.

- Mouse Gestures: Opera was the first browser to allow mouse gestures (user JS) to perform certain movements with the mouse to access commonly used features: it works well but there are so many movements to memorize that many of us may not bother to learn them…

- Built in Bit Torrent download client: a simple but strong bitTorrent support is built-in. By simply clicking a torrent link, your download starts. We don’t think that most people will use it, but still, it’s a nice addition for the others.

- Widgets engine: A relatively recent addition is the widget engine. Widgets are small web applications (multimedia, newsfeeds, games and more) that make the user desktop experience more fun. While some widgets can be very useful, we have to say that others are just eye-candy gadgets, with the now unavoidable “chunky” appearance. (Although frankly, widgets can be found virtually everywhere these days.) Many people have been using the excellent Rainmeter, Yahoo Widgets or GDesklets for quite a long time now so it’s not really obvious to us why they would want to switch to Opera’s widgets now. One last point: widgets can be nice but cannot compete with one of Firefox’s biggest strengths: the incredible number of useful (and occasionally less useful) extensions, which make Firefox the most extensible browser by far.

3/ A complete web suite

Opera mail has a built-in e-mail program : it is simple and efficient for casual users. Along with Mozilla’s SeaMonkey it is the last of the suite browsers with a built in POP3 email client module. It also incorporates a RSS/Atom newsfeed reader.

4/ Security and privacy

Opera web browser incorporates a strong pop-up filter, a content-blocker (to remove annoying ads), and a fraud protection system, which can warn users against web sites that try to steal personal information. The “delete private data” function is very similar to the one incorporated in Firefox and cookies can be easily controlled from the preference dialog. Opera remains one of the more secure browsers on the market.

5/ Customization

Like Firefox, it’s possible to change the browser appearance by choosing new skins. The actual process is slicker than in Firefox – where you have to restart the application to change the appearance. Customizing Opera can be done directly from the appearance window which shows a selection of skins by categories (popular skins, new skins, editor’s choice …). And a simple drag and drop will add, remove or rearrange buttons or toolbars.

6/ Web standards adherence

While Firefox is a good challenger with regard to web standards, Opera’s respect of web standards is optimal: Opera 10 Final displays a score of 100/100 on Acid3 test. One minor thing, however:  a few websites have compatibility issues, due to not using web standards- not really Opera’s fault, though. This doesn’t happen often, but still.

7/ Web development features

While we would still prefer Firefox’s numerous extensions to help us in the process of web development, Opera includes some nice features as well: for example, it’s possible to validate the HTML code of any Web page by pressing Ctrl+Alt+V; also, when showing a page in small-screen mode, one can see how it will look on a mobile phone or other small-screen device running Opera. The info panel will show details about the currently open page such as MIME type, page size, character encoding and more and graphics and style sheets can be toggled on/off via our toolbars and shortcuts.

8/ Speed, speed, speed!

Beyond the very recent speed-dial feature which allows users to access to their favourite website faster, Opera has always been one of the sleekest web browsers ever and this still comes true. Opera claims that the new Opera Presto 2.2 engine is up to 40% faster on resource-intensive pages, such as Gmail and Facebook.

9/ Conclusion:

Opera is still a remarkable web browser. It’s light-years ahead of Internet Explorer and still beats Mozilla Firefox in several areas. Some reasons to explain why Opera has still a very limited market share on the Desktop (but Opera is a major player in the mobile handset space) are that:

- despite many years of successful development, many people don’t know that it even exists and stick to Internet Explorer 6, despite the obvious limitations and the possible security risks (not that any web browser could pretend to be 100% safe…);

- in the last three years, many web users have switched to the popular Firefox and more recently to the excellent Google Chrome web browser – so the competition is getting harder and harder for Opera.

- it may still be seen by many people as “the browser with ads” or as a paid for software.

- more importantly, Opera doesn’t benefit from Firefox’s unique community spirit (even though it has a very devoted and active fan base), Google support (like Chrome does) nor Internet Explorer’s advantage of being pre-installed on every Windows system sold, so its current position on the Desktop is quite limited, even though it’s doing extremely well on mobile devices.

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Why does Yahoo! try to make everyone use their lousy, oversized new home page when it clearly sucks?

Because the page really sucks. I mean, it’s enormous, as blocky as a Yugo, and forces people to look down the side for categories so they can squeeze more promos and ads into the top half. Only trolls are so transparently cynical as to design a page that way. Assuming Yahoo!’s web designers aren’t trolls or Martians or trogledytes, why would they annoy us with such drek and force us to go to Google for all our information and news? It’s bad enough that they give Ted Rall and Ann Coulter regular space on their news opinon pages to vent their spleens (especially Rall who we get a double dose of with his horribly drawn “cartoons”… Ted, invest in one of those art schools in TV Guide, and also, get a conscience… and a brain. At least Coulter is a ahead of you on that count and has a brain.)

I personally love the new homepoage it was time for a change and i like it. Especially where it says your name when u log on, the weather is right there, u can see your buddies…. Don’t be mad cuz yahoo got bills too thats y they need Ads.

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Creating a Squeeze Page That Sells

It is a well known fact that internet marketers make the most money from their list, so it is essential for you to start creating one for your internet marketing journey to be a success. So how do you create a good squeeze page? Here’s how it is done:

1.Focus on generating leads

The only purpose of a squeeze is to collect names and emails. You are to make sure that you do not alter this purpose to elsewhere. Remember that you are offering them a solution to their problem, sell them the problem, and sell them solution.

2.One niche for one squeeze page

There are tones of different niches out there, even if you are targeting one niche, there may be several sub-niche in the main niche itself. You may have to create different squeeze page for the sub-niche, as they have different terms and keywords in the sub-niche.

3.Headline: Sell or solve

The main purpose of the headline is to get the readers to continue to read the below wordings. You can either sell them the problem, or solve their problem in the headline.

4.Make the Squeeze Page Design simple

It is better if the background is white with black wording, you encourage the visitors to read on what you want to tell them and still maintain the professional look of your squeeze page. Do not add in colourful graphics, simple looking graphic is fine. The colour of the headline and sub-headline can be of different colour, make sure the colour you choose blends well for your squeeze page background.

5.Use psychological words that move them

Use words like proven, guaranteed, proven, absolutely, shocking, truth, etc. Use these words lightly in your squeeze page, spread them around the squeeze page.

6.Call to Action

This is the closing questions, once the visitor reads the benefits of joining your newsletter, or get free ebook. A call to action button is essential for your squeeze page, you may want to place an arrow pointing to the opt in box too, this will increase the chances of the visitor giving you their name and email.

7.Use urgency to your advantage

Time urgency and fear of not losing out are two of the best way to drive your visitor to subscribe to you. Make sure that this is a genuine offer, if not you will lose your credibility. Tell them that this is a limited time offer only, or what they will miss out if they do not take action now.

8.Reveal yourself

Sometimes it is best to show yourself to the readers that you are real, a video in this case will work very well. With you telling them about their problems, what you can give them in return, and a call to action. If you do not want to show yourself it is still okay, your signature will still get the job done.

These are some of the tips for you in creating a squeeze page, and lastly re-read your squeeze page, till the whole squeeze page is in a flow.

About the Author

Joshua Elliot was an HTML idiot, now a successful Internet Marketer, who teaches how to build websites and Internet Marketing.

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