A Mac user wrote to say he visited our website but couldn’t download anything. Nothing happened when he clicked on the download links. Later that same day, I got another email from him saying he had solved the problem. It turned out JavaScript on his browser was disabled.

A few months back, I introduced the use of JavaScript for our download links. Long story short, this was part of my effort to add Google AdWords conversion tracking. Due to my oversight, browsers with JavaScript disabled hadn’t been able to download software from our website for the last few months!

After some googling, I found this very elegant solution. All I had to do was change all occurrences of anchor tags that looked like this:

     <a href="javascript:download('EC')">

to this:

     <a href="/download/EasyCrop.dmg"
           onClick="javascript:download('EC');return false">

When JavaScript is unavailable, the second tag behaves just like a regular tag to a static file. With JavaScript enabled, the second tag behaves just like the first one. The “return false” ensures that the href link isn’t followed after executing the script.

I visited Apple’s downloads page today and found SizzlingKeys and EasyFrame on their Hot Picks lists.

Here are the lists for the iPod + iTunes category and the Imaging & 3D category:

We released EasyCrop 2.1 this morning. We’ve added a much-requested feature: sharpening!

A checkbox and slider for sharpening now appears just below the scale slider.

Without sharpening:

And with moderate sharpening:

Download EasyCrop now.

Help us spread the word and save 25% off EasyFrame.

Just tell a friend about EasyFrame and then apply the coupon code iTOLDaFRIEND at checkout to get your 25% discount. It’s that simple. The coupon even works in conjunction with the EasyCrop + EasyFrame combo discount (that’s another $5 off).

This offer expires on August 20, 2006.

Direct Download Links: EasyCrop / EasyFrame

Macworld editor Dan Frakes wrote a nice review of FileChute, giving it 4 mice. Ever since the article was published on their website several weeks ago, I have been anxiously waiting to see it in print.

The September 2006 issue of Macworld arrived in my mailbox today. Naturally, the first thing I did was flipped to page 36 for this month’s Gems - and there it was! This is the most mainstream press coverage we’ve had since EasyFrame was chosen as MacAddict’s Shareware Pick of the Month for February 2005. This is a very exciting time for us here at Yellow Mug!