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Love Obama's slideshow? Here's how to copy it yourself.
Barack Obama's design team has garnered a lot of praise for their work on his campaign materials, including the official website. Heck, there have been entire articles devoted to praising their choice of typefaces. One of the cooler elements the Obama team has cooked up for their website is a slideshow-like animated list for front page navigation.
If you're a fan of this slideshow, and you want to create a similar effect on your own site, look no further than the aptly-named BarackSlideshow script. DevThought has come up with a bit of CSS and JavaScript that loads images and animation effects almost identical to the originals. Some users in the comment thread are reporting browser or plug-in specific issues with the script, so your mileage may vary.

It's a weird phenomenon. Nearly every computer platform steals another one's look. Vista gets accused of trying to look too much like OS X. Linux desktops get accused of trying to look like Vista (except when they're accused of ripping off OS X). 


Even if you're a nut for keyboard shortcuts, it can be easy to get lost in the sea of Photoshop menu options. Today's Imaging Tip is a simple way to edit and add some color to CS2 menu options to make them stand out in the crowd a little better: in CS2, head up to Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts, and check out the lesser-known tab called "Menus". In that tab you can completely customize all of your menus by turning on/off any of your options, or even adding a colored label to really give them that extra "bullseye!" they need.
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