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Attention, actors. Previously, I showed how to make IMDb Pro better if you use Safari on an Apple computer. Today, let’s add one more line to overcome.css to improve Actors Access.

The first time you use Actors Access, it’s good to see the message at the top of each breakdown that begins with, “SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS ALWAYS SUBMIT ASAP!!! Submitting within the first day….” But that large message gets old fast! That message just gets in the way after a while. Here’s some CSS you can use to tell Safari to hide the message:

div.alert[id=message] {
display: none;
}

I’ve modified my online copy of overcome.css to include this plus the previous IMDb Pro fix. Download and enjoy! (Need help on this? Just leave a comment.)

Now, if anybody can figure out how to do this on Safari iPhone, too, please let me know!

Recently, IMDb Pro did a small redesign. Quick review: Looks better in browser, prints horribly.

I offer herein a quick fix to the printing problem, at least in Safari / Mac OS X. (Other browsers should have similar solutions for the savvy web user.)

Create a file named something.css and store it on your hard drive wherever you want. I call mine “overcome.css” and put in a my Documents folder. Edit this file with a plain-text editor. Do not use Word. Put this text, this CSS code, into that file, then save it and close it:

@media print {
#nav-wrapper { display: none; }
}

(Alternate solution if plain-text editing is beyond your computer routine: download overcome.css.)

Now in Safari, go to Safari > Preferences > Advanced. Where it says Style Sheet, select the file you just created or downloaded. That’s it! See the difference below, where I offer a side-by-side comparison of the first printed page of my IMDb Pro page. Quick review: Better. Way better. IMDb should hire me.

UPDATE: It turns out that Safari users will benefit from one other CSS change, due to poor cross-browser issues with the new IMDb Pro look. Add this to overcome.css in order to avoid the weird thing that happens where the page shifts down 21 pixels just as it finishes rendering. I’ve altered the download file accordingly.

#nav-wrapper #navbar { margin: 0 !important; }

Again, IMDb should hire me.

(Please leave a comment if you find it useful, or if you find an error.)

A bit of silly computerizing today. My dock spells out the word “SEXY!” and I agree, my desktop is sexy!

The photo is from my recent trip to Arches National Park, where we were mesmerized by this iridescent cloud as we stood under one of the “windows.” The icons are from Quicken, Entourage, Excel and Yahoo Mail! as a Fluid app. The only trouble with this lovely setup: the dock is too huge, but I had to magnify it for the screenshot. Enjoy! Now back to our regular dock size.

Here’s how often I use “Coverflow” view when in iPod mode: never ever ever. In fact, every time my iPod goes into that useles, maddening album-art mode, I die a little inside and/or swear a lot outside. IT SUCKS!

Please, please, please: how do I turn it off for good?! Ten bucks to the first that can show me how.