Comments for Rachael F. Arnold http://www.rachaelarnold.com …is a front-end web developer and a sucker for pulpy paranormal lit. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:43:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on TurboTax Free vs. Freedom, 2010 edition by Liz http://www.rachaelarnold.com/life/archive/turbotax-free-vs-freedom-2010#comment-28742 Liz Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:43:19 +0000 http://www.rachaelarnold.com/?p=736#comment-28742 Whoops. I lied. My state doesn't participate, but it's only $14.95 to file through Freedom Edition, vs $27.95 (or $36.95 in the Deluxe Edition!) on the regular website. That's okay, I can take the extra ten minutes and go to my state's website and e-file there for free ;) Whoops. I lied. My state doesn’t participate, but it’s only $14.95 to file through Freedom Edition, vs $27.95 (or $36.95 in the Deluxe Edition!) on the regular website.

That’s okay, I can take the extra ten minutes and go to my state’s website and e-file there for free ;)

]]> Comment on TurboTax Free vs. Freedom, 2010 edition by Liz http://www.rachaelarnold.com/life/archive/turbotax-free-vs-freedom-2010#comment-28740 Liz Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:31:25 +0000 http://www.rachaelarnold.com/?p=736#comment-28740 Just wanted to add that, with the Free edition, if you accidentally upgrade - or even intentionally, assuming you can downgrade and start over if you need or want to - to anything other than the "Free" edition, you can't undo it. You have to apply for a one-time downgrade code (that's right... <em>apply</em>... and there's even a blurb on their website stating that if you're denied, they'll give you a reason for it), and next year you'll be stuck using whatever it was that you upgraded to this year (be it Basic at $20, Deluxe at $30, or upward). If you want to go back to the Free edition the year after, you'll have to start a new account (which ends your all-in-one-spot access to prior year documents). I am currently rather irritated (I cleared my return and started from scratch a whopping FOUR times trying to "reset" to the Free edition before I figured out I wasn't losing my mind and contacted customer service). Despite my frustration, I decided to Google the difference between Free and Freedom Editions, and I'm glad I came across your article. I didn't mind doing my state taxes out by hand (because I'm not going to pay $37 to file them!), but knowing that the Freedom Edition will file them for me (my state participates) will relieve some of the urge to kick people that I'm feeling right now. Just wanted to add that, with the Free edition, if you accidentally upgrade – or even intentionally, assuming you can downgrade and start over if you need or want to – to anything other than the “Free” edition, you can’t undo it. You have to apply for a one-time downgrade code (that’s right… apply… and there’s even a blurb on their website stating that if you’re denied, they’ll give you a reason for it), and next year you’ll be stuck using whatever it was that you upgraded to this year (be it Basic at $20, Deluxe at $30, or upward).

If you want to go back to the Free edition the year after, you’ll have to start a new account (which ends your all-in-one-spot access to prior year documents).

I am currently rather irritated (I cleared my return and started from scratch a whopping FOUR times trying to “reset” to the Free edition before I figured out I wasn’t losing my mind and contacted customer service). Despite my frustration, I decided to Google the difference between Free and Freedom Editions, and I’m glad I came across your article. I didn’t mind doing my state taxes out by hand (because I’m not going to pay $37 to file them!), but knowing that the Freedom Edition will file them for me (my state participates) will relieve some of the urge to kick people that I’m feeling right now.

]]> Comment on IE Gradient Bug with PNG-24 by Adam http://www.rachaelarnold.com/dev/archive/ie-gradient-bug-with-png-24#comment-28109 Adam Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:10:54 +0000 http://www.rachaelarnold.com/dev/archive/IE-Gradient-Bug-with-PNG-24#comment-28109 Thanks so much for this. I couldn't find the answer to this anywhere! Thanks so much for this. I couldn’t find the answer to this anywhere!

]]> Comment on My Opinion of 1st Financial Bank, USA: Steer Clear by camille http://www.rachaelarnold.com/life/archive/my-opinion-of-1st-financial-bank-usa-steer-clear#comment-23713 camille Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:32:19 +0000 http://www.rachaelarnold.com/life/archive/my-opinion-of-1st-financial-bank-usa-steer-clear#comment-23713 This is the worst company! Run, avoid it at all costs!! I, like many other people, got my fist credit card while in college many years ago. I unfortunately went with 1st Financial. At the time, there were no real problems, I had a higher than average interest rate, but nothing to worry about and I kept my balance low. After I graduated, my adult life began and my balance increased from moving costs, medical bills, etc. Even at that time, my payments were manageable. Just a few years ago, they raised my interest rate to an absurd 23% ! I have excellent credit, I have always made my payments on time and pay higher than the min., but at this point it's becoming more and more difficult to keep up. I pay almost all interest each month and only a tiny piece of my balance. After a number of phone calls to the company I have no explanation other than "that's the rate the bank has set." There is no willingness to work with borrowers or even provide reasonable answers. I've had this card for almost 10 years now and it would be a shame to cancel it but that is something I plan on doing. Just look at there website, it's amateur hour. I originally thought it was normal for the time or under construction, but nothing has changed since I first opened my card... There are no more rewards, the interest rates are extremely high and the customer service is terrible. There are no real benefits of having a 1st Financial Bank credit card specifically. If you are a college student, take a little time to see what else is out there. It's worth the wait in the long run. Their current offer is a 0% APR for the first year and then it jumps to 29%. 29% is INSANE! Run from this company!! This is the worst company! Run, avoid it at all costs!!

I, like many other people, got my fist credit card while in college many years ago. I unfortunately went with 1st Financial. At the time, there were no real problems, I had a higher than average interest rate, but nothing to worry about and I kept my balance low. After I graduated, my adult life began and my balance increased from moving costs, medical bills, etc. Even at that time, my payments were manageable.

Just a few years ago, they raised my interest rate to an absurd 23% ! I have excellent credit, I have always made my payments on time and pay higher than the min., but at this point it’s becoming more and more difficult to keep up. I pay almost all interest each month and only a tiny piece of my balance. After a number of phone calls to the company I have no explanation other than “that’s the rate the bank has set.” There is no willingness to work with borrowers or even provide reasonable answers.

I’ve had this card for almost 10 years now and it would be a shame to cancel it but that is something I plan on doing. Just look at there website, it’s amateur hour. I originally thought it was normal for the time or under construction, but nothing has changed since I first opened my card…

There are no more rewards, the interest rates are extremely high and the customer service is terrible. There are no real benefits of having a 1st Financial Bank credit card specifically. If you are a college student, take a little time to see what else is out there. It’s worth the wait in the long run. Their current offer is a 0% APR for the first year and then it jumps to 29%. 29% is INSANE! Run from this company!!

]]> Comment on The TITLE element and jQuery’s text() function by Mike http://www.rachaelarnold.com/dev/archive/the-title-element-and-jquerys-text-function#comment-22627 Mike Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:38:23 +0000 http://www.rachaelarnold.com/?p=488#comment-22627 Thank you Rachael. You have saved a lot of people a lot of time. Thank you Rachael. You have saved a lot of people a lot of time.

]]> Comment on IE Gradient Bug with PNG-24 by Emily H http://www.rachaelarnold.com/dev/archive/ie-gradient-bug-with-png-24#comment-20625 Emily H Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:11:21 +0000 http://www.rachaelarnold.com/dev/archive/IE-Gradient-Bug-with-PNG-24#comment-20625 Thanks Rachael for figuring this one out and taking the time to document the solution. Ditto Visual C# Kick's comment, excluding the "sir" ;) We found it was happening only on IE8 and it seemed to be occuring intermittently. My other thought was that the something recurring was going on to make the transparency fade out like that. But we changed our 1 pixel png for a 2 pixel one and that fixed it. Thanks Rachael for figuring this one out and taking the time to document the solution. Ditto Visual C# Kick’s comment, excluding the “sir” ;)

We found it was happening only on IE8 and it seemed to be occuring intermittently. My other thought was that the something recurring was going on to make the transparency fade out like that. But we changed our 1 pixel png for a 2 pixel one and that fixed it.

]]> Comment on The TITLE element and jQuery’s text() function by Ram http://www.rachaelarnold.com/dev/archive/the-title-element-and-jquerys-text-function#comment-20394 Ram Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:15:12 +0000 http://www.rachaelarnold.com/?p=488#comment-20394 It is indeed a very rare bug to change upon. In my case, I was trying to change the title of the page using jQuery().text(string) function and IE was throwing up a Javascript error! After reading this article of course, fixing it was child's play. Thank you! It is indeed a very rare bug to change upon. In my case, I was trying to change the title of the page using jQuery().text(string) function and IE was throwing up a Javascript error!
After reading this article of course, fixing it was child’s play. Thank you!

]]> Comment on IE Gradient Bug with PNG-24 by Jon http://www.rachaelarnold.com/dev/archive/ie-gradient-bug-with-png-24#comment-15861 Jon Sun, 23 Oct 2011 13:35:54 +0000 http://www.rachaelarnold.com/dev/archive/IE-Gradient-Bug-with-PNG-24#comment-15861 Thanks so much ! I had the bug on IE 7 & 8, and it worked by replacing my 1x1 pixel by a 2x2 pixel ! Thanks so much !
I had the bug on IE 7 & 8, and it worked by replacing my 1×1 pixel by a 2×2 pixel !

]]> Comment on You Are Not a Web Developer by kishu http://www.rachaelarnold.com/dev/archive/you-are-not-a-web-developer#comment-14344 kishu Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:17:42 +0000 http://www.rachaelarnold.com/?p=412#comment-14344 Damn!!! Looks like I just said everything. Dude, this whole article, word to word is what I feel and do. I am a dreamweaver addict but I never use design mode. BTW, try using Zen coding to speed up ur development time I can now create any HTML page in ten minutes, like a machine and then get down to do CSS. First build of page gets ready within a few hours Damn!!!

Looks like I just said everything. Dude, this whole article, word to word is what I feel and do. I am a dreamweaver addict but I never use design mode.

BTW, try using Zen coding to speed up ur development time

I can now create any HTML page in ten minutes, like a machine and then get down to do CSS. First build of page gets ready within a few hours

]]> Comment on How to Check If Google Analytics Click Tracking is Triggered by Paul http://www.rachaelarnold.com/dev/archive/how-to-check-if-google-analytics-click-tracking-is-triggered#comment-14207 Paul Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:07:16 +0000 http://www.rachaelarnold.com/?p=784#comment-14207 Very helpful, thank you! Very helpful, thank you!

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