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Email on Acid has moved to a new, swanky location

Email testing has found a new home.

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We are proud to announce that Email on Acid has FINALLY made the move into our brand new, stunning office space! We landed some prime real estate in the Tech Center of Denver Colorado (designed and built from scratch!) and we couldn’t be more excited about the finished product.

9 Ways to Prevent Yahoo! Headaches

Yahoo! Mail is a popular web-based email client. Most problems with this client are caused by remnants of Yahoo! Shortcuts. This infuriating feature turned random keywords into advertisement links. We give kudos to Yahoo! for removing it, but it seems to have some lingering aftereffects.

Read on for our top list of need-to-know tips for coding emails for this cranky client.

7 Time-Saving Tricks for Lotus Notes 6.5, 7, 8 and 8.5

We know how difficult it can be coding for this client, but it might not be as old as you think. Though some call it a dinosaur, Lotus Notes 6.5 came out in 2003, with a new version every couple of years after that.

The real problem with Lotus Notes isn’t its age; it’s the quirky rendering delivered by this client. Don’t worry, we’ve got your back.

Check out our handy list of pain points and make your Lotus Notes coding stress-free.

17 Must-Know Tricks for Outlook 2007, 2010 and 2013

Designing for Outlook is like chasing the ever elusive White Whale. We spend hours pursuing it, tracking down bugs and glitches, trying to achieve pixel perfection in a distinctly imperfect environment.

Here are 17 tips to improve your outlook on Outlook.

7 Awe Inspiring Business Advantages of Video Email

Video has always been the last kid picked for the marketing team, but with the introduction of HTML5 video support he’s grown 4 inches and he’s got a wicked jump shot.

Here are 7 reasons you should consider taking video off the bench to see how it performs in your next campaign.

Designer Spotlight: Email Monks

Here at Email on Acid we find teamwork to be crucial in our expansive growth in the tech community. Let’s be clear though, when we talk about teamwork, we aren’t just talking about teamwork between our internal co-workers but rather, teamwork throughout the whole tech community to ensure marketers and businesses alike can harness the power of email marketing on a mass scale.

That is why we decided to recognize companies that are absolutely killing it in their creative industry.

5 Tips for Adapting to Gmail’s Tabbed Inbox

Gmail introduced the ‘tabbed inbox’ in May of this year, sending shockwaves through the email marketing community.

Yes, change is scary, but don’t panic just yet. Going back to marketing fundamentals will help you adjust to these changes.

Certify Your Email Templates as “Acid Tested”

‘Acid Tested’ means a perfect email in every client, every time. Hardcore email testing takes hard work and dedication, but the results are priceless.

Show your clients that you’re going the extra mile with this Acid Tested icon set.

Seeing Gaps Between Your Images in Outlook 2013?

Outlook 2013 avoids some of the pitfalls of its predecessors, but it comes with its own unique challenges. For instance, spliced images that render perfectly in Outlook 2007 and 2010 will sometimes show a large (~10px) gap in Outlook 2013.

Read the article for a quick fix to this annoying problem.

A Slick, New Image Swapping Technique for Responsive Emails

Are you looking for an email image swap that works everywhere?

Check out this super-simple approach that’s easy to implement and (nearly) flawless.

Why is Outlook.com displaying the Mobile Version of my Email in IE9?

Is your email displaying as the mobile version in Outlook/IE9?  Here’s something that recently happend to one of our customers along with the solution…

How to Take Control of Your Line Height in Outlook.com

Are you having problems with the line height of your email in Outlook.com or Hotmail? This problem is caused by Outlook.com’s style sheet forcing a line-height of 131%.

The solution? This one’s actually very easy. All you need to add is a little CSS magic.

2 Fixes for Image Spacing in Outlook Web App (Office 365)

Are you seeing 4-5px gaps underneath your images in Outlook 365’s Outlook Web App (OWA)? Check out our latest blog on client quirks to see how to fix this annoying problem.

How Will Gmail’s New Tabbed Inbox Affect Deliverability?

Does logging into your inbox remind you of an episode of Hoarders? Are disorganized messages circling you like a murder of crows? Well, according to the Gmail team, ‘it doesn’t have to be that way.’

Fitting More Above the Fold

We recently came across this clever email from One King’s Lane. The email looks great with images downloaded, but that wasn’t what caught our eye. Email clients will show a variety of things when they encounter an image that doesn’t have specified height or width. Read on to find out exactly what they’ll display!

Vector Markup Language and Backgrounds

Backgrounds might seem like they should be a simple effect to achieve in HTML email, but that’s not always the case. Outlook 2007, 2010 and even 2013 will give users who rely on the body’s background-image property a lot of trouble. Because of these problems many have turned to Vector Markup Language (VML), part of the Office Open XML standards.

Read more about it in this blog.

Firing Blanks with Outlook.com

We recently came across a problem in Outlook.com where emails were being rendered as a blank white page. Examining the ‘View email source’ showed us that the code had indeed been recieved. So why was the email blank?

Viewport Metatag Rendered Unusable

In our responsive design testing, we’ve been trying a number of different techniques to control how our emails are displayed. One tempting piece of internet technology was the viewport meta tag.

Turns out this tag causes a BLANK, white screen in the BlackBerry.  Check out our test results on all devices…

Media Queries and Device Orientation

It would be nice if all devices responded to media queries in exactly the same way, but they don’t. As discussed in our previous blog, screen resolution doesn’t determine how media queries respond on many devices.

Well we’ve put each of our in house devices to the media query test, here’s what we found…

Screen Resolution and Responsive Design

Responsive design allows you to tailor your content to different screen sizes, but what size screens are out there? Check out our latest blog to find out what screen sizes you can expect to encounter.