I made a new Ajax toy. Web-O-Random is a random website finder with some Ajaxy goodness: Sites load into a carousel (slider) component. Thanks to Bill Scott and Yahoo! for providing the original component and Sebastien Gruhier for the prototype port which is used here. Pages load into an IFrame (as with WebWait). User can re-randomize, […]
Entries from March 2007
New Website: Web-O-Random
March 16th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Links · SoftwareDev
Current concerns with Ajax
March 10th, 2007 · 13 Comments
A reader just mailed me about what I see as concerns with Ajax right now…what’s still worryng? Well, here are a few things off the top of my head… Accessibility is still a key issue, but more to do with if people bother to Ajaxify at all than if people break accessibility. If developers are required by […]
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Podcast: Thoughts on Patterns
March 8th, 2007 · 5 Comments
Stream-of-consciousness thoughts on patterns - where we’re at in 2007. Not a tutorial. Definitely not a tutorial. Where did patterns come from? Not GoF, not Alexander. Alexander, patterns, and architecture. Patterns in the organisation - how can a pattern language pervade an organisation and help workers carry out its mission statement and operating principles? Different high level patterns […]
Tags: Podcast · SoftwareDev
Tabbing, Terminals, and Apple’s Popup Bug
March 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Popup Bug The most annoying thing about programming in OSX has now been fixed, finally. For years now, every time I want to switch tasks to an XTerm (under X11), it doesn’t work the first time. I have to choose it in the task switcher, then go back to my app, then go back to the […]
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