Art with Tables
&otAs we rant and rave about CSS the true artists are up to amazing things with HTML tables Here is some Friday fun:
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iPhone Development: Aptana and Morfik
People are clamoring on the iPhone buzz to get developers using their products for iPhone development.
Two early IDE folk are Morfik and Aptana:
Aptana iPhone Support
We’ve released the first beta of our iPhone Development Plugin for the Aptana IDE. Since ‘Web 2.0’ is the development model of choice for the iPhone, and that is what the [...]
Cerny.js - Method call interception, Schemas, Type checking and more
Robert Cerny has created a JavaScript library in his own image Cerny.js.
The library has an entire slew of things:
method call interception,
type checking for arguments and return values on function calls,
programming by contract,
logging,
validation of an object against a schema,
dictionaries,
pretty printing JSON in text or HTML,
dependency management,
easy configuration and
good documentation.
One of the more out there [...]
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PhotoFolder: JSON Image Gallery API
Ryan Johnson has developed PhotoFolder, a simple library that “scans a given folder for JPEG files with any number of thumbnail sizes per image. If the resized images do not yet exist, it will automatically create the thumbnails for you. The result is that your workflow for adding new images to an application built with [...]
Open-source Ajax widgets available from Dekoh
Dekoh is rolling out some of their widgets as open source standalone components.
New widgets will be released every week during the run-up to the product release of Dekoh itself, and they have started with a tag cloud.
To find out how you can embed it in your application or to download the widget source visit the [...]
Google Docs and Spreadsheets Updated
Ron Schneider announced a new look for Google Docs and Spreadsheets today.
This is a good example of changing the feel for an app that you use daily, and adding some nice Ajax effects and features, such as the good ‘ole left side folder list. I wonder if anyone will be confused that these folders map [...]
Adobe AIR Free Book Download
Mike Chambers and the Adobe AIR crew have generously released the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) for JavaScript Developers Pocket Guide (Amazon) under a creative commons license.
They have given us an electronic copy available for download for free, here.
The pocket guide covers:
Introduction to AIR
Getting Started with AIR development
Working with JavaScript and HTML within AIR
AIR Mini Cookbook
Command [...]
Vayama: Visual Web 2.0 Travel
Vayama is a new Travel 2.0 site that has an Ajax UI. Vayama itself has a focus on international travel for U.S. travelers.
To help out, you get visual clues on your itinerary. Maybe this is because they know that the US has some… erm…. issues with geography? The Ajax (DWR and more) and Flex [...]
Digg’s new comment system and jQuery
There has been a lot of talk in the Digg community about their new comment system. Joe Stump implemented the new system, and in the process he took out Script.aculo.us, and created a jQuery plugin based solution.
By far the most complex portion of the comments system was how dynamic it was going to be. Threads [...]
Chronoscope: GWT Charting and Vector Graphics platform
Ray Cromwell and his team released Chronoscope a GWT based charting and vector graphics platform:
We aim to bring the Google Maps experience to exploration of time series data. Using GWT, we have created a chart
component which creates zoomable views of very large datasets (20,000+ points), stylable with CSS, mashupable with
Javascript API and Microformats, Bookmarkable chart [...]
IE Memory Leaks Be-gone
We can all rejoice as their are officially no more memory leaks in IE.
Ok, there are probably still plenty, but it is good news to hear that with the MS07-033 security update we get:
General distribution release (GDR) fixes
A memory leak occurs in Internet Explorer 6 when you view a Web page that uses JScript scripting [...]
JavaFX SVG Translator
Chris Oliver (Mr. JavaFX Script) has posted a preview of a JavaFX to SVG translator:
It’ll take a few more days before we post the code to OpenJFX, but in the meantime here’s a preview of the latest version of our SVG to FX translator. The translator converts an SVG document into a single JavaFX [...]
Why COMET rarely is necessary…
Frank M. Thürigen has written a simple opinion on Why COMET rarely is necessary….
The example used is our old favourite….. Chat:
General rule:
If the only way the user has to judge the responsiveness of an application is his own actions - give him an estimated result before the real result appears.
Have a look at it:
The following [...]
Safari 3 and CSS 3
Leland Scott has detailed how well Safari 3 has done with respect to CSS support:
Safari 3 / WebKit has implemented 18 of the 19 CSS 3.0 styles so far tackled by any of the major browsers. Firefox is next with 9 of 19. Some of these styles are incredibly cool and powerful, and they’ll change [...]
In defense of Ajax for the iPhone
Ryan Breen has been reading our coverage on the iPhone and has some opinions that he lays out in defense of Ajax for the iPhone.
He comments on the latency issues, how offline storage can come into play, the place for Ajax frameworks, access to “native” features, and community, finishing with:
But perhaps the most important factor [...]