We cover in our sister publication, PictureThat, the accelerating convergence in functionality and features between still cameras and video camcorders. Still cameras are borrowing much
JavaScript as a contender for RIA usage is not readily contemplated. JavaScript appears to have the same problem as server-based Web UI toolkits from ASP
With the browser wars fully engaged – the improvements in JavaScript speed has been no less than astonishing. But now its not just Mozilla versus
Over the past two years the NYTimes has been showing an evergrowing Web 2.0 savvy. Like many of its large newspaper cohorts, the NYTimes is
Your browser does not support iframes. The following jQuery powered widget, jCarouselLite, is an example of the dangers of jQuery and CSS collisions in WordPress
The NYTimes has done it again- produced the best online graphic of the US Budget available anywhere. And the Times did it one day after
PCworld’s Nick Mediati has done one of those flawed reviews that commits huge errors of omission. This occurs when comparing the three most popular browsers
For the past few months theOpenSourcery has been emphasizing web tools that expedite info-intensive SPD-Single Page Designs. These tools include jQuery based routines that expedite layouts
Measuring the Web The Web is the20th Century’s Cauldron of Change. The Web is spilling out change that is innovative, widespread and intimidating. Innovative because
This site has been citing Cloud Computing as one of the critical tools for delivering integrated information at your fingertips. Providing not just the ease
This article could really be titled how IE8 measure against W3C and other Web Standards. So this is really a report on progress on picking
The NYTimes Technology section has a 3 page story on Mozilla and its most important product, the Firefox browser. This story is notable for 3
Mootools is a free, accomplished, lightweight, very close to non-obtrusive JavaScript framework. Here are two recent innovations. Much better coverage of its plugins is here.
In a previous post, 10 reasons were given for doing your website development in a CMS/Blog. And the most important reasons were that the best
Steve Jobs in his announcement of the Apple iPad 2 emphasized that client computing has reached a Post-PC era. In fact, Jobs cited the complete product line of
If you are frustrated with the US Congress and its proclivity to kick burning issues down the road – take a look at what the
As the table below shows, HTML5 is abandoning many of the styling options of the TABLE command: Attribute Value Description >align left center right Not
WebPage Performance Tuning WordPress Performance Tuning is like WordPress SEO, an anointed discipline akin to Alchemy – complex practices subject to many sub-disciplines. As a
The above is the resources given with the “free” LIghtCMS – yep not a lot. Now heavens knows I feel strongly that developers and bloggers
JPEG2000 has shrivelled and not quite died but certainly is not what it promised to be as a replacement for the JPEG image format. Here
For the past few months I have been working on a blog widget … it was just about ready when I got an attack of
In a previous posting,on our media site [Bookraft.com], the NYTimes was praised for its Web 2.0 savvy; but what I neglected to mention was the
Firefox 4: fast, powerful and empowering View more presentations from Mike Beltzner. The people at Mozilla who are responsible for Firefox deserve admiration. They were
The strip above tells a good part of the reason this Web Developer is switching. First important note, ye Editor barely bothers to use any
Now use Scribd shortcode on a WordPress Blog. Powerpoint on WordPress self-hosted webblogs First try is with WordPress [ embed ] statement Note the Powerpoint
The Web Doctor is in at the Quinte West Library on Monday July 7th from 5:30 to 7:30PM. The topic is website makeovers – when,
Most of the attention in the WordPress community for the past five years has been about the effort to build a better WordPress frontend –
There is a podcast at the Ajaxian blog with Ben Galbraith and Dion Almaer, entitled the Audible Ajax. They talk about the State of Ajax and
The Serverside is reporting that Sun is effectively making Java two tiered – an Open Java – and then the latest JDK with all the
The good people at Google Blogoscope have done a story about the new scripting capabilities being added to Google apps. As seen below there are
Some people believe that Web GUI operations cannot even remotely match those available on the desktop – be that Windows 7 with its Aero goodies
This advertisement that is appearing all over the Web is a dual edged sword. On one hand it is trying to encourage users to upgrade
JavaScript and WordPress go together like oil and water – they mix but only under certain conditions. True, WordPress supports Java Script and its many
jQuery based image slider plugins for JavaScript and WordPress have gotten so good that there are now at least 50 slider plugins that would easily
Creating lively and attractive splash pages in WordPress is easier than ever to do. And the payoff is not only more visitors but also more
Controling your website’s image sizes has become a top priority among Web developers Here is the reason why: As of 2017 end , HTTPArchive.org reports
Backbase and YUI started it, and now Google has finally succumbed – a great demo interface for its JavaScript APIs: Try it you will like
Rapid developments in smartphones and the emergence of Netbooks would suggest that Apple-AAPL and Microsoft-MSFT are reaching tipping points in their respective industries. However, the
Google is up to its innovation tricks, proving once again that it is master of Web 2.0 Interface Innovations with Sidewiki – a post-a-comment on
Readers of this blog know that I have been relentless in decrying the shortfalls in Microsoft’s support of W3C and other Web Standards. Microsoft has
Apple and CEO Steve Jobs have at various time in the past 6 months complained about Adobe Flash performance on both OS4 iDevices [iPhone and
HTML5 is rapidly coming of age as a)the major browser vendors move to implement more of HTML5 and b)Web developers, especially for mobiles, add more
Over the past year, three online Web testing “playgrounds” have emerged which can be quite useful to WordPress and Web developers alike. All three allow
WordPress has changed dramatically in the past 3-5 years. First, there is the opening up of the database to developers with custom fields, posts, pages,queries and taxonomies. This
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On theOpenSourcery.com, I have been doing a revamped series of reviews and tutorials on CSS. One of the facts that is emerging is that W3C
The US DOJ under the Bush Administration totally blew the Antitrust Decision with Microsoft. But that was the first sign of an endemic incompetence. Now
The big trend in database is the effort to XML-ize Semi- structured data. This is like a big SOAP project in both senses of the
I thought the answer to the question would be obvious – not so as the people at Slate point out. This would help explain why
The graph tells the essential story on Microsoft’s Web investments. The full review is here. Related posts: BI is marching to Microsofts Giveaway Drum Delicious
EXTjs is now Sencha -and I am not sure the new moniker is much ahead of the old name. But EXT.js uhhhh.. Sencha really knows
Dave Winer is yawning at Google Plus, the new social sharing service offering from Mountain View[what happens to Google’s Orkut??]. Dave says it is just
Now that sliders for WordPress and general Web Development have become rich and varied in their features and reliable in their performance, it is worthwhile
Imagine you are the Chief Technology Officer at Google Search or Microsoft Bing or Yahoo Search. You have to go to over 1 Billion websites
Like the World in general, change is taking place at an accelerated pace in the World of WordPress. And WordPress Developers can see it in
Now some would argue that Firefox deserves to be your browser for the great number of cool plugins that it offers. This story in Computerworld
It can be argued that JavaScript AJAX Frameworks are leading software development right now. This is not just UI Web development but the whole tenor
Update: just 3 days after this story was written Bing was alive and available with few hiccups. The analysis and reviews on Bing have been
For the last 10 years, Google’s display of search results has seen a slow, gradual [some would say glacial] movement. Yes there have been improvements
I am surprised at the relatively few really good Winter Olympic Games widgets that are available on the various sites that are featuring Winter Olympic
For the past half year at least, Google Search and often all of Google services have been “out” – just not available while other search
The primary reason ye Editor is NOT an admirer of Apple and Steve Jobs is his relentless drive to establish a monopoly equal to or
This is a story/review told in pictures of the new IE10 for Windows 7. Here is the major reason for switching out of IE9 -its
This website and its cohort have been underlining the rapid improvements in development tools and plugins available to WordPress Designers in their UI/UX tasks. These tools
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