Visions of Cloud Computing
February 1, 2009
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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
Web Tools and Methods
IE8 Versus Chrome 1, Firefox 3, Safari 4 and Opera 9
September 1, 2009
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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
A Look at Mozilla Firefox
July 27, 2009
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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 Motors On
December 12, 2009
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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.
Best Open CMS: WordPress vs Joomla vs Drupal
May 5, 2010
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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 Post-PC Era:The Computing Divides
February 28, 2011
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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
HTML5 Latest Recommendations
September 25, 2012
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If you are frustrated with the US Congress and its proclivity to kick burning issues down the road – take a look at what the
Abandonment of Styling Options in HTML5
June 17, 2014
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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
WordPress WebPage Performance Tuning
August 29, 2022
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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
LightCMS, with Emphasis on the Former
February 6, 2009
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The above is the resources given with the “free” LIghtCMS – yep not a lot. Now heavens knows I feel strongly that developers and bloggers
RIP JPEG2000
April 2, 2009
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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
Liquida Widgets
August 15, 2009
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For the past few months I have been working on a blog widget … it was just about ready when I got an attack of
NYTimes and Mobile Connections
December 29, 2009
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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
Whats in Firefox 4
May 11, 2010
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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
Switching to Chrome Browser from Firefox
March 31, 2011
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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
Powerpoint Presentations on the Web
October 12, 2012
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Now use Scribd shortcode on a WordPress Blog. Powerpoint on WordPress self-hosted webblogs First try is with WordPress [ embed ] statement Note the Powerpoint
2 Free Web Tutorials at Quinte West Library
June 30, 2014
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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,
Meetup-WordPress Backend Bustout
December 29, 2021
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Most of the attention in the WordPress community for the past five years has been about the effort to build a better WordPress frontend –
Ajaxians Being Grateful, Skeptical, then Resigned …
January 22, 2009
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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
Sun Setting on Open Java?
March 31, 2009
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The Serverside is reporting that Sun is effectively making Java two tiered – an Open Java – and then the latest JDK with all the
Google Apps Scripting: JavaScript
August 17, 2009
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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
Web 2.0 RAIA GUI: Better Than the Desktop?
January 1, 2010
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Some people believe that Web GUI operations cannot even remotely match those available on the desktop – be that Windows 7 with its Aero goodies
The IE Boast
June 17, 2010
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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
September 16, 2013
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JavaScript and WordPress go together like oil and water – they mix but only under certain conditions. True, WordPress supports Java Script and its many
WP Sliders: M-vSlider
February 22, 2013
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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 Splash Pages in WordPress
July 10, 2014
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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
WebP with WordPress
October 19, 2020
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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
Google APIs
January 24, 2009
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Backbase and YUI started it, and now Google has finally succumbed – a great demo interface for its JavaScript APIs: Try it you will like
AAPL and MSFT Tipping Points
April 3, 2009
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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 Shakes the Web Again: Sidewiki
September 24, 2009
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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
Microsoft Ketchup: SVG
January 10, 2010
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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 vs Adobe: Vetting Steve Jobs Flash Assertions
June 30, 2010
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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 Web Browsers:Benchmarks and Market Share
July 8, 2011
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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
Free Online Web Testgrounds
February 25, 2013
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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
WordCamp 2014 – WordPress Visual Designers
December 29, 2014
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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
WordPress Optimizing: Clean-up tools
October 24, 2020
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Related posts: WordPress Migration Tools Web Development Tools Overview Blog Authority and Readability Tools Muse-like Tools for Fast Website Development UI Design Tools: Future Directions
Web Goes the Way of SQL
July 15, 2007
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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
EU Has Got It Right
February 5, 2009
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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
Semi-Structured Data; Some New Servers
April 23, 2009
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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
What is a better Web Browser?
September 25, 2009
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I thought the answer to the question would be obvious – not so as the people at Slate point out. This would help explain why
GigaOM on Microsoft’s Web Investments
January 31, 2010
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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
HTML 5 DevTools: Sencha Touch
July 1, 2010
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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
Google Plus is ++
June 28, 2011
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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
WordPress Slider Usage
March 4, 2013
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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
Two SEO Overview Presentations
January 22, 2015
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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
WordPress World of Change
March 2, 2022
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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
The FireBug Advantage
August 21, 2007
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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
Cloud Computing Drivers: AJAX Frameworks
February 2, 2009
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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
Return of the Vapors: Corrected
June 26, 2009
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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
Google Responds to Microsoft’s Bing
October 2, 2009
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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
Winter Olympic Widgets & Coverage
February 21, 2010
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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
Google Outages: Cloud Computing Implications
July 5, 2010
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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 OS Mess
July 23, 2011
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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
IE 10 for Windows 7: Cursed Again
March 5, 2013
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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
The WordPress UI/UX Development Revolution
February 6, 2015
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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
WordPress ThemeBuilders Under Stress
January 4, 2023
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Our MasterWP.guru blog recently posted WordPress Under Duress, a report underlining multiple signs of pressure impacting WordPress. The WP Tavern Posting acknowledged several signs of stress.
VB6 and VBA Are Not Dead, Just Not Supported: Update
January 30, 2009
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Microsoft did not stomp on VB6 and VBA, they just removed any more paid support for it. See the news here. In Redmond’s favor, they
Hello Welt from Chrome, Safari, Opera
February 5, 2009
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Some strange things are happening to the Weblog in Firefox the post process just decrepitates. Here is the report for the other browsers: – I
Google Wave:Update
May 28, 2009
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The following is the details about Google Wave, Google’s very ambitious (open source?)effort to takehold of the social networking movement– it is derived from the
FHTML – Fluid HTML
October 3, 2009
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The problem with Flash is that its coding was already tough with ActionScript, it is now doubly tough to code especially for designers using ActionScript
Java + LAMP Hosting:Stallmanned
March 4, 2010
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I just finished an all day seminar on BIRT the partially Open Source report writing package available from Actuate[the Core is open, the extended services
Exploring HTML5: Aside, Header, Footer, Section Tags
July 9, 2010
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Following Steve Jobs hints, Keep an Open Eye has invested a lot more time in HTML5. Here is a curious discovery derived from sessions at
Adobe’s new Muse: Website Code Generation
September 5, 2011
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Adobe has been given a death notice by Steve Jobs – improve or die with a little help from Cupertino. Adobe appears to be taking that
jCanvas: jQuery Plugin for Canvas
March 27, 2013
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One of the surprises in web development has been the slow rate of adoption of both Canvas and SVG. For example, among the nearly 23,000