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
Web Tools and Methods
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
HTML5 Test of Browsers : Feb 2015
February 6, 2015
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TheOpenSourcery looked at the HTML5Test.com benchmarks for the major browser just 6 weeks ago but HTML5Test changed its grading [read all about it here]so lets see what
Chrome vs IE8
October 2, 2008
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Update: See the latest benchmark results including Firefox, Opera, Safari results here. On the day after Labor Day I got a browser surprise. During my
Return to Pay Per Web View
February 17, 2009
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Time magazine confronts the problem which is plaguing the publishing industry and now spreading to all media – the model for charging for your work
Enterprise Browser Analysis: IE8 As Laggard
July 27, 2009
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eWeek’s Jim Rapoza has done a comprehensive survey of Web browsers evaluating their suitability for Enterprise Applications. This is ever more important in the business
The Old Lady Sings
October 6, 2009
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Many people have written off magazines and newspaper publishers as ante-diluvian and Waiting for Godot. Watch it. There is more to publishing on the Web
Ballmer’s Problems Three
March 18, 2010
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Steve Ballmer’s Microsoft is playing serious catchup in 3 big software development tasks: 1)Windows 7 still has speed, reliability, memory usage, hardware+software compatibility issues, and
HTML5: Web SQL Database
July 24, 2010
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SQLite is one of the most popular databases that you may not know about. It is used in every Firefox, Skype, McAfee, and Solaris instance.
Muse-like Tools for Fast Website Development
September 8, 2011
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Adobe’s new Muse website design tool has garnered attention as Adobe invades the website design market. The tool has some real attractive features but also
Is WordPress Losing its UI WYSIWYG Advantage to Webs and Weebly?
April 20, 2013
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Over the past 3-5 years one of the key selling point for WordPress has been the ability to say to clients that editing Pages and
Are Gutenberg Editor’s Speed Results A Big Lie??
January 16, 2022
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Within the past year there have been many reviewers claiming Gutenbrg Editor delivers faster web pages than popular PageBuilders – see Metabox*, WordPress.com[ is blind
Max Adobe Show
November 19, 2008
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The Adobe Max Show in San Francisco this week is becoming as important to Web and Cloud Designers and Developers as the Microsoft PDF/TechEd conferences
What Microsoft’s Board Should Do
February 12, 2009
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Microsoft’s Board of Directors are faced with some debilitating problems. The company has proceeded to devastate its Windows Brand in the past 8 years and
Opera Browser: More Stunning Innovations
June 19, 2009
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eWeek’s Jim Rapoza and I agree mostly on browser performance but share a common admiration for the Opera browser. We both credit Opera for a
Google Translations II: See It Here!
October 6, 2009
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I have been following the Google Translations API rather closely with remarks already in this blog. But recently Google made Translations for Web pages so
Xara Web Designer 6 – A Best Value
March 26, 2010
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Xara already has one of the best and fastest photo composition tools with Xara Xtreme 5 and they have just delivered a huge upgrade to
HTML5: Implementation Status – Summer 2010
July 28, 2010
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As one peers more closely at HTML5 standards and developments, three conclusions come to the forefront: 1)The revisions in HTML5 are broad and deep –
Adobe Edge beta 2: HTML5 Animation Tool
September 13, 2011
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The Opensourcery is following more closely the fast rate of innovation at Adobe as appearing in the Adobe Labs. Adobe’s new HTML5 animation tool, Edge,
Hulu’s Catch 22 Embed Code
April 20, 2013
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Oh you have to love it when the online Gods Conspire to work against you. This error message does not appear in separate browser tab
Web BandAids
March 11, 2016
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Over the past 5 years the aids to using HTML5 and other key Web tools have accumulated rapidly. And the need for advice when and
Underhyped Software
December 9, 2008
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Let me suggest one candidate for underhyped software – that is software that is quite good but just manages to stay under the radar except
SitePoint Did the Right Thing
February 18, 2009
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SitePoint Books, which is based in Australia, did the right thing by having a 3 day sale of many of its books at bargian price
What, Me Worry that the Web is getting Constipat….
October 14, 2009
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Game portals are the talk of the town … but I was worried. Arstechnica raises and answers the question will the Internet Die due to
CSS:The Missing Facts
October 8, 2009
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I have just been sent CSS: The Missing Manual by David McFarland at O’Reilly Press to review. So I am scouting through the manual to
Web Design IDEs
March 26, 2010
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Drag and drop design of Web pages has been elusive – Borland had a product way back when with IntraBuilder which was quite good- but
HTML5 Up and Running
December 1, 2010
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This review is doing double duty. It evaluates the book HTML5: Up and Running by Mark Pilgrim from the O’Reilly Press while also doing review
Windows 8: Reading the Directions
September 17, 2011
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Windows 8:What is to be Learned from Build Conference The first lesson is to see how far along Windows 8 is and its Metro interface
jQuery Image Display Toggles
September 16, 2013
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A consistent need in web display is to be able to show selectively more details of an image+description triggered by either a click or mouseEnter/mouseLeave