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Spontaneou s, unobtru sive usability testing software for website designers. Capture screen activity,
Project Management as SaaS, P rogrammabl e Wikis and more
Two new interview podcasts to share (recorded by me and Ted) for the Bungee Line: Nate Bowler, C
Defining The Open Web
Brad asked what the 'Open Web' is. Twice. My mum was always cross if she had to ask 3 times, so here
Quick: Find the Bug or Gotcha with named _scope
Think fast! Where's the bug? named_scop e :active, :condition s => & #91;"activ ated_at <= ?"
OpenAjax Publishes Future Browser Feature Wish List Results
What does the Ajax community want from future browsers? How are these different requests p rioritized
jQuery 1.2.6 out and it's even faster
1.2.6 is now out and the events handling f unctionali ty is 103% faster: CSS Selectors are 13% fa
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OpenAjax Publishes Future Browser Feature Wish List Results
What does the Ajax community want from future browsers? How are these different requests prioritized? Web developers have done amazing things with Ajax for both Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 applications, but what barriers need to be removed to enable the next
Time to Vote - Ajax Feature Wish List
What would you like to see in the next generation of browsers? Can you help to make the web a slightly better place than where it is today? Various people from the Ajax community have put together a good list of feature requests (a total of over 40),
Fix for WordPress TinyMCE Editor Problem
If the visual editor (TinyMCE) in your newly installed Wordpress is not showing up, this maybe a solution to your problem. First, Make Sure your visual editor is turned on. In the Wordpress admin, up in the upper right corner, click on your user nam
GoogleAppEngine -Not Delivering On the Promise So Far
If you haven’t heard of it yet, Google launched something called “Google App Engine“, a complete stack for deploying and hosting web applications that leverages Google infrastucture for scalability and reliability. It “sorta&#
Announcing a $50K Venture Fund With Microsoft
This is a little premature, but the deal is done. Following the core tenets that I believe this venture fund should operate, I’m "un-announcing" a $50K fund with Microsoft here in a web 2.0 way. The official PR/press will follow in the
Will Rich Internet Become Rich Man’s Internet?
The Web is one of the most important technological as well as social/cultural developments in our life. Its global impact is rooted in its openness and its capability to evolve on a democratic basis. However, I have concerns. I’m concerned abo
OpenAjax F2F Meeting at NYC
The F2F meeting of OpenAjax Alliance at NYC on March 21st worked out really well in my oppinion. As a result of the last F2F meeting in October 2007, we formed a new task force called “Runtime Advocacy Task Force” at OpenAjax. The goal of
Possible Solutions to Web Security Issues
The “Same Origin Policy” is at the core of browser’s security model. Under the “Same Origin Policy”, a web resource can only interact with another web resource if and only if both resources are from the same origin. However, “Cross site scripting” a
A Study of Ajax Performance Issues
Introduction: Ajax application performance largely depends on the performance of JavaScript execution and browser DOM operations. I’ve heard various people saying various things about Ajax performance. Some people say JavaScript is just too sl
The Common Culture Root of Web 2.0 and Barack Obama
What is the reason for this Obama phenomenon? Why is it happening right now, at this moment of history? Is it because of his eloquent speeches? Is it because people in this country are so tired of the current reality that they want to depart from it
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RightScale Delivers Critical Cloud Computing and MySQL Database Management Capabilities
x wrote: Note: while RightScale does provide the ability to scale to "infinite servers", it does so only for front-end webserver configurations and back-end "batch job" servers, not for databases. MySQL support seems limited to helping fail-over between Master and Slave datab...
Cloud Computing Update: ServePath Claims To Have the First Windows Cloud
Michael Sheehan wrote: GoGrid was in private beta during that time. I don't want to split hairs here though. We do, however, offer both Windows and Linux cloud servers at the same price, a definite first! There is no extra charge for Windows instances. I believe that FlexiScale...
Marketing the Cloud Computing Paradigm Shift
Steve Brown wrote: While the term definitely sounds like a buzz word, like the term "Web 2.0" I think it's here to stay. It's not so much that a clear definition can't be offered, rather that the market is in its infancy. So, how the idea of cloud computing will translate into ...
Cloud Computing - IBM's Got Its Head in the Clouds
Jason Meiers wrote: After evaluating cloud solutions for building large SaaS utility application here's what I found out. Hope this helps. http://www.camsolutionsin c.com/Blog/bid/5995/It-s- a-Z-thang
Cloud Computing: The Nine Features of an Ideal PaaS Cloud
Genome wrote: Speaking of non-proprietary clouds, the guys at Red Hat have released the first version of a project called Genome. This looks to be an open source project that makes Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and CentOS clouds using Xen, KVM, and commodity hardware. Her...
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