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- Arrival of iPad, and new SDK, and some more..
So Mr Steve Jobs, announced the iPad, iBooks, iWork on iPad, some accessories, yadda yadda and not to forget iCanHaveADockWithKeyboard too. SDK will be out soon, so developers can start writing applications for iPad.
- The Many Versions of Windows 7 – WTF?
Uhm, maybe WTF should be replaced by “.. And How I Hoped It Should Be Offered”.
The latest version of Microsoft Windows, Windows 7, was released a while ago. I’m a Mac user at home, and Ubuntu user at work, but this release of Microsoft Windows, and the many words I heard about it, made me [...]
- Google Public DNS: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
Google wants to make the web faster, first by experimenting with a public DNS resolution service, called the Google Public DNS.
To try Google Public DNS, you gotta change your DNS server details to:8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4Now we have a new alternative to OpenDNS.
- Twitter’s Retweet Feature
I don’t usually jump into the web interface of my Twitter account, but today I did.
I was greeted by this.So what is this new feature about? It provides a new interface for doing retweets by a (few) mouseclick(s), and provides a new display for retweeted tweets.
To retweet another tweet, click the tiny ‘retweet’ icon at [...]
- Inline JavaScripts Are Bad
Integrating AJAX elements into a website, while having to keep SEO importance in mind is tricky, somehow.
I was reading Hijax: Progressive Enhancement with Ajax, and found these advice useful:
JavaScript pseudo-protocol – Awful!
<a href=”javascript:window.open(’help.html’)”>contextual help</a>
Pointless link – Bad!
<a onclick=”window.open(’help.html’); return false;” href=”#”>contextual help</a>
Using the DOM – Better.
<a onclick=”window.open(this.getAttribute(’href’)); return false;” href=”help.html”>contextual help</a>
No inline JavaScript – Best!
<a [...]
