Monday, November 13th, 2006
Category: GWT
, Google, Java, LiveEdit
Alistair Rutherford has released a couple of interesting pieces of functionality that revolve around GWT.
The first is the launch of a GWT version of a UK road traffic site.
The second is the launch of a GWT version of the Simile Timeline control, which is a GWT wrapper around the original API. This allows you to assemble a timeline using GWT java code.
You can check out the Google Code Project, and an example showing a timeline for stonehenge.
Friday, March 10th, 2006
Category: Editorial, Google, LiveEdit
We blogged about Writely way back (in the Web 2.0 sense), and it was an instant hit. Then we saw that Google has purchased the Writely folk.
Many are saying that this shows their desire to get into the online office market, but maybe it is more about talent? The functionality in Writely can be used in a wide range of products that Google has, and will have.
The next question: Will Microsoft buy DabbleDB as they realise that it is what Office Live should be? There is a huge problem with enterprises with Access DBs that need to migrate to the web. There is PAIN in that area, and Dabble DB takes on a lot of that pain.
Monday, March 6th, 2006
Category: Component, Examples, LiveEdit, Ruby
Pete Forde took the time to extract the code from a current project and create a lightweight but very functional web grid that does a slick job of live updating whatever content you put in. The widget is pure Rails, Prototype, CSS and XHTML.
Pete has a detailed description of the datagrid, and you can jump to an example to play with too. Then if you really like it, grab the Source Code.
Monday, February 27th, 2006
Category: LiveEdit, LiveSearch, PHP
Lots of comments have been flying around about a new completely “from the ground up” implementation of a blog that’s, as they put it, “fully buzzword compliant (AJAX, RSS, Web 2.0 - it’s all there)”.
The Logahead blogging engine offers many of the regular features that blogging software provides, but has been reworked to make it simpler - ease-of-use is key. To achieve this level of simplicity, the entire blog can be maintained directly from the homepage, logins/protected content and all. They support tagging for each entry, draggable/sortable widgets for the sidebar, an “admin toolbar” that loads when an authorized user logs in, inline post adding and editing, livesearch, RSS feeds, easy text formating, and much more.
Most importantly, you can check out a demo of the app here.
You can get all of the deatils on the software at their site, including support and a forum to interact with other Logahead users. Currently, the download is a beta version (version 1.0), and requires PHP and MySQL to get up and running.
Tuesday, September 13th, 2005
Category: Component, LiveEdit
A new version of Shift Edit, a div editing component has been released.
You can check out the demo page to edit away on something.
There is even a version as a Firefox Extension.
