Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
Category: Showcase
SynthaSite has joined the crowd of tools that are trying to marry online tools with WYSIWYG simplicity. Instead of creating a website offline, and sync’ing it up to a server, you edit and create the site online. At this point, I would settle for a tool that lets me work in standards mode, and puts Read the rest…
Jacob DuBray and Freshlogic Studios have a new Ajax application out in the wild: Folders allows you to work with your files on the internet, the same way you work with them on your desktop. We’ve turned months of research and development into a simple, modern website that allows you to upload, manage, and share Read the rest…
Monday, June 4th, 2007
Category: LiveSearch, Showcase
, Utility
We have all been there. Trying to remember the darn HTML entity required. You can try to scroll through the massive list, or you can use a new tool by Remy Sharp that lets you type in a character that looks kinda like the thing you want. For example, if you type in “c†it Read the rest…
Category: Library, MooTools
, Showcase
Ruven has created, an open source, ultra-high resolution image viewer called IIPImage. It uses the Mootools library and is only 8KB in packed form. It’s a client server system with the client using Ajax requests to query the server and download image tiles. Users can navigate and zoom with the mouse or keyboard. There are Read the rest…
Friday, June 1st, 2007
Category: Adobe, Gears
, Google
, Showcase
Christophe Coenraets always brings the goods when you need a quick demo. He created the SQLAdmin tool for Google Gears that Kevin Lynch demonstrated yesterday. This app does have the side effect of showing me that I am not a mousey person. I kept clicking on “CREATE DATABASE” when I was meant to drag and Read the rest…
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
Category: Google, Mapping
, Showcase
When I first saw the new Street View functionality that has appeared in the Google Maps preview I was obviously impressed. We have seen other companies taking photos of the content, but being able to walk around the Map was very cool. If I am visiting a new building, or area, I find myself checking Read the rest…
In dogfood style, little Web 2.0 apps come up to support Web 2.0-isms. My Cool Button takes on the Big Button meme, and uses jQuery to get ‘er done.
Category: Showcase
Shea Rial pointed us to GCOE X, the latest entry in the Ajax OS market. There isn’t much to see yet, but you can take it for a mini-test drive. As much as I love the Web, and Ajax, the Web / Ajax OS dream seems a looooong way out. And if it ever happens Read the rest…
Friday, May 25th, 2007
Category: JavaScript, Library
, Showcase
Marijn Haverbeke has not only been able to create a syntax-highlighting JavaScript editor in JavaScript, but he has written up the story of the brutal odyssey to the dark side of the DOM tree. The story is a great romp through the never-never-land of JavaScript, DOM, and browser “quirks”. It is well worth a read Read the rest…
Don Schmitt and his team has built a site using Microsoft’s Ajax extensions and Ajax control toolkit called Profilemine. Profilemine has a unique MySpace profile editor that enables you to edit your actual profile without typing HTML code (not just the CSS). The site includes a number of advanced Ajax-based features such as: Load your Read the rest…
Thursday, May 24th, 2007
The Dow Jones index site has a new look. They have taken Ext JS and as Claude Betancourt says: “use Ext 1.0 to render the Dow Jones Indexes intraday grid on the homepage and search results page as well as some utilities behind the scenes.”
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
Dave Sifry announced that Technorati has had a refresh. The core changes are in simplicity, and working across more than just blogs. You will see the moving header across the top, trying to show the live web. The Ajax goodness on Technorati is brought to us via jQuery, as you can see via: < View Read the rest…
Molu is a search engine created by Himanshu Joshi. The application makes heavy use of Yahoo! UI, and it packs a lot into the results page, including: Open the page inline Squeeze URL Extract links in this page Download this page in PDF format
Category: Prototype, Scriptaculous
, Showcase
Garrett Langley shared that Wachovia bank is using Prototype and Script.aculo.us in their online banking application. In particular they use XHR to make calls for BillPay data, and use script.aculo.us for the transitions and effects.
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
Queplix has open sourced a GWT application called QueWeb Customer Care. The application is an example of a desktop-looking app, with a rich tree based view that ties into a lot of data munging.
Category: Showcase
MyPunchBowl has a new feature that helps with picking dates for events. I have run into this with scenarios such as poker night. Your group wants to play next week, so you have to work out the night that will work best for the group (most people show up and lose their money to me). Read the rest…
In Episode 25, we chat about IE 8, standards, Acid3, server side JavaScript, and more.
