JavaScript Updates in Firefox 3.0a3

John Resig highlights the JavaScript Updates in Firefox 3.0a3 [http://ejohn.org/blog/javascript-updates-in-firefox-30a3/]. I often wonder how promising Firefox has made the “web browser”, which has gradually evolved into a self-contained application host like an operating system. IE might dominate the user-base for now, but Firefox dominates the…

Why are geeks often atheist?

“Geeks have conditioned themselves to think logically, just as the religious have been conditioned to replace logic with trust in what they are told. What can be extracted from this is that geeks are not atheists simply because they may know “more” but also because they choose to think differently…

Green text on yellow works the best

A web page readability study reveals that the combination which gives the fastest response time is italicized green Times New Roman on yellow background (well not actually bright yellow). More … [http://www.metalinkltd.com/?p=91]…

Five Ajax anti-patterns

A counter-argument to doing too little on the server is doing too much on the server. Ajax is often a balancing act. A special coverage by IBM on five Ajax anti-patterns [http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-ajaxxml3/]. There’s also an article on five Ajax design patterns [http:…

Fastest, and yet cheapest, Inkjet Printer

New inkjet printer technology that analysts believe will revolutionize the imaging industry was unveiled this week. The new printer based on a “memjet technology” will print 5 to 10 times faster than competing products, and it will cost around $200 (HP’s closest competitor model costs $16,000). The demo…

Image Mosaic Generator

“If a picture is worth a thousand words, an image mosaic is worth a billion words!” Checkout the Image Mosaic Generator [http://imagemosaicgenerator.click42.com/?]!…