Monthly Archives: March 2006

Faster DOM Queries

Posted on March 28, 2006 by kevin

Dean Edwards has posted a demo with a cross browser way of super quick DOM queries. Limitations * As described earlier, speed improvements only apply on page load for IE. Further DOM queries will use the original getElementsBySelector function * … Continue reading →

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Gmail Whoas

Posted on March 15, 2006 by kevin

Gmail and Talk have been having some trouble again. It’s been slow more often than not and I captured a few more *error modes*. Today I saw Gmail chat recover with this little gem. Hey at least they recognized they … Continue reading →

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500 Mashups

Posted on March 12, 2006 by kevin

ProgrammableWeb.com now has over 500 mashups listed. As shown on Mashup Feed the average new mashups per day is up to 2.81. And that is just those added to the database here. This is up from 2.6 or so just … Continue reading →

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JSONRequest

Posted on March 12, 2006 by kevin

JSONRequest has been proposed by Douglas Crockford as a new native method for web browsers to exchange data with servers. The biggest notable difference with XMLHttpRequest is that it doesn’t prevent requests to multiple domains. JSONRequest can make requests to … Continue reading →

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Crockford on JSMin and Obfuscation

Posted on March 7, 2006 by kevin

Douglas Crockford knows a thing or two about compressing JavaScript. He wrote JSMin which IMHO is the simplest and fastest JavaScript minifer out there today. Coupled with his lint checker JSLint you’ve got two really good tools to write good … Continue reading →

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Origami To Launch @ CeBIT

Posted on March 4, 2006 by kevin

Microsoft’s Origami which many are calling the iPod killer is planned to launch at CeBIT. YouTube has a good video which explores some Origami features. The official Origami site is a page right out of Apple’s book. Just enough hype … Continue reading →

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Gmail chat problems

Posted on March 2, 2006 by kevin

I’ve noticed a few errors in gmail’s new chat interface. The gmail quick contacts are not always up-to-date. Just yesterday I got this this error message: It’s a new service, so not too surprised that chat is seeing a few … Continue reading →

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