Archive for December, 2005

FramesAJAX Sucks!

Wednesday, December 7th, 2005

I stumbled across a link at digg.com to a page that looked like it was the latest Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox. Titled, Why Ajax Sucks (Most of the Time), I read it and was completely unaware that is was a spoof until I got to the following section:
When It’s OK to Use Ajax
If you are working [...]

Ajax Mistakes

Tuesday, December 6th, 2005

I posted a link to an Ajax Mistakes article early last month, that I felt was very comprehensive list of issues one might run across when designing an AJAX application.
SWiK.net now has the article as a collaboration which will hopefully make the list even more comprehensive and helpful. There are of course additions from [...]

Telcos are Evil!

Friday, December 2nd, 2005

Many of us have grown to accept the Internet in its current form as a given. It is just there, it has been there for a while now, and it always will be right? Not necessarily!
Down here in South Africa, I pay more in one month for my ADSL (3GB cap, 512kbps shaped) than I [...]