Archive for the 'Web 2.0' Category

Slacker Manager: The Several Habits of Wildly Successful del.icio.us Users

Friday, December 23rd, 2005

The Several Habits of Wildly Successful del.icio.us Users is an interesting, if perhaps common sense filled, article on how to make the most of del.icio.us.
When I first signed up for del.icio.us, I did so thinking it might be a cool little diversion that would last no more than a week. Yet here I am many [...]

Mastering Ajax Websites

Thursday, December 8th, 2005

While I feel AJAX isn’t something you need for almost any page, if you do feel you need implement AJAX, there is a great article over at IBM developerWorks on mastering AJAX.
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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 [...]

AHAH, a simpler AJAX

Saturday, November 26th, 2005

I ran across this very interesting page detailing a simple way to do AJAX style pages, called AHAH: Asynchronous HTML and HTTP.
Now AJAX has many issues, but most of them are to do with the way people program/design their AJAX applications, rather than the underlying technology. However, the underlying JavaScript that is [...]