AJAX Prophesy
On February 26, 2005, I wrote my co-workers imploring them to read and grasp the significance of Jesse James Garrett’s article that coined the phrase AJAX. I recently stumbled upon this email and was...
View ArticleYUI Compressor, Web Site Speed
Via Ajaxian I learned the Yahoo has released a new javascript compressor that reduces file sizes 18%. Compression of web site code is something that too many web site developers ignore. A few years...
View ArticleWYSIWYG Editor for Safari
A few years back I helped build a content management system. At the time, Internet Explorer on PC was the only browser we could use for WYSIWYG editing. As a Mac user, I struggled with the fact that I...
View ArticleLogouts & Form-based HTTP Basic Authentication
There are many advantages to HTTP Basic Authentication, but despite these advantages, web developers have turned almost exclusively to using cookie-based authentication because of some limitations in...
View ArticleReminder: Presentation at DevGroup NW Tomorrow
I apologize for the silence lately. I’ve been focus on finishing my presentation on web site optimization to DevGroup NW tomorrow. If you are in Portland, come check it out and join me for a drink at...
View ArticleSpeed Matters: Presentation Files and Resources
Speed Matters: Presentation and Resources We had an exceptional audience tonight at DevGroup NW for my presentation on how to speed up web pages. There were a lot of good questions and an engaged...
View ArticleNew, Faster Version of jQuery Released
“A new release of jQuery is out — 1.2.6, skipping directly from 1.2.3. Most noteworthy are the performance improvements.” via Ajaxian. Further details in the release notes.
View ArticleSpeed Up Your AJAX With Google AJAX Libraries
Dion Almaer of Google and Ajaxian.com announced late last week the AJAX Libraries API. If you use AJAX, you’ll want to pay attention to this announcement. What does it mean? Popular AJAX libraries...
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