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Author Archives: Bramus!
How Adobe got Flash apps on the iPhone
“We created a new compiler front end that allowed LLVM to understand ActionScript 3 and used its existing ARM back end to output native ARM assembly code. We call this Ahead of Time (AOT) compilation — in contrast to the way Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR function on the desktop using Just in Time …
CSSHttpRequest is cross-domain AJAX using CSS.
“Like JavaScript includes, this works because CSS is not subject to the same-origin policy that affects XMLHttpRequest. CSSHttpRequest functions similarly to JSONP, and is limited to making GET requests. Unlike JSONP, untrusted third-party JavaScript cannot execute in the context of the calling page.” — Has ingenious hack written all over it 🙂
Google Chrome Frame
Just a minute ago the Chromium team put a big sparkle into my eyes: “Today, we’re releasing an early version of Google Chrome Frame, an open source plug-in that brings HTML5 and other open web technologies to Internet Explorer.” <snip> “With Google Chrome Frame, developers can now take advantage of the latest open web technologies, …
JSONView Firefox Extension
“Normally when encountering a JSON document (content type “application/json”), Firefox simply prompts you to download the file. With the JSONView extension, JSON documents are shown in the browser similar to how XML documents are shown. The document is formatted, highlighted, and arrays and objects can be collapsed.”
The HTML5 drag and drop disaster
Handcrafted CSS Workshop
Geeks != Nerds != Dorks != Dweebs
Dinky pocketbooks
IxEdit
“IxEdit is a JavaScript-based interaction design tool for the web. With IxEdit, designers can practice DOM-scripting without coding to change, add, move, or transform elements dynamically on your web pages. Especially, IxEdit must be useful to try various interactions rapidly in the prototyping phase of your web application.” — Must say I code it faster, …