Mozilla Raindrop, a new Mozilla project in the making which – as far as I have read/watched (watch the vids) – is a cross communications systems / services aggregator: fetch messages from mail, twitter, facebook, RSS, etc. and show them in one interface. In a way it reminds me of fever° along with some Gmail …
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Singletasking
When using the computer at home, I never seem to do anything productive – just follow an endless cycle of checking my feed reader, my e-mail, Twitter, and flicking through my open tabs. Sure, I get things done, but slowly, and piecemeal. My concentration usually feels scattered, my focus divided, my brain like it’s trying …
In Firefox: Add feeds to Google Reader, without 5 clicks
Know Your Type: Part 1 – Anatomy
“In this post series, which will be called Know Your Type, I will share some basic concepts and theories to introduce you to the amazing world of typography. In this first post, let’s find out the main terms used to describe specific shapes used in the characters formation and their surroundings.” — Pinging all my …
Dear Google, fix it.
Jewelery for Giants
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.”