New Yahoo! Site Doesn't Support Safari [UPDATED] || The Mac Observer
I'm know that they will have this all fixed before they go live, but while it doesn't surprise me that they don't support Safari, it still surprises me that they do not support Flock. If you use Flock, you sometimes get the feeling that the product is bankrolled by Yahoo!.
Making ColdFusion MX on Mac OS X use JVM 1.4.2 instead of JVM 1.5.0 - TalkingTree.com
I didn’t realize that ColdFusion didn’t run on Java 5. I’m sure that I’ve read this before, but I had forgotten. Anyway, this page details how to tell CF to use 1.4.2 even if the default java for your OS X computer is 1.5
technorati tags: java, mac, osx, coldfusion
Small Biz 101: Digg is Your Marketing Secret Weapon - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)
The way to get noticed on the web today is to get listed on Digg. If you can get enough people to “digg” your page, your status on the site will rise to a level that will bring unbelievable traffic to your site.
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Scott Fegette: Podcast 02 - Jorge Taylor on the Spry Framework
I havent' had a chance to listen to this yet, but plan to sometime today. It’s a podcast of an interview with someone involved with the Ajax Spry Framework at Adobe. A way to create AJAX functionality in Dreamweaver?
Labels sue XM over music-storing ‘mothership’ | CNET News.com
I've been looking for one of these for a bit. I didn't realize that they were already out. The fact that XM is being sued over them just makes me want one more. Anything to stick it to the RIAA.
This player adds something to XM that is very necessary. I wish that media companies would find a way to get past the idea of streaming media and start creating more solutions like this that allow the customer to pick and choose the content that they are interested, to then listen to at their convenience. There are so many good programs on XM and I almost never remember to listen to them. If I could set my player up to record the programs and then listen to those at work or when I get home, I would be a much better listener.
Photos: Out of the box: Apple's new Intel-based MacBook | CNET News.com
These pictures show the glossiness of the new MacBook screens. I'm always stunned by the way these glossy screens look in stores, but wonder about the glare. You can see a lot of reflection in the screen in these photos. MacBook Pros can now be ordered with this optional glossy display.
Digital Web Magazine - News - Comet, the complement of AJAX
AJAX allows a browser to, at any time, communicate with the server and deliver the results of that communication to the browser without the need for a page refresh. COMET promises the same use of existing technologies to allow the server to push information to the browser without the need for a browser request. The ability for web pages to both send and receive data, initiated by either the server or the client, without a browser refresh will really transform the deliverable experience.
Yahoo! has posted a preview of their new home page and it’s looking good. I’ve been frustrated for a long time that there are so many do-it-all pages like Yahoo!, Google, Lycos and even newer options like pageflakes and netvibes and yet for the most part they are not pretty to look at. This new version of Yahoo! is one of the first that I have seen that makes good use of screen real-estate, is very customizable and is actually something that I would consider making my home page. Between Yahoo being the default search engine in Flock, Yahoo’s new mail client, their ownership of both Flickr and the old Konfabulator (now Yahoo Widget Engine) and now this sharp new page, they are winning me. I just wish that their search results were better as I still find myself using Google simply because I find what I want much faster when I search there.
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The User Agent Switcher Extension is useful to those that use browsers such as Flock that are often looked-over by sites that do browser filtering to ensure that those that visit the site have the browser necessary to properly do so. Adding this extension to Flock allows it to tell the server that it is Firefox (which it really is) and thus to access the site.
technorati tags: flock, user-agent, extension
Congress targets social network sites | CNET News.com
A bill will propose that social networking sites like MySpace be blocked. I'm all for the rights of schools to block access to anything that they feel detracts from the mission of education, but anything handed down by congress is likely to just be a distraction in itself. How broad would this be? Many of these sites are offer some of the best content on the web today.
Will the delivered-internet in K-12 environments be limited to established news and content providers. Isn't the greatest value of the internet it's ability to allow everyone's ideas to be voiced, read, listened to, shared? If the government blocks what it may consider the 'wild-west' parts of the web, how is this different than the very thing that we criticize China for when it comes to the way that they deliver the internet. The internet is the ultimate forum for ideas and even propoganda of all ideologies and our schools offer a perfect environment for students to encounter these ideas with an opportunity to discuss them.
Of course I know that the reason people want these blocked is that students are not using these services in productive ways. They are bullying other students, being stalked by online predators, and sharing things online that are not responsible. Schools and their teachers do not have the resources to be sitting next to each student while they are on the web to guide them. SO - somebody ran to mommy and is asking them to just turn it off for everyone.
As with many bills, perhaps I can be glad that it has been proposed while I hope that it does not pass. The discussions have been happening, but must continue. The threats and distractions of the internet will continue to change and require that legislation be continually rewritten if we are to chase the issue this way. A much better use of everyone's time and money would be to get serious about teaching kids early and often about the internet and how to behave responsibly on it.
Flash to jump beyond the browser | CNET News.com
Adobe must be getting closer to letting this out. Kevin Lynch talked a little bit about “Apollo” at the MAX conference in October, but I don’t think that he demonstrated anything. I sure hope that this turns out better than Central. Nobody will use these apps if they are sluggish.
A post on 37signals reminds web application creators to not forget to not only charge what a service is worth, but to offer a premium service for more money. It is amazing, according to the article, the number of people that are generally willing to fork out the dough for a service that is worth it.
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I am tired of hearing about Rocketboom. Rocketboom is a terrible video blog. It's host, Amanda, is annoying. It is not well produced. It says nothing about nothing. It's a waste of bandwidth -- and yet everyone seems to want to hold it up as the best example of video blogging. WHY?! Personally, as a person that wants to see more people catch on to video blogs, it's an embarrasment. But it seems like every time that I open NetNewsWire, turn on my TiVo or even listen to the radio (Amanda was on NPR yesterday), Rocketboom is there.
As a bit of personal protest, I will not provide links or tags to it here. If you are one of those people that likes to stare at a wreck when you see one, you can find rocketboom easy enough. I will provide links to some vlogs that I enjoy that are very good IMHO.
Only one more game-related post this morning -- promise. I just discovered what a sucker I am. I was so with the previously referenced article that the game play is what matters and that these console makers, while exploring the current limits of gaming graphics, are not creating great games. Down with beautifully rendered 3D worlds! Up with fun!
...Until I saw the trailer that Bungie showed at E3 for Halo 3. Droooooooooooolllllll...
WeBreakStuff » What we can learn from gaming consoles
WeBreakStuff takes a look at the way that the console makers demonstrated their wares, praising Nintendo for focusing on the game instead of improved graphics. The article takes lessons from this and briefly applies them to site building.
Kutaragi on PlayStation3: it’s too cheap
At $600, Sony Computer Entertainment cheif Ken Kutaragi has said that the PlayStation 3 is too cheap. Perhaps, in the effort to put together a console that would be technically superior to anything else available, they have priced themselves out of the game. It is only $100 more than an XBox 360, but by time the PS3 comes out in November, Microsoft may drop the price of the 360 as console makers do after a box has been out for a year. Is the PS3 $200 better than the XBox 360?
technorati tags: playstation, xbox, ps3, xbox360
The Dreamweaver Developer Center is a resourcet that I tell people about a lot, but always forget to continue checking myself. This morning I found there some great articles and tutorials on form styling with CSS, formating XML with XSL, and using a framework called SPRY to add interactive AJAX elements to web pages. I wish that there was an obvious news feed so that I could subscribe to this page…
Eric Meyer is a giant in the CSS world and this is a great interview with him about how he got into CSS and the business of web development.
Firefox 1.5 CCK (Client Customization Kit)
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O’Reilly Radar > Come Out and Play: As a former camp staffer, this sounds like a blast!