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Searching for public Orion beta?
The Eclipse Foundation now offers sign-up access to a beta version of the OrionHub service, a hosted implementation of Orion tools. Orion is an Eclipse initiative to define a browser-based platform for building and integrating web development tools. Key features of Orion include: a fast editor for JavaScript, HTML and CSS development; a client-side plugin [...]
March 22, 2011, 12:09 a.m.
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jQuery Mobile Alpha 3 released
jQuery Mobile Alpha 3 increases browser support to include Firefox Mobile, Opera Mobile / Mini. Improvements reported on support for iOS, Android, BlackBerry 6, and Palm WebOS. Moreover, the Ajax navigation system has been …
deeply re-factored to improve performance and handle more edge cases. This includes event handling for click, submit, and hashchange, all of [...]
March 5, 2011, 2:13 a.m.
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Jdrop – JSON in the cloud
Performance Wonk Steve Souders has announced Jdrop – described as a JSON repository in the cloud. It builds on his work with Mobile Perf javaScript meta-bookmarklets that can work as profilers for mobile devices. Bookmarklets gather data and display data. The data can be saved to Jdrop. For analysis. Souders blogs:
It was pretty simple to [...]
Feb. 18, 2011, 3:21 a.m.
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Using HTML5 sensibly and multimedia on the web
It is high time developers take back HTML5 from the marketing people, says Chrisian Heilmann. “HTML5 is the evolution of our web technologies, not another flashy add-on to already badly used outdated practices,” he writes in a blog posting that includes illuminating slides.
http://www.wait-till-i.com/2011/02/09/using-html5-sensibly-and-multimedia-on-the-web-speaking-at-the-london-ajax-meetup/
Feb. 12, 2011, 3:29 a.m.
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Prism work makes way for Chromeless effort
Mozilla Labs announced it will no longer maintain the Prism project. Attention instead will focus on the more general Chromeless project, which also is a ”task-focused layer” running on top of Mozilla’s XULRunner runtime environment. In a blog entitled “Prism is now Chromeless,” Lloyd Hilaiel wrote: “The final change we’re announcing today takes the form [...]
Feb. 2, 2011, 2:50 a.m.
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HTML5 Gets a New Logo
That’s all we needed, really, a new logo. Does anyone else feel the need to have this stitched onto a leotard with a cape? ;-)
Jan. 18, 2011, 3:07 p.m.
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Smart GWT 2.4 Released
Smart GWT 2.4 has been released and, as expected, they are jumping on the HTML5 and iOS/Touch bandwagon. The fact that the touch support doesn’t require code changes for existing apps is most welcome. Also, the mention of the upcoming Smart GWT Mobile with “pixel perfect iOS look and feel” sounds intriguing. Many have tried, [...]
Jan. 13, 2011, 5:12 p.m.
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People of HTML5 – Bruce Lawson
The Mozilla folks including Mozilla Evangelist Chris Heilmann thought it a good idea to introduce some “People of HTML5,” starting with Bruce Lawson of Opera, co-author of “Introducing HTML5″ and one of the curators of HTML5 Doctor. Among the most vivid new technologies of the moment Lawson cites:
…DAP (“Device APIs and Policy Working Group”). This thrillingly-named [...]
Jan. 7, 2011, 9:44 p.m.
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Android 3.0, Honeycomb
At the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Google showed Android 3.0, Honeycomb.
It is the next version of the Android platform, designed for devices with larger screen sizes, such as tablets. Honeycomb is said to provide a “truly virtual and holographic user interface.”
Jan. 7, 2011, 9:41 p.m.
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Json.NET 4.0
Per James Newton, the latest Json.NET release targets .NET 4. Json.NET 4.0 comes with a Windows Phone specific dll, compiled using Windows Phone tools. A .NET 4 feature employed is the dynamic keyword, which allows variables and members to be statically typed as dynamic. Json.NET 4.0 adds support for dynamic keywords in a couple of [...]
Jan. 7, 2011, 9:37 p.m.
