If the UI of FireFox 2 contains more things that allow the user to dynamically alter the UI, such as moving tabs around, it would be incentive for people like me to give it a shot over my current browser of choice, Opera....
Exactly. People tend to forget that certain acts become illegal only when committed by a monopoly.
Microsoft defaulting IE7 to MSN Search is not an illegal/immoral act in and of itself, but when Microsoft has a monopoly on the browser market, it becomes one.
I guess the AC was hinting at it, but one option is to load the XSLT transformation(s) into a global JS object at page load. Or at least going out of your way to make sure you get the transformation only one time at the most. The transformations I'm using aren't all that complex, and I would only need at most a couple per page, so it was reasonable for me to get the transformations at page load and use them whenever needed.
They're onto something here, but they botch a very important step: what they do with the XML once it's returned. Instead of generating the HTML through Javascript as they do, it makes much more sense to use XML transformations.
I've taken the dive into Ajax recently to do dynamic in-page searching. For a web-app I develop for my work, on a particular page the user needs to select a client (from the thousands we have in our database). I have a spot on the page where they can provide search criteria for the client they want to select. I perform the search with Ajax, display the results, and the user selects which client they want to pick.
I've found the the step of displaying the results can be slowest step. At first, I had the Ajax function return a JSON associative array containing the data. I would then loop through it and create the HTML I needed through Javascript (much as they do in the linked example).
However, if something along the lines of hundreds of records were returned, the client's browser would freeze for a period of time (depending on the performance of the client's machine) while generating that HTML. This became unacceptable.
The superior way to display the results is with XML transformations. Beleive me, it's a monumental difference, and if you're doing something like I was, you should look into it. Have the Ajax function return XML, then use an XSLT style sheet to transform those results into the HTML you want to display. It's super fast, and worth the trouble.
Any idea when the new version of Opera Maxi (i.e. normal Opera) will be coming out? 9 has been in beta for a long time, and I'd like to see Gmail work right for once.
Jobs demonstrated a version of Mac OS X running on a 3.6GHz Pentium 4-processor equipped system, running a build of Mac OS X v10.4.1. He showed Dashboard widgets, Spotlight, iCal, Apple's Mail, Safari and iPhoto all working on the Intel-based system.
That means that I will be able to 100% natively tri-boot Windows/Linux/OSX on the same rig? I cannot wait to do that.
I believe that's called having your cake, eating it too, and not having to clean up.
Good variable names tell you what a variable represents. Is that the only thing you think comments can do? Perhaps for simple programs that's all you would need. But what about insight as to why a certain algorithm was chosen? Or documenting things like the implementation of business rules?
Admit it, you're lazy. I am too. I don't comment my code nearly as much as I should, but I recognize its usefulness and wish I did more commenting.
You know how you do paging properly in ASP.NET? You skip those stupid fucking useless controls, you write your paging and sorting into your stored procedure where it fucking belongs and you use a DataReader control to fetch your data in firehose mode.
That is 100% right. ASP.Net's ability to seperate page design from program code is nice with the.Net languages, and the custom controls are useful for modularizing you web applications, but that's where ASP.Net's usefullness ends. I refuse to use ASP.Net's built-in controls, because in the end you have no friggin clue what they're doing.
Look, in the end, a web page is just HTML and Javascript. I want to have full control over that HTML and Javascript. Using ASP.Net's controls takes that control away from me. Screw that. I trust my HTML generation better than ASP.Net's.
How does Kazaa being closed source make a difference here? Kazaa was tracking requests/downloads server-side... which means, I would think, that there isn't neccessarily any logging going on in the client.
It could have been completely open source, and Kazaa could still keep track off all the requests that your client made.
What kind of time delay are we talking about between when the earthquake strikes and when the tsunami forms/hits the coast? I always imagined it was something very short, somewhere near a few minutes.
What could be done in that short amount of time, exactly?
Everyone keeps freaking out about how annoying this can make plane rides. I don't see this being a problem, really... all this means is that airlines can regulate themselves when it comes to using cell phones on a plane. Maybe airlines will offer cell free flights, or provide "quiet sections" of the cabin where talking on your phone isn't allowed.
Really, if enough people hate being around people on their phones, the airlines themselves will (well, should) provide options for those people to have a more pleasant flight.
Tape Taken on Set of New 'Star Wars' Post on Internet
Despite rigorous efforts by the George Lucas organization to prevent any leaks from the set of the Star Wars: Episode III, a crude 2-minute, 37-second clip from the Australian set has popped up online. It reportedly includes a shot of Hayden Christensen in his Darth Vader costume. One fan who watched it said on the Slashdot.org website that it contains no spoilers and that "the video is choppy and low quality (camcorder pointed at a monitor) and hard to watch."
Agnitum Firewall. I can't beleive it hasn't been mentioned yet. It absolutely provides the most control. I've tried ZA, Norton, Sygate... none of them seem to let me have complete control over what every application is allowed to do. Plus, its got plug-in capabilites, with things like DNS caching and ad-blocking bundled with the main software. It also logs every connection, and gives you summaries (i.e. how much traffic from this app, on this day, etc...). I highly recommend it.
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They probably ran a closed test that used (forced) this third render mode on the HTML.
If the UI of FireFox 2 contains more things that allow the user to dynamically alter the UI, such as moving tabs around, it would be incentive for people like me to give it a shot over my current browser of choice, Opera....
Exactly. People tend to forget that certain acts become illegal only when committed by a monopoly.
Microsoft defaulting IE7 to MSN Search is not an illegal/immoral act in and of itself, but when Microsoft has a monopoly on the browser market, it becomes one.
I guess the AC was hinting at it, but one option is to load the XSLT transformation(s) into a global JS object at page load. Or at least going out of your way to make sure you get the transformation only one time at the most. The transformations I'm using aren't all that complex, and I would only need at most a couple per page, so it was reasonable for me to get the transformations at page load and use them whenever needed.
They're onto something here, but they botch a very important step: what they do with the XML once it's returned. Instead of generating the HTML through Javascript as they do, it makes much more sense to use XML transformations.
I've taken the dive into Ajax recently to do dynamic in-page searching. For a web-app I develop for my work, on a particular page the user needs to select a client (from the thousands we have in our database). I have a spot on the page where they can provide search criteria for the client they want to select. I perform the search with Ajax, display the results, and the user selects which client they want to pick.
I've found the the step of displaying the results can be slowest step. At first, I had the Ajax function return a JSON associative array containing the data. I would then loop through it and create the HTML I needed through Javascript (much as they do in the linked example).
However, if something along the lines of hundreds of records were returned, the client's browser would freeze for a period of time (depending on the performance of the client's machine) while generating that HTML. This became unacceptable.
The superior way to display the results is with XML transformations. Beleive me, it's a monumental difference, and if you're doing something like I was, you should look into it. Have the Ajax function return XML, then use an XSLT style sheet to transform those results into the HTML you want to display. It's super fast, and worth the trouble.
Could the data you get from finance.google.com be accessed in a reasonable manner using their API?
Breaks on me every time, at least in Windows. Just did this in Beta 9 here at work. I have 8.51 installed at home and I get similar problems there...
Any idea when the new version of Opera Maxi (i.e. normal Opera) will be coming out? 9 has been in beta for a long time, and I'd like to see Gmail work right for once.
Libel isn't protected under the first amendment.
I actually wouldn't mind paying a few extra dollars to not get QVC.
a home version of Bumper Stumpers?
Whaddya know, Wink Martindale invented l33t sp33k.
Jobs demonstrated a version of Mac OS X running on a 3.6GHz Pentium 4-processor equipped system, running a build of Mac OS X v10.4.1. He showed Dashboard widgets, Spotlight, iCal, Apple's Mail, Safari and iPhoto all working on the Intel-based system.
That means that I will be able to 100% natively tri-boot Windows/Linux/OSX on the same rig? I cannot wait to do that.
I believe that's called having your cake, eating it too, and not having to clean up.
Patenting filming techniques? Writing styles? Facial expressions?
so you're claiming that it's ok to call people who sell pirated DVDs on the steets terrorists?
This is a joke, right? Insightful my butt.
Good variable names tell you what a variable represents. Is that the only thing you think comments can do? Perhaps for simple programs that's all you would need. But what about insight as to why a certain algorithm was chosen? Or documenting things like the implementation of business rules?
Admit it, you're lazy. I am too. I don't comment my code nearly as much as I should, but I recognize its usefulness and wish I did more commenting.
How about: "It sounds a bit like SkyNet, doesn't it?"
Mod parent up. He's hit the nail on the head.
.Net languages, and the custom controls are useful for modularizing you web applications, but that's where ASP.Net's usefullness ends. I refuse to use ASP.Net's built-in controls, because in the end you have no friggin clue what they're doing.
You know how you do paging properly in ASP.NET? You skip those stupid fucking useless controls, you write your paging and sorting into your stored procedure where it fucking belongs and you use a DataReader control to fetch your data in firehose mode.
That is 100% right. ASP.Net's ability to seperate page design from program code is nice with the
Look, in the end, a web page is just HTML and Javascript. I want to have full control over that HTML and Javascript. Using ASP.Net's controls takes that control away from me. Screw that. I trust my HTML generation better than ASP.Net's.
How does Kazaa being closed source make a difference here? Kazaa was tracking requests/downloads server-side... which means, I would think, that there isn't neccessarily any logging going on in the client.
It could have been completely open source, and Kazaa could still keep track off all the requests that your client made.
What kind of time delay are we talking about between when the earthquake strikes and when the tsunami forms/hits the coast? I always imagined it was something very short, somewhere near a few minutes.
What could be done in that short amount of time, exactly?
Everyone keeps freaking out about how annoying this can make plane rides. I don't see this being a problem, really... all this means is that airlines can regulate themselves when it comes to using cell phones on a plane. Maybe airlines will offer cell free flights, or provide "quiet sections" of the cabin where talking on your phone isn't allowed.
Really, if enough people hate being around people on their phones, the airlines themselves will (well, should) provide options for those people to have a more pleasant flight.
heh.
Then again, her husband bought the Jaguar upgrade. . . for his WinXP laptop. . .
Some would argue that's the best upgrade he could get.
The chicks.
...oh.
It's actually called "Outpost Firewall". The company that makes it is Agnitum.
bleh.
Agnitum Firewall. I can't beleive it hasn't been mentioned yet. It absolutely provides the most control. I've tried ZA, Norton, Sygate... none of them seem to let me have complete control over what every application is allowed to do. Plus, its got plug-in capabilites, with things like DNS caching and ad-blocking bundled with the main software. It also logs every connection, and gives you summaries (i.e. how much traffic from this app, on this day, etc...). I highly recommend it.