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  1. If Developer Support Means Anything on Firefox Losing Its Way? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    According to the site Bill's Big List of Firefox 2.0 Extensions, in only 40 days, the number of Firefox 2.0 compatible extensions has jumped from 677 extensions to 1449 extensions.

    If this is in any way a reflection of the Firefox development community, it looks like the community is thriving pretty well.

  2. Re:Finding the 2.0 Compatible Extensions on Firefox 2.0 RC3 Released · · Score: 1

    Firefox is accepting feature submissions for Firefox 3.0. You might want to post your suggestion directly to them: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061013-7986 .html

  3. Re:Finding the 2.0 Compatible Extensions on Firefox 2.0 RC3 Released · · Score: 1

    You might want to email the extensions author to update it for Firefox 2.0. It should be pretty trivial for them to do it.

  4. Re:Finding the 2.0 Compatible Extensions on Firefox 2.0 RC3 Released · · Score: 1

    No, those extensions haven't been absorbed into Firefox. Spell checking has been absorbed though.

  5. Re:Finding the 2.0 Compatible Extensions on Firefox 2.0 RC3 Released · · Score: 1

    Of course it is not on the list because Firesomething is not Firefox 2.0 compatible.

  6. Finding the 2.0 Compatible Extensions on Firefox 2.0 RC3 Released · · Score: 5, Informative
    A guy has created a handy searchable list of the extensions / Add-ons that are compatible with Firefox 2.0:

    Here is the link: Bill's Big List of Firefox 2.0 Compatible Extensions

  7. Ripoff of WebPasties on Google Gadgets Come to You · · Score: 1

    It looks to me like this is just a ripoff of WebPasties only with more numerous but simpler gadgets.

  8. Why not Costa Rica Instead on Reverse Off-Shoring · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I recently outsourced myself to Costa Rica and am enjoying it. Unlike the people in the article who work for companies in India, I do not work for any companies here in Costa Rica. The pay would be lousy. Instead I do the same software development work I did in California.

    Here is link to a writeup I wrote recently on the experience:
    Outsourcing Myself to Costa Rica
  9. No mention of WebPasties either? on Forbes Reviews AJAX Apps for Small Businesses · · Score: 1

    The Google Calendar doesn't let you embed your event calendar in your own website. I like the WebPasties Calendar better because I can embed it in my own website and use colors for the calendar that complement my site's color scheme.

  10. Re:This article should be modded "Overrated" on Amazon.com, The Bodyguard · · Score: 1

    Or you can use a Virgin Islands tax loophole http://www.nysun.com/article/8885 and only be taxed on $5,000,000 rather than the $50,000,000. Total taxes on that 50 Million dollars would be about $1.75 Mil

  11. Will Make IE Compatability Testing Easier on Plugin Lets Users Turn IE into Firefox · · Score: 1

    No matter how much better Firefox is than IE, if you develop web pages, you don't have a choice in the matter of whether you use IE.

    With the IE market share right now you better test your web pages to make sure they work with IE. Otherwise, you are going to lose customers.

    I look forward to using an IE that is more like Firefox. It won't make me switch from using Firefox as my principle browser, but it will make compatability testing easier.

  12. Re:this is good, and here's more material on AJAX Buzzword Reinvigorates Javascript · · Score: 1
    For the WebPasties AJAX example, you might want to send them to the start page of the tutorial so that they will not miss the introduction.

    Guide to Using XMLHttpRequest (with Baby Steps) from WebPasties
    http://www.webpasties.com/xmlHttpRequest/index.htm l

  13. Re:Sadder Still on General Motor's EV1 Electric Cars Scrapped · · Score: 1
    For doing errands around town 40 MPH is fine.

    Seriously though, I currently have both an NSX and a Vespa GT.

    I use the Vespa for most of my getting around town, and save my NSX for highway driving, rainy day driving, and the track.

    What is surprising is that my Vespa is more of a babe magnet than my NSX.

  14. Sadder Still on General Motor's EV1 Electric Cars Scrapped · · Score: 1
    Sadder still is the end of my favorite little electric car The Gizmo. http://www.nevco-ev.com/

    This car was reasonably priced and had a top speed of 40 MPM rather than 30 MPH like most electric cars out there.

    In addition I liked that the thing was so darn ugly it was cute.

  15. XmlHttpRequest The Easy Way on Building Richly Interactive Web Apps with Ajax · · Score: 4, Informative
    For an easy to understand tutorial of XmlHttpRequest, check out http://www.webpasties.com/xmlHttpRequest/

    There you will be guided with baby steps on how to implement a city, state lookup based on zip.