Follow the Flash War
Apple and Adobe are in a war over Flash. Here’s a list of articles covering the feud:
- Jobs Opens Up About iPhone Leak, Abobe Flash, and More
June 2, 2010 - Adobe Stops Flash Development for Creating iPhone Apps
April 20, 2010 - Steve Jobs ‘ Thoughts on Flash’
April 28, 2010 - Initial Adobe Response
April 29, 2010 - Adobe ‘Our thoughts on open markets’
May 13, 2010
Related Articles:
- Time Warner, Universal push back at iPad
CNET - Adobe-Apple war on Flash reminiscent of PostScript struggle
Apple Insider - HTML5 And Flash: Why It’s Not A War, And Why Flash Won’t Die
Smashing Magazine - Is Flash as bad as Apple says?
MacWorld - Scribd social publishing site dumps Flash in favor of HTML5
MacWorld - Hulu Shuns HTML5 Commits to Flash, Adobe Attacks Apple
TrustedReviews - Steve Jobs Offers World ‘Freedom From Porn’
Gawker - Flash vs Javascript (jQuery) Pros and Cons
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If you have other article links please post as comments.
Common Website & Web Design Terms
Improve your web design and website development dialog by using the proper website terminology. The chart below displays the terms over-layed on a site for visual reference.
Terms included: banner, header, footer, menu, drop down menu, tabs, url, address, domain name, widget, social links, banner ad, block ad, slider, carousel, slide show, box & module.
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Javascript Compiler from Google
Google has released a javascript utility called Closure Compiler to compact javascript code so it will run faster and download more quickly. The utility also helps find javascript errors. A Google add-on for Firebug is available to work with the ‘compiled’ code.
Check out these links for more details:
Closure Compiler Home Page | Closure Compiler Online Tool
iPhone Apps for Webmasters
Here’s some iPhone apps webmasters might find useful:
Search for apps by the names below in the app store.
FTPOnTheGo
Access FTP servers directly from your phone and perform common ftp functions like file transfers, change permissions CHMOD, text editor, etc. One question I’m not sure about – is it safe to access ftp from a cell phone?
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Comparison Grid of Major Javascript Frameworks
Useful comparison grid of javascript frameworks – jQuery, Dojo, MooTools, Prototype, Ext JS, Spry, Yahoo, Scriptaculous, etc. Interesting that the page displaying the grid uses jQuery – not sure if that’s an endorsement or not. View Grid>>
Codeigniter 2 Coming in Dec?
Update 01-11-2009 : It appears Amazon has removed the Codeigniter 2 book from their inventory. Anyone know the status of this?
Codeigniter 2 books are available in December from Barnes & Noble & Amazon. Is CI2 going to be released in Dec?
White House Website Using Drupal
According to Netcraft the White House has recently switched to using Drupal. Read More>>
Backing Up and Restoring MySQL Databases on your PC
Recently it became obvious that I really didn’t understand how MySQL stores databases on my PC and although I backup frequently, the files I thought were the databases were only the table structures. Not only that but restoring them was not a matter of simply copying the files back to my hard drive.
I was able to restore the databases, but discovered there are some pro’s & con’s to relying on a typical pc backup.
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Top 6 Essential Joomla Extensions, Components & Modules
If you are just getting started with Joomla and are curious what components and modules can improve your site we’ve compiled a list you might find useful. Here’s a list of Joomla components almost every site will need:
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Top 10 jQuery Plugins and Resources
jQuery has gone beyond just simplifying the use of javascript. It has also provided the ability for creating modules and plugins that can be easily be shared and integrated into any site using jQuery.
Here’s my top 10 favorite jQuery Plugins:
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