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Monthly Archives: April 2008
Dissecting ShareThis Widget (BAD) Javascript Code
I just installed the ShareThis button on this blog so I cracked open the javascript payload. You can view it here. In short, it’s horrific! It pains me to see this because this is a widget which means this code … Continue reading
Report: First Javascript SF Meetup
I had the pleasure of attending the first Javascript SF meetup at the Hi5 offices a couple days ago. It was a rather large turn out with some great demos. The main themes of the night were Canvas and Javascript … Continue reading
AppEngine: First Impressions
I’ve been developing a small app using Google’s AppEngine. My first impression is that developing in the sandboxed python environment forces you to KISS. The SDK makes things dead simple in terms of templating, data access, and controlling which scripts … Continue reading
Mowser’s Founder is Bitter, Thinks Mobile Web is Dead
Russell Beattie’s Mowser is shutting down and boy is he bitter. … the general answer is that I don’t actually believe in the “Mobile Web” anymore, and therefore am less inclined to spend time and effort in a market I … Continue reading
Taking Advantage of iPhone’s Unique Control: Trism
Simply watch the video above.. This is the first iPhone app I’ve seen that takes advantage of it’s unique abilities. Imagine this game with OTA multiplayer built in! I’m a sucker for good puzzlers so I just might have to … Continue reading
Google App Engine: No AWS Killer, Python++
Tonight Google releases Google App Engine and TechCrunch.com has the coverage. The biggest news is that App Engine is free to use up to a certain amount, like all other Google developer services. (As I previously postulated.) Pricing after the … Continue reading
Quirky mousemove Event Firing
PPK, of quriksmode.org fame, has been busy updating his events compatibility table and has uncovered some interesting bugs in the mousemove event. When doing my new mousemove test I found a bug in IE5-7 that I was previously unaware of. When … Continue reading