Google as a company just seem to get it, by introducing (yet) another browser into the wild, they began another round of the browser wars. Kicking off a flurry of innovation, which browser manages to render the acid tests? Who can perform the most javascript calls per milli-second? etc.
All Google seems to care about is that this innovation continues, so that they can build web applications to run on these platforms.
This interview is really worth a read to see the direction of Google and the Chrome browser.
Interview: what’s next for Google Chrome
Always the Google fan boy!
I am definitely a huge fan of jQuery. Every release seems to astound and amaze in it’s sheer brilliance and genius. The new ad spinner on the home page is written in jQuery, as well as the small bit of functionality on the Photography page.
Anyway, go and check out the newest release, mostly a maintenance update, it still has a few new features too! I shall certainly be using jQuery in all future developments!
jQuery 1.3.2
Who would have believed that it was the Norwegians that would lead the charge in the revolution?
IE6 is the bane of the web developer. With the (hopefully) imminent release of Internet Explorer 8 (with its huge list of “incompatible” websites) the world will be one step closer to a standards compliant web, and developers will be able to take a step back from the brink of madness.
Several websites in Norway have kicked the pebble down the hill which I hope will cause an avalanche. They have stopped developing for this hideous browser and provide a nice big warning to anyone using the out dated monster to upgrade to a newer browser.
Ajaxian » The Campaign To End IE6.
Viva la resistance!!
The sad hideous truth of Liferay…
I still love Liferay, but this may save some people a bit of heart break! I went through almost exactly the same journey in choosing Liferay for a new large scale website.
At first it seems to offer everything you ever wanted in a portal system, even more so (including making the coffee), but once you start to look beneath the hood, things become a little murkier. It was after a shambolic training course that I fell out of love with Liferay, but after looking through a few alternatives, it became the best contender again.
It’s all about managing expectations…
Your Software Made Me Cry: How to Select an Open-Source Java Portal for your Enterprise.
Seeing as I am a Google fan boy and I love my iPhone, I was really pleased that Google finally got round to enabling sync with Google Calendar.
Previously I had been using Nueva Sync, a third party tool which acted as an Exchange server.
Now Google have produced their own service which can push updates to an Exchange enabled client.
Google Mobile – Sync.
A sly flourish or something more loud and ostentatious?
I stumbled across this site whilst looking for a fix for PNG’s in IE6, but keep coming back to it as an example of some awesome jQuery flashyness.
Web sites should be more fun 
Komodo Media
The guys at Liferay have unleashed Liferay 5.2 upon the world.
Liferay is a fantastic Java based portal system. I’m currently involved in a project to deliver a website integrating a CMS system and the Liferay portal. Through development of JSR 168 based portlets written using the Spring Portlet MVC framework, Liferay can enable a huge amount of flexibility to the business to create, update and maintain a hugely complex site with little effort.
As an open source product, it is a shining star of what can be achieved with a focused team. Liferay has become an enterprise level product powering the web sites and intranets of several large brand name companies.
All in all, congratulations are in order for a VERY good job done!
PRESS RELEASE: Liferay Portal 5.2 Released
How I wish this graph was smaller!
Seeing as I’m currently struggling with IE6 development, I can’t wait until this graph changes… substantially.
The increased cost, stress and pain involved with development for the legacy browser is ridiculous. Here’s hoping that the (imminent) release of IE8 will push more people to upgrade. But I doubt it.
John Resig – The Browsers of 2009.
