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Rework, think you know how business work? Think again.
When I heard that Signals37 was launching another book, the first thing I did is run to the local Chapster to get it. If you do not know Signals37, you probably know one of their online product, like Basecamp (psssstt they also created ruby on rails). These guys have pretty strong opinions on how a […]
Cedric Dugas
March 13, 2010
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In video: The Future of Web Apps
Ben Galbraith & Dion Almaer – The Future of Web Applications from Øredev on Vimeo. “The Ajax revolution saw a sea change in web application development. By taking advantage of long-dormant browser capabilities, we were able to take our craft to new levels–reinventing well-established genres, challenging desktop applications, and jump-starting a renaissance in web start-ups.” […]
Cedric Dugas
March 9, 2010
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State of Internet Explorer 9 progress
I recently found an old article (3 months old) I did not read about IE9 progress. There are some good news in it, first the javascript engine has been improved a lot. It is now comparable to others modern browsers (just a bit slower). Also, somewhat good news for CSS3 compliance, border-radius will be in […]
Cedric Dugas
March 8, 2010
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Microsoft to Double Down on HTML5 With Internet Explorer 9? Really?
I was pretty surprised to read this week an article on Webmonkey that was saying that Microsoft would certainly double down in IE9 on HTML5 and CSS3. I suggest you read it yourself, but basically it was saying that Microsoft would go on the offensive at the upcoming MIX2010 presenting IE9. Silverlight… I do not […]
Cedric Dugas
March 4, 2010
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The mobile webkit fixed position problem
If there is one thing you will be missing while developing your mobile web application for Webkit, it is the CSS fixed position. You cannot effectively fix an element on the iPhone, and mobile device are no powerhouse to emulate it with javascript. The problem is simple, yet there is no perfect solution to it. […]
Cedric Dugas
February 22, 2010
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In video: Mozilla show the future of web file uploading
“Many web applications use image uploaders: image hosting websites, blog publishing applications, social networks, among many others. Such uploaders have limitations: you can’t upload more than one file at a time and you can’t edit the image before sending it. A plugin is the usual workaround for uploading more than one image, and image modifications […]
Cedric Dugas
February 21, 2010
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Plupload, upload files using HTML5 with fallback for older browsers
Looking for a file upload script lately? You can use it to upload files with HTML5 now, you can even drag and drop from your desktop, and just update it later to get all the browsers to get along when it will be supported. It looks nice and it works!
Cedric Dugas
February 17, 2010
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Can you tell this video player is not in flash?
A nice HTML5 video player has popped up recently. The Sublime video player is an experimentation from Jillion and what can I say, I tried it on Chrome and it look pretty slick and powerful. It currently support the latest version of Firefox, Safari and chrome. Now if browser vendors could get along on video […]
Cedric Dugas
February 15, 2010
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Introduction to ConnectedTV, a javascript development framework for TV widget
It is a good time to be a front-end developer and explore alternative technologies linked to the web. I already did an introduction to the excellent mobile jqtouch framework. This framework alleviates the work to create nice mobile websites and applications with front-end technologies. This time I wanted to do a small introduction to ConnectedTV […]
Cedric Dugas
February 2, 2010
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jQTouch HTML5 database api extension
If you want to dive in mobile website and you are a good jQuery developer, you will love jQTouch. It’s one of the best mobile web framework out there. However, one thing I found it was missing, was some database api. In webkit you now have access to one database per website address. Think of […]
Cedric Dugas
December 22, 2009