Posts Tagged ‘web 2.0’
Google Spreadsheets Getting Charts Soon
July 15th, 2006
There was a post on the ZDNet blog about Google spreadsheets possibly getting a chart function. This would be a big step for web applications and push it more towards becoming a replacement for a desktop application.
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15 Things You Can Do With Yahoo! UI
July 12th, 2006
The Vitamin has a post on 15 things you can do with the Yahoo! UI. I have to admit, Yahoo did a pretty good job of creating the library. A lot of the features are pretty slick and can help us developers when we are creating Web 2.0 applications. I used to be opposed to using others components and felt more comfortable using my own widgets that I created. I have learned to use my own as well as some of the other elements that others have created and it has helped increase my efficiency tremendously.
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Top 10 Web 2.0 Designs According to Cameron Olthuis
June 30th, 2006
Cameron Olthuis has a post on his blog regarding his top picks for Web 2.0 designs. It made digg.com and it’s a pretty legitimate post. Since I’ve worked in this industry I’ve seen a difference in traditional design compared to Web 2.0. For my Top 10 I can’t say it would be the same as his. There are so many different sites coming out everyday that some people are exposed to some and some people exposed to others.
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Corporate America Wakes Up To Web 2.0
June 30th, 2006
Blogs and wikis have gotten people used to user generated content management systems according to an article on CNET News.com. Unlike old content management systems, the Web 2.0 style applications have made it easier for people to use. This will make a big impact on corporations adopting Web 2.0 into their businesses.
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Why Business Blogs Are Important
June 26th, 2006
The Undersigned.net had an article on why business blogs are important. Most businesses believe that blogs aren’t for business. It becomes to personal and many try to hide behind the corporate face. The article lists 10 reasons on why it is important to business blogs. I agree with a lot of them and do think its good for businesses to blog. I’ll review his reasons and give my opinion on each.
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JBoss Seam Kits AJAX and Java Together
June 20th, 2006
Builder.com has an article about JBoss’s recent project typing AJAX and Java together. Their open source framework is called Seam. Google has a similar AJAX toolkit for Java programmers as well.
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Now, Free Ways to Do Desktop Work on the Web
June 19th, 2006
The New York Times had an article about AJAX web applications on the web to use in place of desktop applications. The article says computer hardware has reached a point where its very inexpensive to pick up a pretty good system. The software however ends up costing even more than the hardware. Google has bought Writely a web based word processor and also released a preview of its spreadsheet software.
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Google Picasa Web Albums
June 17th, 2006
Google has had their Picasa desktop application for Windows for a while now. I used it a little bit, but since I primarily use my Macs to handle photos I use iPhoto. Google Picasa Web Albums was recently released and it since its in a web browser it works across platforms. It seems like a pretty cool tool but I think the new Yahoo beta will end up being better.
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AJAX Edit in Place With Prototype
June 13th, 2006
A lot of clients have been requesting edit in place editing for their Web 2.0 applications. It’s a simple but very useful feature. It makes editing documents on the web a lot faster than the traditional point and click. Now there are many ways to tackle the problem but there is some pretty good documentation on Joseph Scott’s blog. Now I wouldn’t say this is a perfect solution, no solution really is, but it does work and get the job done. I’m sure over time this code will evolve as all coding usually does.
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Google Spreadsheets Sneak Peek
June 12th, 2006
Google has released a test version of their Google Spreadsheet software. You can sign up to be on the list to try out the new software. Like GMail it’s a web baased application using AJAX as its key method for transportation. This is another Web 2.0 example and another transition from desktop applications to web applications. Now I don’t think all desktop applications will be replaced by web applications anytime soon, there is definitely a strong push to develop the ones that are possible at this time.
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About Me
Brandon Quintana has been actively involved in web development for the past 12 years. Proficient web programming languages include XHTML/CSS, PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript.
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