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Firefox 2.0 does Spell Checking
Not sure if you noticed, but Firefox2.0 RC2 shipped a week or two ago. The changes are pretty subtle for the most part. New icons, slightly different behavior for tabs and… well… some other stuff most users won’t notice. Not really major-version worthy, if you ask me. … but wait. There’s one feature that makes…
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Jonathan Coulton – Code Monkey
Wow, here’s another one of those “God, I love the Internet!” moments. Long story made short: While searching for artwork for some screen mockups I’m working on, I stumbled across Jonathan Coulton‘s website. Jonathan is a post-dot-com, troubadour whose music blends clean, crisp melodies with lyrics that are interesting, quirky, funny, and about a dozen…
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UI App Rants
Disclaimer: This is your typical rant – it’s purely selfish in nature, there is no underlying purpose, no hidden social or political commentary, and no wisdom to be gained. It’s just me, griping about minutia that really doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things. After a long hiatus, I’m back to doing UI mockups.…
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Legos or Mousetrap?
I just read Dan Russell’s “getting people to decide” post over on the “Creating Passionate Users” blog. (A pretty decent blog, btw, if you’re into web site/application development. I’ve added it to my [sparse] collection of RSS feeds I subscribe to.) I was struck by the conclusion of their post, which reads: Here’s the bottom…
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The Web2.0: Social Networks
A few months back, I took a stab at defining “The Web2.0”. Essentially, I wrote that the Web2.0 was about web applications that played nicely with other web applications, regardless of who “owned” them. I still think I have that part right, but I missed an important half of the equation. The Web2.0 is also…