I had to concur with Wired’s article about the web dying posted a couple of days ago. After reading “both sides” as well as some of the comments, I wanted to offer my brief thoughts regarding the web, open standards, and the paradigm shift to mobile. While I think HTML is and has always been a markup that [...]
25. November 2008.
Ethics and Online Privacy
Online, privacy barely exists. Every page, email, and instant message can be intercepted, manipulated, and/or logged. The millions of Internet users browsing the web at this very moment may be surprised to find that their online information is not secure. The Internet’s greatest strength in accessibility is its greatest weakness in security. Web servers have [...]
3. September 2008.
Google Chrome Doesn’t Always Seperate Each Tab to Different Threads
I’m using Google Chrome right now, and I have to say that it’s blazing fast. Based on Javascript benchmarks I’ve ran from around the web, I found it to be way faster than IE7, way faster than Firefox 2, much faster than Firefox 3, and even faster than Opera. Chrome’s new Javascript engine is awesome, [...]
1. July 2008.
My Thoughts on Google and Yahoo Indexing Flash Content
Today Google reported that they’ve developed an algorithm to index Flash content (only text, not video or images). This news is clearly dominating Flash news sources around the web, with mostly mixed reviews. Many bloggers are criticizing Google claiming that it’s impossible for any algorithm to figure out the text information of SWF files which [...]
30. May 2008.
Firefox 3 Fixes Bug
The keyboard bug with RC1 has been fixed for latest build (RC2)! Phew!
30. May 2008.
Firefox 3 Release: World Record? What world record?
The Mozilla team has announced that they are attempting to set a (Guinness Book) of World Record of number of downloads for a piece of software in 24 hours… A record never set before. The first thought that came to me was… huh? How can this number not be set already – by Adobe (or [...]