The big success of XML was that it brought the possibility of transformation between information and presentation. While HTML has a fixed format for the content (ie, some text can be bold, and that can not be changed), XML contains all the information inside tags, where all the content is identified and ready to be [...]
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Ajax or Flex
07Jul06Flex is another deveopment environment for the web. It provides the same advantages of AJAX, enabling the develoment of interactive, modern web applications but without all the portability problems of Javascript.
This is an example of a Flex application, showing the main widgets and how they are controlled with CSSs. More details can be obtained from [...]
White Board
07Jul06During the last month, I have been looking for a collaborative white board in the Internet. This is an useful tool when you design software in a distributed team, and I’m currently collaborating with people spread over the world. Although it is difficult to find a really usable web page that offers this functionality for [...]
Fon
27Jun06Some time ago I made a presentation about new uses of wireless Internet access. In particular, I find fascinating the increasing number of users that are forgetting broadband services and starting to use their neighbor WiFi. This effect has resulted in new communities where users share an Internet access point and only pay for a [...]
JavaScript
16Jun06I’ve been playing a lot with JavaScript this week. I would recommend two very nice looking scripts/styles: LightBox and Rolling Archives.
LightBox is a nice effect that can be applied to any image in a page. You need to include the script and the style in your web page, and you can display any picture that [...]
