2006 October

I couldn’t tell you the number of times I find something cool online. I am always finding cool things, and I probably forget where half of them were five minutes after finding them. Clipmarks is a nice tool to keep my cool things in order.
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More and more, developers are becoming aware of the threats posed by malicious code, and SQL injection in particular, and by leaving code vulnerable to such attacks. However, while SQL is the most popular type of code injection attack, there are several others that can be just as dangerous to your applications and your data, […]

You have to face the facts; some toolbars out there just do not play nice with other toolbars. Do I really need a whole row of my browser wasted, when I only use about half of a toolbar’s features? The DragNDrop Toolbars extension lets you reclaim some browsing space by making the browsing […]

Yeah, you know you like to kill time by watching YouTube videos when you should be working on those reports that are due Monday. You know it is a bad habit, but you do it anyway. Well, I am not going to help you cheat your company out of cash; I am only […]

Modifying the Web is one of those things you always dreamed would happen, but always seems to fall a little short. The Platypus Firefox extension is one of those tools that gives you the ability to modify any Web site from your browser. You can then turn around and save those changes for […]

One thing that I have not missed since moving over to Firefox is all the beeps and bloops Internet Explorer makes while you are navigating through your Web pages. Some people may like getting these dinging sounds though, even if they just make me feel a little dingy. That is where the Navigational […]

True, some Web sites do not give you a really nice text editor to work with. Some of the text input forms on the Web are downright ugly at times. Don’t you wish you could just take your own HTML editor to any online form so your written words might look a little […]

Forgot password should be instant, request email address and immediately let you know if your email address is in the system or not. Otherwise, you lose out on ordering opportunities. We tried to order dinner online and Paul forgot his password. He entered the email address and the response page said it was mailed. Nothing […]

In truth, it’s the rule of first. And considering that YouTube has already dominated the marketshare for silly online video, I seriously question anyone else having a prayer in this arena.
Now that YouTube has been acquired for $1.65B by the hottest technology company on the planet, inevitably it will give rise to a whole new […]

Is blogging truly as American as apple pie? Some might argue this, others… not so much.
Corporations are growing increasingly conscious of the power, and potential pitfalls, of blogging. A favorable review from an influential blogger can help generate the kind of buzz around a new product that traditional advertising struggles to achieve. A negative write-up […]

Today’s piece coming to us from InfoWorld really gets knee deep into the world of Ajax. What’s great about it, security issues, and a whole lot more.
Sometimes it’s all in the packaging. Take McDonald’s “Happy Meals,” for example. You’ve got a burger, fries, and a drink. But wrap it in kid-friendly packaging, add a cheap […]

Like it or not, here it comes! That is what a number of Windows users will likely be saying as the IE 7 upgrade makes its way onto their machines.
Remember when you booted up your computer and that friendly browser quietly appeared, ready to take you anywhere with no fuss?
Not anymore. Now, Microsoft is going […]

Now this is an interesting idea at its core. Still, not all that sure what the demand for it will be. Oh its useful, but I am talking about actual numbers.
Just announced-
“CodeSmith 4.0 Beta 2 has been released and is now available to the public.  Here are just a few the new capabilities in CodeSmith […]

You have to admit, this concept of an Ajax builder could end up providing us with some pretty amazing products in the not too distant future.

Seeing a need to make AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) Web development easier, Tasmania, Australia-based Morfik later this year plans to offer Version 1.0 of WebOS AppsBulder, an IDE that […]

So how is Firefox doing with its latest revision? Thus far, things are looking pretty darn good.
The Mozilla Foundation, a spin-off of former Internet heavyweight Netscape, has released what many believe will be the final version Firefox 2.0, the chief competitor to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.
The version, called RC3 — short for Release Candidate 3 — […]

Asset Mover is an easy-to-use developer tool for Flash 5 and 6 movies that allows reassignment of linked assets to improve preload appearance, reduces file size by removing redundant linked assets. Linked assets in Flash movies are typically linked to Frame 1 which can result in the appearance of a ‘hung’ preload, particularly for large […]

Some of the best tools out there you can use are the ones that are the most simple. Sure, you can download an extension that does ten things well, or you can download one extension that does one job better than the rest. That is the idea that comes into play when you […]

Do you find yourself wanting a Firefox extension that displays your public IP address, displays your public domain name, and tests your speed and bandwidth with uploads and downloads? Sure, it is not a question I find myself with on a daily basis, but it is one that needs to be solved all the […]

Do you find yourself typing the same thing over and over again? Maybe you want to save something you have written so you can post it over and over again in E-mails to all your friends. If you have found yourself in that boat, then Clippings is the Firefox extension you need to […]

It’s a cool idea, so it should be interesting to see how it does against other similar concepts already out there today.
Objective Development Software has released WebYep 1.1.10, a compact Web Content Management System for extremely simple creation of editable Web pages. The software focuses on Web developers whose primary concern is design, and reduces […]