This post originated from an RSS feed registered with Java Buzz
by dion.
Original Post: Links for 2009-03-30 [del.icio.us]
Feed Title: techno.blog(Dion)
Feed URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/dion
Feed Description: blogging about life the universe and everything tech
Interoperable JavaScript Modules
"This year has begun with a combination of wondrous events in the JavaScript theatre. I've been struggling to promote the idea of module system in JavaScript for several years now. There has been a sudden explosion of progress."
Speed: The Secret Code of the Baristi
Elliott has a nice article on perceived speed and responsiveness. Key..... and we are really bad at perceiving ;)
Hypertext Bidirectional
"Mark Nottingham: As discussed in the APPS area meeting last week, a new mailing list has been created to discuss the standards implications and actions related to HTTP “long poll” techniques (e.g., COMET, BOSH) as well as new protocols that serve similar use cases (e.g., WebSockets, rHTTP)." meta on @samruby
xray-project - Google Code
"Last year when we had a memory eating web app, we started a tool to basically watch the memory and the CPU, we called it xray."
Canvas 3D Extension Update at Vladimir Vukićević
"An updated version of the prototype Canvas 3D extension is finally available, with a good number of improvements. Many of these came from Ilmari Heikkinen, who's done some great work in fixing bugs and plugging holes/errors in the implementation. Also, with this release, support for the OpenGL ES 1.1-based context has been dropped, in order to focus on the more forward-looking ES 2.0-based work."
Weave 0.3 Released
Congrats on the 0.3 chaps! "Weave Sync is a prototype that encrypts and securely synchronizes the Firefox experience across multiple browsers, so that your desktop, laptop and mobile phone can all work together."