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Parse and process HTML with WebBrowser

The author describes how he used the WebBrowser control to parse HTML to extract data from it. Here are some of the issues he faced on this simple project. Read more »

Tags: .net, html, internet, middleware, property, software development, web browsers, webbrowser

No shocker: Google prefers HTML 5 to Gears

Word from the LA Times is that Google plans to phase out its Gears plug-in in favour of HTML 5 when it comes to augmenting browser abilities. The precise details of its enthusiasm for the plug-in aren't clear yet, but the general trajectory is no surprise. Read more »

Tags: chrome, chrome os, gears, google, plug-in

All about Adobe with Ben Forta: Video

Take one ColdFusion veteran and mix in a healthy dose of prolific book writing, and chances are you will end up with Ben Forta. Read more »

Tags: .net, actionscript, adobe, coldfusion, commercial, flash, iphone, java, javascript, open source

Fixing Firefox 3.6's tab blunder

I've been playing around with a beta build of Firefox's 3.6 browser for some time, and while it's been completely stable, its new tab behaviour has annoyed me. Read more »

Tags: browser, chrome, firefox, html, ie, internet explorer, standard, tab

Yahoo updates YUI tool for slick web interfaces

Yahoo on Tuesday released version 3 of its Yahoo User Interface (YUI) library, a software collection programmers can use to endow websites with fancy user interface elements written in JavaScript and Cascading Style Sheets. Read more »

Tags: developer tools, programming, yahoo

FluidHTML seeks to bridge web programming divide

Today's web programmers face a big choice when it comes to fancier aspects of their sites: HTML or Flash? One start-up hopes it can bridge the gap with a technology called FluidHTML. Read more »

Tags: flash, html, web 2.0

Unmask your passwords with this JavaScript trick

If you think you mistyped a password into a password field in your browser, a simple JavaScript trick can help you find out by unmasking the password. Read more »

Tags: javascript, password

WordPress 2.8: Screenshots

WordPress is the content management system behind some of the most popular sites on the web. The open-source web publishing platform is beloved for its elegance and extensibility. Check out our comprehensive screenshot gallery to see what you'd be in for if you used it. Read more »

Tags: blog, cms, content management system, gears, open source, php, screenshots, wordpress

An epitaph for the Web standard, XHTML 2

XHTML 2, a technology intended to build a more powerful Web from the ground up, met a quiet end last week, spotlighting the difficulties of standardisation in a fast-moving Internet. Introduced in 2002, XHTML 2 was a centerpiece of standards work at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Read more »

Tags: browsers, chrome, html, ie, mozilla, opera, safari, standards, xhtml

Firefox 3.5 screenshots

Firefox 3.5 forges ahead with strong developer support, but most improvements for casual users will probably strike them as minor. Read more »

Tags: browsers, firefox, internet, web

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Microsoft shows off IE9 preview

This week, highlights from Microsoft's MIX10 conference and more in the Roundup. Read more »

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IE9's H.264 vote killed Ogg

In a split decision by the judges, the winner of the W3C/WHATWG video codec consensus is H.264, taking home the future of video playback on the internet while loser Ogg goes home with nothing but thoughts of what might have been. Read more »

-- posted by Chris Duckett
Google launches Apps Marketplace

Google launches and app store, while Mozilla plans to re-write its open-source license. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »

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