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Language barriers may stifle Web future
The lack of backwards compatibility between the Web scripting language XHTML 2.0 and its HTML predecessors could make billions of Web pages obsolete, experts fear. Read more »
Microsoft wins HTML application patent
Microsoft on Tuesday won a patent for launching a certain kind of HTML application within Windows. Read more »
AJAX sets off tools race
The growing popularity of interactive Web sites has set off a race among software companies, each pitching their own development toolkit. Read more »
Flash to jump beyond the browser
Adobe Systems is working on software meant to blur the line between the Web and desktop PCs. Read more »
Third Chrome beta another notch faster
Google began updating Chrome users with the new beta version, and performance tests show the company has ratcheted the browser's speed up another notch Read more »
Firefox and Chrome speed up
With new beta versions out for Firefox and Google Chrome, it's time to see how things have changed when it comes to testing the speed of JavaScript, the programming language that powers many cutting-edge Web applications such as Gmail and Google Docs. The answer: both browsers made big strides, but Firefox still beats Chrome on one widely-used performance test. Read more »
Chrome's jittered JavaScript kills Silverlight?
The biggest rival for Microsoft's next-generation Silverlight Web technology will be JavaScript, not Adobe's ubiquitous Flash, according to experts speaking at Microsoft's Tech.Ed conference in Sydney this morning. Read more »
Microsoft releases more XAML details
Microsoft on Tuesday made more technical information available for XAML, a language for designing the user interface of Web and Windows applications. Read more »
Microsoft Popfly service does mashups
Microsoft on Friday introduced a Web mashup builder for the rest of us. Read more »
Microsoft sheds light on Flash rival
Looking to dethrone Adobe's Web video tool, Redmond to unveil a browser plug-in called Silverlight. Read more »
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Develop a VoiceXML solution using BeVocal
VoiceXML (VXML) is a markup language like HTML. The difference is that a phone browser rather than a Web browser renders VXML. Get started with this article. Read more »
Does CSS provide higher ROI than straight HTML?
In this article developer Shawn Morton, revisits the issue of HTML vs. CSS by performing an ROI analysis. Read more »
Use XML to drive a DHTML menu
Populating your menus from an XML file that can be dynamically refreshed on every page allows you to mix common elements with user- and page-specific elements, and lets you build a unified menu. Read more »
XML and Unicode: Mix with care
The character set that lets computers write in every language from Czech to Chinese could make Web browsers tongue-tied, two standards groups have warned. Read more »
Get started with Web vector graphics
At the Web Directions South conference in Sydney, Dmitry Baranovskiy presented "Web Vector Graphics", giving an overview of the models available for creating vector graphics on the Web and tools to make them render correctly in all browsers. Read more »
Debug JavaScript, HTML, and CSS with Firebug
Firebug is a great development add-on for Firefox. It provides an integrated tool for monitoring and debugging JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. Here's a look at Firebug's features and benefits. Read more »
Flash, HTML, AJAX: Which will win the Web app war?
The days when Web pages were static collections of text and graphics are long past. But as the Web matures, there's a fierce competition over which technology will propel it into a medium for rich, interactive applications. Read more »
XML for managers
Many of your programmers have the basic uses of XML down pat, but there are some apps, especially in distributed systems, that demand a creative touch. Here are some opportunities to apply a more creative approach to your team's use of XML. Read more »
Can you be a self-respecting Web developer without knowing HTML?
I can't accept a so-called Web developer who doesn't fully understand the technology used to create their applications. Do you think a Web developer is doomed if he doesn't know HTML? Read more »
HTML 5: A change in course... straight for the iceberg
The W3C recently released a working draft specification for HTML 5. In its current iteration, this is the worst specification I have ever read. Read more »
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Google brew Java with Ajax
-- This week Google released a new toolkit for Java developers to make writing AJAX applications easy. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.