The Web 2.0 Big Font Controversy
Do you ever wonder why many of the new websites you go to have giant high-contrast fonts? Extraterrestrials, a clan of very elderly web designers, or maybe it's just a bunch of punk kids that are trying to be trendy? While in some cases any of these may be true, I would argue the real culprits are designers who base their typographic decisions on research (hopefully).
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RTOC - Real Time Online Counter using Ajax
RTOC is an statistics script that uses flatfiles to store data. It includes an onine users counter as well as a unique hits counter that stores unique hits for that day aswell as a total. It uses JavaScript to update itself dynamicly, so that all stats are in real-time!
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AJAX Timeouts with Prototype
I've been implementing some AJAX goodness in Mayday and other FastFrame apps lately. In my reading of the various pitfalls of AJAX one that popped up repeatedly was how to handle gracefully a network outage or the webserver going down. For example, Gmail's chat handles it nicely. When I turn off my airport connection Gmail chat lets me know that it can't contact the server and maybe my connection is down. Much better than an endlessly spinning hour glass, or worse, not letting the user know their action was never completed.
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XMLHttpRequest Usability Guidelines
XMLHttpRequest is becoming more and more popular, and many people are currently exploring what we could do with it. Unfortunately this also causes people to reinvent old and forgotten usability problems.
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Visual AJAX
The Tersus Visual Programming Platform employs AJAX techniques "under the hood", simplifying the creation of web applications with a rich, responsive user interfaces. Tersus uses a single, visual language for defining user interface, client side behavior and server side processing, eliminating the need to master multiple technologies and tools.
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AJAX FAQ for the Java Developer
We have all had the chance to use AJAX now and as many of us are finding out a whole new world is now out there. While many developers will encounter AJAX via an existing framework, you may choose to dig deeper or provide functionality above and beyond what is provided. This FAQ is targeted for Java developer that would like to add AJAX functionality to an application.
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DropDownList and ListBox
I'd like to describe two ASP.Net server controls: xNetDropDownList and xNetListBox with possibility to move focus to the first most suitable item on the list when a user types in characters on the keyboard.
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AHAH: Asychronous HTML and HTTP
AHAH is a very simple technique for dynamically updating web pages using JavaScript. It involves using XMLHTTPRequest to retrieve fragments which are then inserted directly into the web page, whence they can be styled using CSS.
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Ajax & PHP without using the XmlHttpRequest Object
In this tutorial, I will show you how to use Ajax without even having to use the XmlHttpRequest object.
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Client Side Validation Using the XMLHTTPRequest Object
This article shows how Microsoft's XMLHTTPRequest component can give your users a cleaner and more efficient Web experience by improving form validation.
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Dynamic Favicons
Favicons should ideally be easy to manipulate, as easy as manipulating the web page's UI. (Favicons are the little website icons you see in the address bar, browser tabs, etc.) For example, a chat app like Meebo could signal that your buddy's trying to contact you, a mail app like GMail could indicate You Have Mail!
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Google Maps API Basic Tutorial
This tutorial is intended to help you create your own interactive maps using the Google API. Do take a look at the Google documentation first.
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Round-up of 30 AJAX Tutorials
There are quite a few AJAX demos and examples on the web right now. While these are invaluable to learning AJAX, some people need a bit more information than just a raw piece of code. In todays environment there are many ways to learn AJAX including, books, classes, conferences, workshops and tutorials. Of these the only one that is free and accessible to everyone are web-based tutorials. The following is a list of what I consider the be the best and most helpful AJAX tutorials that I've found over the past year.
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Ajax Templating and the Separation of Layout and Logic
While Ajax is the cause for the article, the heavy focus is on templating. For the past few years I have been using XTemplate as my templating library (I'm a PHP buff) and have been happily separating my logic from my layout...unitl I ran smack dab into the power of Javascript.
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Ajax Toybox
Play with Ajax! The toybox is designed to be a showcase for simple Ajax examples and techniques. Due to the experimental nature of the applications in the toybox, please excuse the occasional error message or problem in making things work. I'm providing the toybox so you can increase your knowledge of the workings of Ajax.
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Upload Progress Meter - Joshua Eichorn
This is a very nice example of an AJAX upload progress meter for PHP.
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JSONRequest
XMLHttpRequest has a security model which is inadequate for supporting the next generation of web applications. JSONRequest is proposed as a new browser service that allows for two-way data exchange with any JSON data server without exposing users or organization to harm. It exchanges data between scripts on pages with JSON servers in the web.
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Ruby On Rails - AJAX Live Data Grid Example
Historically, data sub-forms are not something that have been presented well on the web. Pop-up windows and browser page refreshing are a significant regression from the interfaces which have been provided by client/server desktop applications for over a decade. Luckily, with the advent of Rails and its partials rendering, we are in a position to do something about this usability shortfall.
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AJAX ToDo List
Here is the code for my simple AJAX ToDo List, you can use this code to implement a similar todo list on your own website.
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Downloadable AJAX Galleries, Slideshows and Effects
Until recently many of the most visually stunning and functional image galleries, slideshows, and effects were done through Flash. With the advent of AJAX many developers are taking another look at javascript and are producing some very amazing functionality in these areas.
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