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Oh, bless. That's a cool interface there on MacRumours. I hate the refreshing of the whole page.
Probably much less so if you live in LA, though.
I would contend that...but I just finished minimising the weather widget on iGoogle. It's there, you know, just in case something changes (I need to be alerted when the average temperature over a span of days is going to rise or fall by a delta of more than 5 degree Fahrenheit. That would be LA useful...I mean, inasmuch as it'd go off five or six times a year).
What technology is MacRumors using to update their page so tidily?
XMLHttpRequest, a.k.a. AJAX.
I can just have a tab open to google all the time and I forget what's available on Dashboard.
Yes, this. Although I can google from every screen in Opera, as well as from context-sensitive highlights in the text, I keep an iGoogle page open anyway. My standard computer workflow has me periodically check my browser, and my standard browser workflow has me periodically check every tab (that way I actually close them in a more timely fashion) so I even get my news that way.
Hmm. If I add movies to iGoogle, I'll barely need my Yahoo! anymore...
I'll be back.
XMLHttpRequest, a.k.a. AJAX.
Yeah, but AJAX with a lot of thought given to optimizing the interface for just what's needed to be fast and clean for this high-load stuff. I love it. Especially with those other tabs open to compare it to....
Safari on Windows--why bother?
Especially with those other tabs open to compare it to....
Yeah, Gizmodo was bragging this morning how fast their liveblogging would be. They got PWNED.
Why would I want to run Safari on my Windows box vs. Firefox?
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Why would I want to run Safari on my Windows box vs. Firefox?
I suspect the real purpose was opening up development of iPhone apps, and porting Safari was the side effect. (And I'll eat my hat if the web clip gizmo for the dashboard isn't the same thing under the hood.)
It all looks like pretty good stuff from Apple. I should have one of the new MacBook Pro 17" models with the high resolution displays arriving at the end of the week. Looks like I'll be buying Leopard for it in a few months.
I should have one of the new MacBook Pro 17" models with the high resolution displays arriving at the end of the week.
Sweet. Report back!
I'm seeing a lot of negative reactions to the keynote out there because there weren't new hardware gadgets, but I'm really excited about Leopard.
