What technology is MacRumors using to update their page so tidily?
XMLHttpRequest, a.k.a. AJAX.
Maybe I've always been here.
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Tom Scola - Jun 11, 2007 9:09:25 am PDT #1861 of 25496
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
§ ita § - Jun 11, 2007 9:10:54 am PDT #1862 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
amych - Jun 11, 2007 9:13:25 am PDT #1863 of 25496
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
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....
§ ita § - Jun 11, 2007 9:16:18 am PDT #1864 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Safari on Windows--why bother?
Tom Scola - Jun 11, 2007 9:19:14 am PDT #1865 of 25496
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
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.
Jon B. - Jun 11, 2007 9:19:26 am PDT #1866 of 25496
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Why would I want to run Safari on my Windows box vs. Firefox?
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amych - Jun 11, 2007 9:23:09 am PDT #1867 of 25496
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
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.)
NoiseDesign - Jun 11, 2007 11:22:19 am PDT #1868 of 25496
Our wings are not tired
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.
amych - Jun 11, 2007 11:39:53 am PDT #1869 of 25496
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
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.
NoiseDesign - Jun 11, 2007 11:43:31 am PDT #1870 of 25496
Our wings are not tired
I know that folks like the hardware, but if you really stop and look at everything Leopard is doing, it's a pretty amazing piece of hardware. Besides, the only thing that really leaps to mind as needing an update currently is the Mac Mini.