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Engineering @ Facebook: Facebook Chat

15 May 2008

Simon Willison : Engineering @ Facebook: Facebook Chat - Engineering @ Facebook: Facebook Chat. The new Facebook Chat uses Comet (long polling with a hidden iframe) against a custom web / chat server written in Erlang, designed to handle a launch to all 70 million users at once. It was tested us... continues
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the return of the mozilla developer interviews

15 May 2008
As some of the long-time readers here will remember, this blog hosted a number of Mozilla developer interviews "back in the day". The format was simple but fun, and I think informative. For those of you who don't remember or weren't around back then, here's one of the interviews with Gecko hacker... continues
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doctype - Google Code

14 May 2008

factoryjoe : doctype - Google Code - Doctype is a Google-sponsored open encyclopedia and reference library for developers of web applications. By web developers, for web developers Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: doctype, mark pilgrim, web devel
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firefox taking over the galaxy

14 May 2008
Jesse's pointed out another "Firefox in Space" -- this time from the amazing Chandra X-Ray Observatory.
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Bug Day on Thursday 15 May 2008

14 May 2008
by skywalker
The Thunderbird folks are organizing a bug day this Thursday, 15 May 2008. The schedule is located here. Generally, feel free to pop by outside of the sessions as well, some experienced folks should be around to help you. The focus of this bug day is found here. How? Triaging is easy! You don't have... continues
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Google Doctype - Google Code

14 May 2008

wearehugh : Google Doctype - Google Code jcgregorio : Google Doctype - Google Code - Google Doctype is an open encyclopedia and reference library. Written by web developers, for web developers. It includes articles on web security, JavaScript DOM manipulation, CSS tips and tricks, and more. The ref... continues
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gettin' real close now

13 May 2008
With Firefox 3 RC1 just around the corner, Basil Hashem has just announced the availability of the the "3.0" and "3.0.*" Firefox compatible versions at AMO. This means that add-on developers who have tested with Firefox 3 RC1 can offer those add-ons as being compatible with the final version of Fir... continues
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make your extensions work with the firefox 3 beta

13 May 2008
alternate title: "Ho To Make Firefox 3 Crash A Lot" Over the last six or seven months, I've come across literally hundreds of blog posts and a decent number of full-length articles explaining how Firefox users can make all of their extensions "compatible" or "work" with Firefox 3 betas by making a ... continues
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Nine Inch Nails the ultimate Web 2.0 band

13 May 2008

factoryjoe : Nine Inch Nails the ultimate Web 2.0 band - One week ago Nine Inch Nails surprised their fans with a special treat giving away their new album Slip absolutely free on their website... Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: nin
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mozilla analytics?

13 May 2008
For those of you who read Arrington's post, "Mozilla Stealth Data Project Could Be Just What The Internet Needs" I encourage you to head over to John Lilly's post, Mozilla, Firefox & Data to get some more information and better context. update: Ken Kovash has a related post Fluctuations in Int... continues
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May Chat with the IE Team on Thursday

13 May 2008
by ieblog
Join members of the Internet Explorer team for an Expert Zone chat this Thursday, May 15th at 10.00 PDT/17.00 UTC. These chats are a great opportunity to have your questions answered by members of the IE product team. If you can’t join us online, all chat transcripts are published here. All... continues
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SlideShare: Ignite Web 2.0 Expo SF II

12 May 2008

Rod Begbie : SlideShare: Ignite Web 2.0 Expo SF II - The slide decks from the recent Ignite night, synced up to recordings of the presentations. Each is a mere five minutes long, and I highly recommend "By the time I finish this talk, everyone were will want to run a marathon", "Snarkatron" and "G... continues
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Shredder Alpha 1 QA sign-off completed

12 May 2008
by skywalker
Following in the footsteps of John Resig, I also have a sort-of-reverse birthday present for Thunderbird fans: Shredder (Thunderbird 3) Alpha 1's QA signoff has been completed, with no significant blockers discovered, the release should come out in the next couple of days. Please note that the relea... continues
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Shredder Alpha 1 Released

12 May 2008
by skywalker
Changelogs for other Thunderbird releases Released on 13 May 08, and this changelog was last updated on 14 May 08. Shredder Alpha 1 (also known as Thunderbird 3 Alpha 1) has been released. Release notes are available. This post lists the improvements in Shredder Alpha 1 over Thunderbird 2 releases.... continues
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Installing Branded IE7 on Windows XP Service Pack 3

12 May 2008
by ieblog
Hi all, Last week, I blogged about installing Windows XP SP3 and how it affects different versions of Internet Explorer (See my earlier blog post here). Today I will be discussing installing branded/custom versions of IE7 on machines with Windows XP SP3 installed. This post is primarily aimed toward... continues
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PMOG comes out of beta

12 May 2008

Andy Baio : PMOG comes out of beta - Justin Hall and Merci Hammon's game built on passive web surfing
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Foxiewire Now featured on Shareaholic

12 May 2008
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Shareaholic firefox extension

Yahoo! pimping malware from banner ads

12 May 2008

Jeremy Zawodny : Yahoo! pimping malware from banner ads - Yahoo! pimping malware from banner ads: "The fundamental problem is that the browser's security model failed to anticipate that there are multiple interests involved in a web application."
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The password that calls you: CallVerfID | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone

11 May 2008

factoryjoe : The password that calls you: CallVerfID | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone - "On Monday, JanRain, which makes the clever multi-service OpenID login box, OpenID Selector, is expected to announce a security improvement for its own MyOpenID service. The new system, C... continues
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OAuth | drupal.org

11 May 2008

factoryjoe : OAuth | drupal.org - A best practices implementation of OAuth for Drupal. What is OAuth? "An open protocol to allow secure API authentication in a simple and standard method from desktop and web applications." If you've ever used Flickr to connect with othe
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MIDAS: Homemade Dorm Room Home Automation System

11 May 2008

mmb : MIDAS: Homemade Dorm Room Home Automation System - MIDAS: Homemade Dorm Room Home Automation System via Emergency Party Button Tags : link
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there's still time

10 May 2008
If you've been putting it off because other things always seemed to get in the way, you're in luck. It's not too late! You still have time to follow me on Twitter and perhaps be witness to my first 'tweet'. Join the millions.... OK, that's a bit much. Join the tens! of people who are already fol... continues
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vietnamese language pack follow-up

9 May 2008
For those of you who read the somewhat widespread coverage of the Vietnamese language pack add-on issue and came away wondering if Firefox was indeed infected with worms, demolishing city blocks underfoot, and stealing babies, I've posted a few responses to the common misunderstandings and misreport... continues
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Test Day on Thursday 08 May 2008

7 May 2008
by skywalker
The Thunderbird folks are organizing a bug test day this Thursday, 08 May 2008, in preparation for Alpha 1 release. The schedule is located here. Generally, feel free to pop by outside of the sessions as well, some experienced folks should be around to help you. The focus of this bug test day is fou... continues
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IE8 Security Part II: ActiveX Improvements

7 May 2008
by ieblog
Hi, I’m Matt Crowley, Program Manager for Extensibility with Internet Explorer. The team was very excited to be at the RSA security conference last month discussing the security features of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1. In this, the second part of the IE8 Security blog series, I describe the ActiveX... continues
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odd month out update

6 May 2008
Ken Kovash has an update on the Net Applications Market Share data for the month of April that reported an across the board drop in not-IE market share and a pretty substantial spike for IE 6. Long story short, the report was wrong, Firefox did not lose share, IE didn't have a massive spike, and... continues
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website identities made easy in firefox 3

6 May 2008
Deb's got another great Firefox 3 feature blog post up. This time she's delivering the goods on the Site Identification Button and "Larry" the Passport Officer. Oh, and after you've read it, go digg it so others can learn.
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odd month out?

6 May 2008
Last month's Net Applications browser market share data looked a bit odd to me. Ken Kovash and the Net Applications folks are on the case.
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IE and Windows XP Service Pack 3

5 May 2008
by ieblog
Hi. My name is Jane Maliouta and I am the Deployment PM for IE8. You might remember my recent blog on Installing IE8. Today I am here to tell you about Windows XP SP3 (XPSP3) and how it’ll work with the various released versions of Internet Explorer. Windows XP SP3 contains some new updates,... continues
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2008-05-03 Sunbird 0.9 builds

5 May 2008
by skywalker
Current Sunbird (0.8) | Next planned Sunbird (0.9) | Previous releases Common: Fixed: 386596 - Option to show completed Tasks should be moved to the menu Fixed: 392855 - [Today Pane] 'Show Today Pane' button not available with fresh profile Fixed: 395928 - Event Dialog: Unify wording by renaming ... continues
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2008-05-03 Thunderbird Trunk builds

5 May 2008
by skywalker
What's new in Trunk since 12 August 2005 | Previous releases Thunderbird-specific: Fixed: 424098 - One mail identity that is a substring of another mail identity will make thunderbird fail to idenify the sender of a reply or forward mail Fixed: 424764 - Error: selectedFolders[0]/msgFolder is undefi... continues
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2008-05-03 Thunderbird 2.0.0.15 builds

5 May 2008
by skywalker
Current Thunderbird 2.0 (2.0.0.14) | Next planned Thunderbird 2.0 (2.0.0.15?) | Previous releases No checkins during this period. No outstanding bugs. Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 has been released. Windows builds

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Bug Day on Thursday 01 May 2008

1 May 2008
by skywalker
The Thunderbird folks are organizing a bug day this Thursday, 01 May 2008. The schedule is located here. Generally, feel free to pop by outside of the sessions as well, some experienced folks should be around to help you. The focus of this bug day is found here. How? Triaging is easy! You don't have... continues
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What Happened to Operation Aborted?

23 Apr 2008
by ieblog
Have you ever seen this dialog while surfing the web in Internet Explorer? A screen shot of Internet Explorer 7 with a dialog superimposed with the text: Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet site. Operation aborted.

A screen shot of Internet Explorer 7 with a dialog superimposed with the text: Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet site. Operation aborted.

You browse to your favorite news site. The content starts loading, you've already started reading the headline, and then it happens. Those of you familiar with the operation aborted dialog know that it spells sudden doom fo... continues
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Give Your Eyes a Treat

22 Apr 2008
by ieblog
If you’re a developer, there’s an easy way to give your eyes a rest and make yourself more productive. Use the Consolas font Microsoft developed specifically for you. When we began work on a project to create a new set of fonts which would take maximum advantage of ClearType, we decided to devel... continues
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Bug Day on Thursday 24 April 2008

22 Apr 2008
by skywalker
The Thunderbird folks are organizing a bug day this Thursday, 24 April 2008. The schedule is located here. Generally, feel free to pop by outside of the sessions as well, some experienced folks should be around to help you. The focus of this bug day is found here. How? Triaging is easy! You don't ha... continues
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Firefox 3 Beta 80×15 brilliant button

22 Apr 2008
by graphicsguru
NEW Firefox 3 Beta 80×15 brilliant button, also known as “antipixel buttons” or “badges”, very popular buttons.

If you dont like change

2008-04-19 Sunbird 0.9 builds

21 Apr 2008
by skywalker
Current Sunbird (0.8) | Next planned Sunbird (0.9) | Previous releases Common: Fixed: 368865 - REG_APP_DESC should be removed from the Calendar 1.8 branch Fixed: 377753 - Look and Feel of minimonths should be adapted Fixed: 390194 - [Proto] Event/Recurrence dialog: Width is too small for all thre... continues
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April Chat with the IE Team on Thursday

14 Apr 2008
by ieblog
Join members of the Internet Explorer team for an Expert Zone chat this Thursday, April 17th at 10.00 PDT/17.00 UTC. These chats are a great opportunity to have your questions answered by members of the IE product team. If you can’t join us online, all chat transcripts are published here. A... continues
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HTML and DOM Standards Compliance in IE8 Beta 1

10 Apr 2008
by ieblog
With the release of IE8 Beta 1, I'm pleased to be able to talk about the first round of improved standards compliance and bug fixes in IE's HTML and DOM support for the new IE8 standards mode. Doug hinted at some of these improvements, and I wrote a little bit about them in the IE8 Beta 1 whitepaper... continues
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The Open Source Bus

NavneethC posted a photo:

The Open Source Bus

There was a buzz in the Mozilla community a couple of years ago, when someone spotted and photographed a bus somewhere in Karnataka sporting a design that seemed to have been "inspired" by the Firefox logo. On the day of the photowalk, we spotted a bus on North ... continues

PicLens

bryan upton posted a photo:

PicLens

this is a really sweet download for firefox. it allows you to see a bunch of photos in sequence and can be used on any website...not just flickr.

go check it out and add it to your computer! it's awesome!

Panda rouge - Firefox

kama17 posted a photo:

Panda rouge - Firefox

wikipedia : "Le Petit Panda, Panda roux, Panda fuligineux ou Panda éclatant (Ailurus fulgens - 小熊 en pinyin xiǎo : petit et xióng : abréviation de 熊猫 xióngmāo : panda), est un mammifère originaire de l'Himalaya et de la Chine méridionale"