Archive for the 'Web 2.0' Category

Options for Lightbox

May 20th, 2008

I’m in the process of revamping my photo gallery sections as the SimpleViewer Flash -powered gallery isn’t quite doing the job for me (although I haven’t ruled it out yet, it might just need a change of layout). One option that many people use is Lightbox – or one of the many variants that have [...]

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“Local” AJAX section on BBC News

July 31st, 2006

Anyone else noticed this? Last week, the BBC News added an AJAX section to dynamically load news and weather from your local area. Example screenshot below.

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The Wonders of Google Apps

July 26th, 2006

I’ve recently rediscovered the various applications – whether Win32 or Web Based – that Google provide. I’ve converted my personal email account to GMail to take advatage of the web based and POP3 interface, 2Gb storage, conversation feature – and above all, excellent spam filtering.

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Web Operating System

July 4th, 2006

I came across something called YouOS on Digg today. YouOS is a web operating system that lets you run diverse applications within a web browser. Small applications like sticky notes or clocks. Large applications like word processing, mp3 players, and instant messaging. Even better, it’s very easy to tweak an existing application or write your [...]

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