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Reconstruction 1: Uri Path Completion

Well I went to upload some new writing and just snapped - I couldn't write here until I was happy with the way it was presented. So I tore down all the styles and javascripts, leaving just a structural...

By , 20th March 2007 In:

Web Deux Pointe Zero

As much as Web 2.0 ideas are about openness and freedom, they indicate an increasing emphasis towards power and heirachy. You can see this directly manifesting in the present situation of Yahoo! swallowing...

Hoodlum Scripting

Why and MenTaLguY show how to upwink javascript into web requests - is this a replacement for Greasemonkey, or just total insanity?

By , 27th August 2005 In:

Only Send What You Need

Managing RESTful AJAX operations is an open problem. While I say that aspects of managing HTTP requests, and designing UI feedback cannot be understood in isolation and must...

By , 5th June 2005 In:

Asynchronous Representational State Transfer

AJAX is not new(s). Previously, I've been critical of the nomenclature, perhaps more for aesthetic reasons than anything else, but I have to agree with Simon Willison, who...

By , 4th June 2005 In:

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