Autor: Tim Strehle

Neil Kandalgaonkar – Links to essays in Best Software Writing I: “Joel Spolsky has compiled a book of essays on software, which he calls The Best Software Writing I. The essays all came from online sources, but when Spolsky released the chapter listing, I didn’t see anywhere online where he posted links to the originals.…

In “On Browser UIs”, Richard S. Tallent has a comprehensive list of reasons “why web apps suck“. On “missing widgets“: “Tree views: even the best ones out there suck. MSDN, for example. They also almost invariably lead to using frames to avoid population and rendering on each page refresh. […] Context menus. This alone is…

Marcus Baker – Listen kids, AJAX is not cool: “If you writing a user interface, make sure it responds in 1/10th of a second. That’s a pretty simple rule, and if you break it, you will distract the user. […] Suddenly we have lot’s of web developers “enhancing” the browser experience with behind the scenes…

“Backbase provides Rich Internet Application (RIA) software that radically improves the usability and effectiveness of online applications, and increases developer productivity. With Backbase you can build web applications with a richer and more responsive user interface.”

Andi Gutmans – PHP OCI8 Driver Updated!: “Antony just sent an email that he finished commiting the updates to the PHP OCI8 driver and giving a short overview of the bug fixes and improvements. The OCI8 extension has had a lot of bugs in the past few years, and it became clear that if this…

“This web service software takes multiple word processor files (typically .doc) and converts them to Oasis OpenDocument v1.0 format, and then optionally runs them through an XML pipeline. The result is returned in a .zip file. Docvert builds upon OpenOffice.org because it has the best chance of dealing with the vagaries of the MS Word…

Jon Udell at InfoWorld – WinFS and social information management: “I saw my first demo of Microsoft’s Cairo OFS (Object File System) back in 1993. It was briefly unveiled at the Professional Developers Conference that year, and then shelved. This week I installed the beta version of its successor, WinFS.”

“php|architect’s Guide to PHP Security, written by security expert (and frequent php|architect contributor) Ilia Alshanetsky, provides you with a guide that covers everything you need to secure existing PHP applications and write new ones with security in mind.” (201 pages, published the day before yesterday)

Roger A. Grimes at InfoWorld – Time for a stand-down review: “I propose that one of the best cost/benefit security moves any company can make is to take a step back, review the current security configuration of its assets, and fix the basics before looking into more advanced solutions. Spending a week or two doing…

Scott Berkun at ONLamp.com – How to Decide What Bugs to Fix When, Part 1 and Part 2: “This two-part essay is a primer on those rules and survival kits, giving you basics to follow. But more importantly, I’ll provide the core ideas needed to make your own rules. The advice is organized into four…