Posts Tagged ‘Javascript’

TweetRoll update

We’ve just rolled out a new version of the TweetRoll widget which is the really cool Twitter widget you can alongside. With every luck you should see much difference but the widget will be better behaved with a greater selection of templates. Creating a Javascript widget that uses CSS for...

Javascript Gotcha: Invalid Assignment Left-Hand Side

I ended up scratching my head today over a line of Javascript that was just not playing ball. The line was this: opener.document.forms[0].plugin-media4pic.value = "avatar.jpg"; All I was trying to do was update a field on the parent form that called a popup with an image that had been uploaded...

How Javascript can hinder rather than help

Have you ever waited ages for a website to load? If so, you may have been a victim of Javascript-induced lag (JIL). Ok, I just made that up, but you would probably have been a victim of it at one time or another. There’s an interesting discussion on Read/Write Web...

Isle of Man Webcams

There has been a rush of interest in webcams around the Isle of Man because of this TT Centenary, and I was getting bored of rotating through a number of different pages to see what’s going on. So I put together a page with the top 6 cameras around the...

Technorati Status Bar Upate

Ok guys, I have a new version (0.3) of the FireFox Extension that lets you check the Technorati ranking of the site you’re currently viewing. Download here: Technorati Status Bar This one is better because: 1. It works (API key of 0.1 expired somehow) 2. It works on every page...

ASP.Net AJAX 1.0 ships

I just found out from Scott Guthrie’s blog that ASP.Net AJAX 1.0 has just shipped. There’s been talk about Atlas and CTP versions of this thing floating around for some time now, but it’s nice to see the final version shipping and so much industry support. The whole AJAX initiative...

Want to see what Malta looks like?

A fellow Maltese geek, Mark Spiteri, has just posted details of his latest project; a Javascript/XML rendition of Malta providing information about each of the major towns and villages. Excellent effort and looks amazing. Check out the detail...

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