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Google Calendar (CL2)

Wednesday, March 8th, 2006

TechCruch has screenshots of the leaked Google calendar service! Looks like it is tightly integrated with GMail, and some SMS services!

These are linked directly, because the TechCrunch site seems to be having problems:

TurboAJAX - Cheap Commercial Widgets

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006

TurboWidgets are JavaScript client-side controls that provide a rich user-interface experience for AJAX-style web applications. Built on top of the popular Dojo Toolkit, TurboWidgets are designed for ease-of-use and flexibility.

Google AJAX Web Page Editor

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

Google’s got an editor, an AJAX, WYSIWYG editor. Google Pages.
From the Site:

Google Page Creator is a free online tool that makes it easy for anyone to create and publish useful, attractive web pages in just minutes.
No technical knowledge required.
Build high-quality web pages without having to learn HTML or […]

TinyAJAX (PHP)

Tuesday, February 21st, 2006

From the site (http://www.metz.se/tinyajax/index.php):

TinyAjax allows you to:
AJAX enable your pages without having to write a single line of javascript
Call PHP functions in classes or as separate functions, you can even extend TinyAjax by subclassing it
Let your PHP-code set which elements to alter and with what using behaviours
Integrate it with a template system (smarty-example included)
Easily have […]

Advanced Request/Resonse

Wednesday, February 15th, 2006

Users are more advanced and expect more from applications. Simple UI is not acceptable in the 21st century. See this article for more information. It’s quite good; the author dives deepter in to:
The HTTP ready state

The HTTP status code

The types of requests that you can make
Enjoy!

More AJAX Apps

Thursday, September 29th, 2005

Richard MacManus has a list of AJAX apps here. The list includes some interesting apps like a calendar and a sticky note app. What do you think? Pretty cool, eh?

Don’t forget Zimbra!

AJAX Office

Monday, August 29th, 2005

AJAX Office is a project designed to build a browser-based OpenOffice type bundle. Check it out. I think they are looking for programmers if you want to lend a hand.

HTML_AJAX

Monday, August 15th, 2005

Here’s one library that’s pretty nice: PAJAJ - they have some slick demos.
HTML_AJAX had its first PEAR release today. Its the same version as was voted on so there is no new code but you can use the PEAR installer to get it.
Once you have it installed you’ll find the examples in the docs dir […]

Break on through…to the other side

Friday, July 15th, 2005

Not only have we returned from a long tech tour talking with numerous individuals about the new client-service model that’s evolving; but we’re getting ready with some fresh AJAX postings as a result. A lot of folks still aren’t sure that they want to let companies like sForce.com run thier CRM. They just […]

Watch out! Mistakes!

Monday, June 6th, 2005

More mistakes from from the infamous Alex. While obvious, it is important to articulate these truths so that even the most basic code writer or copy-n-paster will follow this wisdom.
I’d like to note that there are several issues with AJAX, but also IMMENSE FLEXIBILTY!
For a lot of people, unless you’re building a GMail or […]