Archives for Month: September 2009 ::
Microsoft Already Planning Windows 8?
Posted on :: Sep 28
With the news that Microsoft are bringing out a touch-screen tablet which could rival that of Apple’s alleged tablet device, it made me consider what is next for future operating systems.
Some would argue that Windows 7 was designed in and around touch capabilities, as the operating system finally included multi-touch technology which Microsoft had perfected since the “Longhorn” days.
With the Ribbon being integrated into most common programs and the operating system being designed for finger-input, you can tell Microsoft has made a significant push on the touch-screen user.
Bearing this in mind, could the next wave of operating systems - “Windows 8? specifically, expected to be released in 2011 which by then anything could go, be based on a touch-only interface?
Why you should be glad about Gmail failures
Posted on :: Sep 25
Gmail is having problems again today and some users are squirming while others aren’t worried.
Of course it’s a hassle when Gmail’s not there any more — I found my work rhythm was interrupted and instead of writing and sending some emails as I’d planned, I had to switch to another task and they’re still sitting on my to-do list now. But the way I look at it, every Gmail outage is a small investment I’m willing to make towards a future when I’ll be able to take its reliability utterly for granted.
With every Gmail fail, Google learns more about operating a cloud-scale, enterprise-class email infrastructure. While it may be true that Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail have more registered users and traffic, neither of them are trying to attract enterprise customers as Google is with its Google Apps suite (of which Gmail is the flagship application). That means no one has ever attempted what Gmail is now doing, and with each slip-up along the way, it learns how to do it better.
Mac Malware Attacks? Say it isn't true...
Posted on :: Sep 25
In a sign that cyber-criminals are investing more time and resources into attacks against Apple’s Mac users, a new malware affiliate program has been discovered offering 43c for every infected Mac machine.
During an eye-opening presentation at the VB Conference 2009 conference here, Sophos Labs researcher Dmitry Samosseikko provided a glimpse into the “Partnerka,” a Russian network of spam and malware affiliates that have turned their attention to the Mac platform — using social engineering tricks to load fake codecs and scareware programs.
SES URLs on Tomcat :: Mango Blog
Posted on :: Sep 23
One problem people had when using Mango on Railo on Tomcat is that they need to change the settings to not use friendly URLs. That also happens with ColdFusion if you are using it on top on Tomcat.
The SES servlet mappings that work in ColdFusion on JRun, do NOT work on ColdFusion on Tomcat-JBoss as they are not supported by the servlet engine.
To get around it, I simply used Apache-based rewrites so that the SES urls like http://yourdomain.com/blog/post.cfm/ftp-in-eclipse-hooray automatically get mapped to http://yourdomain.com/blog/post.cfm?entry=ftp-in-eclipse-hooray.
Here are the rewrites that I put in place to get posts, categories, pages and search to work.
Flexigrid :: ColdFusion and JQuery
Posted on :: Sep 21
For a great while now I've been attempting to use and or create a JQuery-based Grid System for several projects I'm working on. I've tried many including jqgrid (and could never get jqgrid working for some reason), but I stumbled upon Flexigrid.
Flexigrid is a Lightweight but rich data grid with resizable columns and a scrolling data to match the headers, plus an ability to connect to an xml based data source using Ajax to load the content.
Video Optimization?
Posted on :: Sep 18
If you're creating videos, hosting them on your website, and aim to optimize those videos for competitive search engine placement you'll want to pay attention to this one.
Google has advised that to maximize the chances they find the right markup on your video pages, you should check to ensure it appears in the HTML without the execution of JavaScript or Flash.
What is a payment gateway? And risk factors of online merchant accounts.
Posted on :: Sep 18
An Internet payment gateway is crucial for any online merchant account to facilitate the sale of capital and accepting payment for the same. This is called eCommerce. This process is like any sale made in a shop where a person buys a product and passes his card to make the payment.
The payment Gateway has made money transaction very simple, the customer does not have to make any tangible transaction but simply enter the card data in a secure online form. This data include the card number, name of the holder and the CVV number on the backside of the card. Payment gets debited from the card in few days and is credited to the bank account.
From a security point of view, the online payment gateways are quite safe, but the customer must be sure that he or she uses a site known. One could confirm of the security by looking at the URL starting after ‘https’. This is a beginning, but not a guarantee to prevent the site using your banking information for illicit purposes.
IPhone Development Tips
Posted on :: Sep 16
I've spent the last few days or so or so doing iPhone web development, and I wanted to look into what - if any - tweaks were available to on the iPhone web browser. I've found two things that I think are pretty interesting.
The first and simplest tip is working with the view port. (You may need to register at Apple in order to view that link. Two points off to Apple to requiring a login for simple docs!) The view port is a simple meta tag. Here is an example:
What's New and what to Expect in WebOS SE
Posted on :: Sep 9
Here's a list of Features Currently built into the Upcoming Release of WebOS 1.6.0. I haven't decided on a release date as of yet, since much of the System is still in development, however here's a list of what's been done so far, and what you can expect from this next release:
Designing Websites for Mobile Phones
Posted on :: Sep 9
Mobile web design seems to be something that most developers are avoiding. I have worked on a couple mobile websites, during this process, I have made some discoveries which I thought I would detail to help out others who may be jumping into mobile web design in 2009.
Mobile Websites for the Real World
Posted on :: Sep 9
Mobile development is less about the device and more about you. Your desktop PC, while relatively compact, is not really mobile. Your laptop, while mobile relative to a desktop, retains the same basic physical requirements as a desktop: horizontal surface, room for keyboard and screen, the use of two hands, etc. Your mobile device, however, represents a singularity in the evolution of portable personal computing. You are no longer restricted to a limited set of movements and positions - not to mention the use of two hands - in order to interact with your device. In essence, the truly mobile device is an extension of you and not visa-versa.
What is the mobile web?
Looping over a Structure (without knowing it's Keys) in ColdFusion
Posted on :: Sep 4
I'm currently in the process of bilding a Dynamic Form Building Application in ColdFusion, and was having issues with getting the values of my Submitted Structure. I wasn't able to read the structure accordingly (becuse I had though originally it was an array, only to fnd through CFDUMP is was being saved as a Strcture).
So I thouht I'd give you this little snipplet of code to help you out, as It did me:
(TWO EXAMPLES AVAILABLE)
SEO URLS with CFScript
Posted on :: Sep 2
This is yet another way to take care of SEO URL rewritting, this one how is encompassed in CFSCRIPT.
It is better to be used with Application.cfc rather than Application.cfm, however I'll cover Application.cfm below.
This CFScript allows you to write urls like:
http://www.yourdomain.com/index.cfm/variable1/value1/variable2/value2
And you can do this seamlessly if you already have traditional links in place, it will not affect:
http://www.yourdomain.com/index.cfm?variable1=value1&variable2=value2
(they are interchangeable)