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Although pretty much everyone will agree that IE9 will be a major improvement over IE8, and that Microsoft is taking the browser in the right direction, thus far, IE9 Beta is not living up to expectations. Some reviewers aren’t seeing the performance enhancements that have been promised, and leaked screenshots are not showing a nearly […]

As Google prepares to launch its Chrome Web Store, this week at GDC Europe, Google’s new game developer Mark DeLoura and Chrome developer Michael Mahemoff discussed the Chrome browser and app store and the potential of future web app development. The Chrome Web Store is scheduled to launch in October, and its goal is to […]

The W3C, which is the working group that defines how the web is created, is eagerly working on a new Font Platform that could change the way we see the web, literally. Currently web developers have relatively few fonts to work with, even with Google’s new Font API, but the W3C’s Font Platform would provide […]

With the debate between HTML 5 and Flash rolling on, largely fueled by Apple’s refusal to allow Flash to run on the iPhone and iPad, many have speculated that Flash is seeing its last days. Others, however, are of the opinion that Flash will be around for a long time, as HTML 5 is not […]

In the last Drupal module review, I discussed the contributed module CCK. This time, I focus on Views – a module that puts real power and flexibility into your Drupal website. Views pulls from your Drupal database a collection of data, which has been stored through creation of content, CCK fields; or stored by other […]

Spinor, a German game development firm, today announced its new Shark 3D web player. The company hopes to bring high quality 3D graphics to the web–without the need for plugins or an installer. Folker Schamel, CEO of Spinor, believes that by bypassing the problem of requiring a plugin, and enabling users to run high quality […]

While HTML 5 has impressed many developers and internet pioneers, the BBC’s director of future media and technology Erik Huggers isn’t buying into the buzz. He believes that the way it is currently being developed will not enable it to be the replacement for Adobe Flash. Speaking in his blog, Huggers wrote that “there’s still […]

WebpageFX announced this week the release of its free Search Engine Optimization (SEO) tool, which is web-based and available on their website. Essentially a scaled-down version of their SpiderFX product, SpiderFX Lite enables developers to optimize a website to get better search engine rankings. SpiderFX Lite is easy enough to use–just go to the website […]

It’s official. Microsoft will deliver the first beta test copies of the next release of the company’s dominant browser in mid-September. Internet Explorer 9’s (IE9) exit from developer previews and entry into public beta testing will be feted on Sept. 15 with a big to-do in the Design Center at San Francisco’s cavernous Concourse Exhibition […]

Treesaver has come out with a concept that is, well, almost overdue. Just as we all expected to have our jetpack and sky car like the Jetsons, Treesaver has created a presentation framework for magazines that uses HTML, JavaScript and CSS, and is viewable in any web browser. Treesaver has many of the features that […]

Facebook this week announced an update for its Facebook Software Developer’s Kit (SDK) for the iOS–which includes the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch–to include access to Facebook’s popular Open Graph API. The Open Graph API, which was launched earlier this year at Facebook’s F8 conference, makes it easier for developers to integrate Facebook functionality into […]

Search engine optimization specialists often need to be specialists in international SEO as well as local SEO. Before you delve into international SEO, learn from the mistakes that other SEOs have already made. Although often thought of as the same thing, international SEO is different–the languages, keywords, hosting, country redirections, payment mechanisms, information architecture, and […]