HTMLGoodies Staff

While your company’s IT department is vital to your business, it may also be vital for them to stay away from your website. IT’s responsibilities include support, security, continuity and compliance, but “more website traffic” and “increased sales” are nowhere in that list. Often the tasks of the IT department are thrown on top of […]

Adobe’s Flash Player 10.1 beta was recently released, and InformationWeek Eric Zeman took at look at the release for the Android platform. The upgraded Flash player works reasonably well for Zeman, but some bugs come to light that suggest that the “beta” label is not an understatement. To start with, the only place you’ll be […]

Google’s GWT 2.1 Widget libraries, announced at Google I/O this week, enable developers to create apps which work for both the desktop and the mobile environment with just a few tweaks. With this move, mobile application development just got a boost, and Google hopes to see more developers making the move to enterprise development. The […]

In yet another announcement from the Google I/O conference, Google made the VP8 video codec available via a royalty-free open source license. The search engine giant is combining the VP8 codec with the open source Vorbit audio codec via the WebM project. The WebM project is an industry initiative that was launched today with members […]

Adobe today announced support for HTML5 in Dreamweaver CS5, the latest version of its HTML authoring tool for website design. Provided as a free extension, the Adobe HTML5 Pack provides more options to web developers, allowing them to create, deliver and optimize content for diverse desktop and mobile platforms. Available now in a free download […]

Integrated Development Environments (IDE) combine a code editing tool with other features that professional website development requires. In this article we’ll take a look at five popular open source web development IDEs that you may not be aware of. The IDEs we’ll discuss are available for a variety of platforms including Linux, Mac OS, Solaris, […]

Google’s developer conference has brought some interesting news for web developers this week. Although the company didn’t actually intend to announce it at Google I/O 2010, details emerged about a new feature, Google Feed API 2.0, that will enable developers to embed “real-time” syndicated feeds on their websites and blogs. RSS/Atom feeds typically use PubSubHubbub […]

In this whitepaper, Adobe details what it refers to as “contextual applications” after recognizing the importance of adapting applications to fit with the context in which they run. These applications leverage the trends in cloud-based computing, social networking, and the increased use of internet-connected devices. With the explosion of methods for users to access content […]

The Open Source Joomla CMS 1.6 beta was released today by the Joomla Project. This release includes a new access control panel, simplified extension updates and other changes designed to make the the product a more compelling solution for web developers. The Joomla Project issued a statement about new features in the beta release of […]

One developer has combined HTML, CSS, JavaScript and the Facebook API to create a site called OpenBook. The site was designed to highlight some of Facebook’s privacy issues by enabling users to automatically search for embarrassing posts on the popular social networking site. FacebookSearch, part of the Openbook website, lists status updates which contain keywords […]

With Adobe’s plans for world domination focused on the smartphone market, and Android beating the iPhone in the United States, Apple’s repulsion to Flash may not be the problem that it was once thought of. Adobe Air for Android and BlackBerry may make life even easier for developers who are looking to develop and deliver […]

The Chrome web browser is expected by be on stage at Google I/O, the search engine giant’s annual developer conference, starts next week in San Francisco. Recent developments in web video, social web technologies, HTML 5 and new APIs for the browser will be of great interest to developers. Google’s director of engineering David Glazer […]