jQuery 1.4 has been released!! It comes with a bunch of new features that sound very cool and may make life a bit more easy when using jQuery in your websites. This article talks about features such as:
1. Passing attributes into jQuery – you’ll be able to set attributes for elements such as an id, title, href, css, and even text for say an anchor element.
2. Binding multiple events – in case you want something to happen to a button when a user clicks, mouseover, or mouseout all on the same button.
3. Easing – now you can define a different easing function for each property you want to animate instead of just defining one easing function for a single animation.
Feb 01 2010
jQuery 1.4
Aug 10 2009
Why You Should Use Sleep Mode
Everyone has their own reasons for shutting their computer or laptop down or using the sleep mode options. Me personally, the heat created from my devices becomes unbearable at times and the energy usages tends to get out of control. At the same time, it takes 5-ever for my laptop to boot up from the time that I press the button, to the time I am able to perform some type of operation and get an actual response. Its been so long since I’ve used the sleep option, I totally forgot about it and have just gotten used to shutting everything down to save myself from the heat during these hot summer days and nights. This article illustrates the pluses and minus’ of utilizing the sleep mode option with your device and even touches on the energy consumption in case you were wondering how you can shave off a few dollars and cents from your energy bill.
Jun 18 2009
Blackberry Browser Wars
I’ve been a blackberry supporter for quite a few years now, and I’ve been waiting for a great browser to come along that handles all my needs. The native browser lacks in so many areas that there is no real point to mention it too much more in this post. However, I’ve been playing around with the Opera Mini and Bolt browsers and I think they are coming very close to having something that I can be happy to use for my mobile browsing pleasures.
The Opera browser has great navigation and so-so presentation to me. I’m not really enjoying the zoomed out feature that allows you to view the entire web page. I mean I am on a mobile phone, I don’t expect to see the entire page on the tiny screen. Zooming it out like that is ok for getting to the lower part or the side of a page quickly, but their feature to scroll right and left on the rollerball does a great job at doing that for me. One other thing that i’m enjoying too much is the speed of the browser. When I first started using Opera Mini, it wasn’t such a problem, but after I started using the Bolt Browser, I could notice the difference.
The Bolt Browser has great speed going back and forth between web pages. I think that’s a very important factor for a mobile browser, and they are the only ones, that I have encountered, that have done a great job at being pretty consistant with browser speed. The browser window is great at displaying full HTML pages as opposed to the dry mobile views of the native blackberry browser. Although you still have to scroll up and down and use the page up and down feature instead of just scrolling to the left or the right to move up and down a page much quicker, the Bolt Browser does pick up in just about every other area when compared to Opera Mini.
One thing that has plagued me about both browsers is the fact that neither of them allow me to log into T-Mobile. That becomes very annoying at times, but hey, they can’t be perfect. I recommend Opera Mini as a great step up from the native blackberry browser, but I recommend the Bolt Browser as a great one and a half step up from the native browser. With their powers combined I think it would lead to the best browser out there for blackberry (for now). I still want some mobile flash going!!
If you have the chance, definitely check out both browsers and see if one or both can suit your everyday needs while on the go and come on back to voice your opinion. If there are any other browsers out there for blackberry, please let me know. I’d love to give them a try. I’ve used these 2 browsers on a Pearl 8100 as well as a Curve 8320.
Oct 09 2008
SiteReloader
I came across this application that allows you to set a timer to reload certain web pages at specific intervals. As a logged in user you can save your list to their server, and every time you access their website, your list will be automatically loaded. You can customize your list and interval rate, and of course you have to save it in order for you to access that new modification at a later time, but you do not have to save it immediately in case it is only a temporary modification. It seems as though there isn’t a limit to the amount of url’s one may have in their list, however you do have to be careful as to not close out your tab/window or else you’ll have to add it back to the list. Its a very interesting web app. Very useful and innovative. Especially when tracking your package or something along those lines. My question is what is the downside (if any). For instance, memory or cache problems? Or maybe security problems if you’re sending secure data with each reload? Tell me what you think, and check out the app.
Aug 19 2008
Welcome to my blog
Hello all, thank you for visiting my blog. This blog will focus on technology perspectives such as new software/hardware, troubleshooting problems encountered, or general discussions about the current state of technology in the world. As time progresses, I will be posting various projects and/or applications that I will be creating as part of personal projects going on. Feel free to comment on them and they are posted. I hope you enjoy!!!!