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REST design question #3: meaning of a link
This is the third in a series of REST design questions. The first design question asked about keeping track of location and identification information after you have downloaded an XML file; the second design question asked about discovering resources and … Continue reading
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REST design question #2: listing and discovering resources
The second in my series of REST design questions is how to handle listing and paging, or, in fancier jargon, resource discovery. I prefer concrete examples, so I’ll start with one that I know is flawed and then try to … Continue reading
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The best Firefox extension
The Firefox browser has a lot of well-loved extensions like AdBlock and ImageZoom (especially useful for looking at weather maps online), but my personal favourite is a little-known one called Show Anchors Anyone writing for the web — and especially … Continue reading
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Open Web, Closed Databases?
Web site developers seem to be getting open specifications: more and more, I’m seeing sites developed for specifications like (X)HTML, CSS2, DOM, etc., not sites developed for applications like MSIE or Firefox or Opera; I’m seeing Java-based web apps that … Continue reading
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Hub URLs and feudalism in the blogsphere
Web pages, and especially weblogs, include apparently unnecessary links all the time. For example, is there really any need to link to Microsoft every time I mention the company’s name? Is anyone reading this posting going to follow the link … Continue reading
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L10N out of control
[update: a mitigating factor] Localization (L10N) is a good thing in general: people like to see the languages, punctuation, and systems of measure that they’re used to. So, hats off to Google’s new beta map service for putting most of … Continue reading
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