http://standards.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for standards en Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:14:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2672990 unknown@DZone.com On June 18th 2008 Schalk Neethling, Web Builder Zone Leader, was interviewed on Radio Today concerning the topic of web accessibility and how not being accessible can effect your business. Below follows the transcript of this interview. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:14:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2672990opinionstandardsusabilityweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2670376 unknown@DZone.com Creativity is a wonderful thing. It’s also something different for each of us, which is why sometimes our perspectives on the world can produce conflicting ideas on what is the right way and the wrong way to do things. This is a very common facet of the IT world, in particular making computer software, solutions and services. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:33:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2670376how-toopinionstandardsusabilityProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2670071 unknown@DZone.com What is OAuth and why you should be interested in this ? Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:40:50 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2670071how-tostandardsweb 2.0web servicesProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2668699 unknown@DZone.com I noticed that when submitting a HTML form, Firefox encodes the query string using the current page's character set, while the URI Syntax RFC says they should always be encoded in UTF-8. Could this create problems talking to the server? An open discussion. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:44:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2668699standardsweb servicesProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2665713 unknown@DZone.com Java EE 6 will be the next edition of the enterprise platform that powers quite a lot of (web) applications. Java EE itself consists out of a lot of sub specifications, with JSF (web) and EJB (business) being major parts of that. This page tracks the ongoing development progress of this. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:37:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2665713javaopen sourcestandardsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2664670 unknown@DZone.com Why You Need to Worry About Web Standards, and Why Your Client Won’t. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:56:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2664670standardsusabilityweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2663544 unknown@DZone.com An activity diagram to describe the resolution of HTTP response status codes, given various headers. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:31:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2663544serverstandardsweb servicesProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2663816 unknown@ma.gnolia.com The Google Data APIs have always been built on open standards, and today we're proud to announce that all of the Google Data APIs support OAuth - an open standard for authentication Saved By: Larry Halff | View Details | Give Thanks Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2663816paperprototypeexamplesagilecss webdesigncomedywebsitesInternetweb applicationsFirefoxextensionextensionsmozillatagcloudbusinesswireframesiaMusicmikedavidsoncontentmanagementjournalisminspirationlogoDesignweb_designcmstwellowtwittersearchdirectoryresourcewebinformationwordpressthemesgeneratorfunnyhistoryMicrosoftusabilityblogSoftwareblogpostsoauthgoogleapistandards http://web2announcer.com/go/2661886 unknown@DZone.com There's an uneasy relationship between Linux and some of the bits that make it work on many computers - closed-source kernel modules. These modules - NVidia video card drivers are the most notorious example - add substantial, and sometimes critical, functionality to Linux without themselves being open source. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:09:16 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2661886open sourcestandardsunix-linuxProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2661376 unknown@DZone.com These CSS layout template cheats are tested in all browsers to provide workarounds for CSS browser issues and a killer starting point for a variety of web designs and typical layouts. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:03:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2661376css-htmlstandardsweb designxmlProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2660084 unknown@DZone.com I am always looking for easy ways to use less tables in my markup. When designing a website I always aim for no tables but in a web application I may cheat from time to time.
 
 Some time ago, thanks to an article on quirksmode, I began creating tableless forms. This trick was great for simple forms but I kept using tables for really complicated forms... Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:56:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2660084css-htmlstandardsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2658442 unknown@DZone.com Like class, structs represent data structures that can contain data members and method members. Unlike classes, structs are value types and do not require heap allocation. A variable of a struct type directly contains the data of the struct, whereas a variable of a class type contains a reference to the data. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:00:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2658442.netstandardsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2658372 unknown@DZone.com A backwards look at why projects fail. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:37:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2658372how-tomethodologyopinionstandardsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2657774 unknown@DZone.com Part 3 of the look at WCAG 2.0 is going to look at the handful of criteria which make up Level AA. Here then, are the lucky 13. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:04:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2657774reviewsstandardsusabilityweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2656210 unknown@DZone.com Joshua ports a Swing application from 5.5 to 6.1 and talks about some problems he encountered. Maybe you can help solve them? Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:49:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2656210javastandardstoolsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2653957 unknown@DZone.com Internet Explorer 8 beta 1 is available to download and begin testing. Understanding your options when dealing with IE8 will help you keep your sites in line. Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:39:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2653957MicrosoftNewsstandardsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2651353 unknown@DZone.com A 301 status code returned by the Webserver my the browser that the requested URL has moved and passes a parameter containing the new location back to my server. So, included in the response is a “Location header” with the new location. My browser then makes another request for the new URL. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:10:23 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2651353css-htmlstandardsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2651273 unknown@DZone.com An introduction to Service Oriented Architecture Model Management Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:54:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2651273methodologystandardstrendsweb servicesProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2651116 unknown@DZone.com The battle between the OpenDocument Format and Microsoft's Open Office XML was long, and here and there rather nasty, but it appears as if we finally have a winner. The company behind OOXML already conceded by announcing it would implement support for ODF in Office 2007 SP2, but now it has also said it quite literally: ODF has won. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:02:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2651116announcementMicrosoftstandardsxmlProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2649735 unknown@DZone.com The final JSR-286 (Java Portlet API version 2.0) spec has now been posted (see http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=286). According to a source close to the expert group, a holdup for about three months was a disagreement between IBM and Sun that has now been resolved. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:35:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2649735frameworksjavaserverstandardsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2649174 unknown@DZone.com We want Stack Overflow* users to be able to personalize their questions and answers with a small picture — even if they’ve never created an account on our site. Rather than build this functionality ourselves, we’ve decided to take advantage of Gravatars. Gravatars are small images associated with your email address. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:34:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2649174how-toopinionstandardsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2648937 unknown@DZone.com Do you know what CUDA and OpenCL stand for and how they could make your computer 50 times faster? A computer has two important processing units: the CPU and GPU. Think of them as the two brothers in Rain Man... Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:29:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2648937other languagesstandardstrendsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2648303 unknown@DZone.com In a recent article on layered LINQ applications in the latest ASP.NET PRO magazine (no link, you have to pay), the author proposes separating your application into three distinct layers: User Interface (UI) layer, Business Logic Layer (BLL), Data Access Layer (DAL). I certainly would have agreed, at least back in 2004 or so. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:38:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2648303methodologyopinionstandardsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2646943 unknown@DZone.com EJB 3.0 brought simplicity to Java EE 5 by moving away from a heavyweight programming model. EJB 3.1 aims to build on those successes by moving further down the path of simplicity as well as adding a handful of much-needed features. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:05:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2646943javaopen sourcestandardsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2646944 unknown@DZone.com Help Mozilla burst open the world record of most software download in 24 hours. Download FireFox NOW! Here are WORKING LINKS for you! Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:48:20 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2646944Newsopen sourcestandardstrendsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2645603 unknown@DZone.com There are a number of changes in the upcoming Firefox 3 that may affect your web site or web application, as well as new features you may wish to take advantage of. This article will serve as a starting point as you work on updating your content to take the fullest possible advantage of Firefox 3. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:01:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2645603standardstoolsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2645548 unknown@DZone.com The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has been working to set the specifications for the new HTML 5. They have produced a document that outlines all the changes, deletions, and additions. This draft is very long and a little tiring to read, so I’ve tried to create a short summary of important parts. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:24:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2645548standardsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2645365 unknown@DZone.com We see valid code popping up all over the place. And that’s great! Web standards should be followed by everyone. But, is it possible to make your code pass W3C’s validator without actually meeting the standards? Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:42:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2645365css-htmlstandardsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2645321 unknown@DZone.com Over the last year, I’ve noticed more and more conversations about prototyping as a method of approaching web application development. Beyond casual conversations, prototyping has also increasingly been the topic of blog posts or subject matter for conference presentations. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:08:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2645321how-tostandardsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2645322 unknown@DZone.com There are two popular approaches to positioning with CSS: float and absolute positioning. Both approaches have their pros and cons. My teammates and I have developed a new positioning approach that gives us the best of both worlds. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:08:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2645322css-htmlhow-tostandardsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2645238 unknown@DZone.com A 30-page-long free eBook with everything you need to know about Firefox 3. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:11:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2645238booksopen sourcestandardsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2645006 unknown@DZone.com In less then 14 days both Opera and Mozilla released the latest and greatest version of their browsers, Firefox 3.0 and Opera 9.5. So with regards to improved CSS support, what can we as developers look forward to once the user community upgrades? Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:31:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2645006css-htmlstandardstoolsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2644132 unknown@DZone.com Ive been using generics for a few years, and I'm happy with them. I'm aware of the issues related to their design, and I agree that they could have been made a bit better (but I understand the trade-offs made for backward compability), but on the whole I consider them quite useful for writing better code. I haven't had any problems so far, but now I got stuck with a thing that looks like a compiler error... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:45:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2644132frameworksjavastandardsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2643940 unknown@DZone.com You can now get a professional version of my design patterns quick reference from DZone. This newly published version has the same diagrams as my version but it is a bit more robust in that it offers a description, a “use when” section, and an example for each pattern. I tried to take all the examples from real world scenarios and applications so that they would be as easy to relate to as possible. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:45:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2643940announcementhow-tomethodologystandardsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2642585 unknown@DZone.com After member states filed four complaints against the standardisation of Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) document format, the International Standards Organisation (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in Geneva have responded by postponing publication of the revised specification. As the ISO announced, the planned ISO/IEC DIS 29500 cannot be published until these complaints have been heard. Procedure requires that they be dealt with by the end of June, when the ISO and IEC have to hand over their comments on the complaints to two management committees for a final decision. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:23:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2642585MicrosoftNewsstandardsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2641892 unknown@DZone.com Marc Fleury wrote a readworthy Blue Paper "Why I Love EJBs" in 2002, which for that time was really surprising. I was already working with EJBs at the time, but didn't really love them much :-). I wouldn't go quite as far as saying "love" now either, but I really like EJB 3.0. The reasons are listed here. Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:48:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2641892javastandardsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2640741 unknown@DZone.com Our developer documentation already has a list of the new CSS features in Firefox 3. I'd like to talk in some more detail about some of the more interesting or useful ones. Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:06:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2640741css-htmlstandardsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2638434 unknown@DZone.com Some highlights on the most interesting features offered by these the latest releases of two major players in the Browser Wars. No real winner though: they are both awesome, in their own way. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:39:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2638434css-htmlreviewsstandardsweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2638029 unknown@DZone.com HTML 5 defines the fifth major revision of the core language of the World Wide Web, HTML. "HTML 5 differences from HTML 4" describes the differences between HTML 4 and HTML 5 and provides some of the rationale for the changes. This document may not provide accurate information as the HTML 5 specification is still actively in development. When in doubt, always check the HTML 5 specification itself. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:16:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2638029css-htmlstandardsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2637126 unknown@DZone.com I guess I'm a little late to the debate about "SOA 2.0". However, after going through the arguments, I will have go squarely against the petitioners. The petitioners would have everyone believe that SOA is a well defined idea that has worked wonders in practice. On the contrary, SOA is a term as nebulous as ever, and one in seven SOA endeavors end up in failure. The ideas and concepts behind SOA are just like its WS-NonexistentStandards underpinnings. That is it is careening towards a massive pileup. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:12:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2637126opinionstandardsweb 2.0web servicesProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2636004 unknown@DZone.com There's this ongoing argument in the blogosphere on the issue of the "importance of Cohesion in SOA". Cohesion and Coupling are two features that should be present in good software. The paradox is that they're opposite forces and a balance between them has to be made. The ongoing argument is that SOA tends to lean towards loose coupling and therefore cohesion must be compromised. What both surprises me and keeps me equally disgusted is the fact that SOA practitioners can't even get a handle on this simple concept. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:25:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2636004opinionstandardsweb servicesProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2635375 unknown@DZone.com Until now we have enjoyed easy persistence using JPA 1.0. It's true that JPA 1.0 has some limitations, but now our friends from JSR-317 are working hard to give us a better standard persistence for Java. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:13:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2635375javastandardsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2634014 unknown@DZone.com In a new InfoQ interview, Day CTO and JCR Spec Lead David Nuescheler talks to Stefan Tilkov about the benefits of JCR, the Java Content Repository standard, the difference between an API such as Atom/Atom Publishing protocol and JCR, JCR's connection to REST, and Apache Sling, a new kind of Web framework. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:45:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2634014javaopinionstandardstoolsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2633025 unknown@DZone.com URL Encoding is the process of converting string into valid URL format. Valid URL format means that the URL contains only what is termed "alpha | digit | safe | extra | escape" characters. Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:29:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2633025css-htmlhow-tostandardsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2632089 unknown@DZone.com [The entire web is] Best viewed with [anything but any] Internet Explorer based browser. It's time for the old images; "Best viewed with" again ;) Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:10:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2632089css-htmlMicrosoftopinionstandardsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2629798 unknown@DZone.com An overview of the structure and important concepts behind WSDL, and a brief look at the more REST-oriented WADL. Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:55:50 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2629798standardsweb servicesxmlProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2629554 unknown@DZone.com Ian Skerrett, director of marketing at the Eclipse Foundation, has accused Sun of a lack of openness and using "backroom tactics" to push for a compromise between the OSGi standard and the Sun-sponsored Java Specification Request (JSR) 277. Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:03:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2629554eclipsejavaopinionstandardsProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2629488 unknown@DZone.com Libraries like iText,PDFBox are some of the best libraries available for PDF creation and manipulation. But these libraries have its disadvantages when it comes to templating and and formatting.In this article we will introduce XSL-FO and Apache FOP. Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:14:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2629488frameworksjavastandardsxmlProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2629378 unknown@DZone.com Typical conversations about Web performance tend to revolve around client/server latency, database performance, and the time it takes a server to render and send HTML to the client.
 
 Those processes, however, generally account for only a fraction of the time a user spends waiting for content to load in a browser window. Greater time is spent downloading, caching, and displaying JavaScript, CSS, and images. Presentation layer performance tuning for Web applications really boils down to two simple concepts Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:05:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2629378how-tostandardsusabilityweb designProgramming http://web2announcer.com/go/2629317 unknown@DZone.com If you're like me, you probably hate IE6. 80% of my CSS debugging is spent on IE6, as well as 70% of my JS debugging. It's an incredible waste of time. So why not try to encourage our visitors to move away from that piece of crap? It's quite easy, you'll see. All it requires is a bit of HTML. Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:01:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2629317how-toMicrosoftstandardsweb designProgramming