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Category Archives: web
Proposal: Making Web Browsing Safer
Overview There are a lot of really great ways to communicate securely over the ‘Net. The trouble is, they’re virtually all user-unfriendly. Today I’d like to start a discussion on making browsing safer and friendlier for everyone. I call it … Continue reading
Posted in authentication, privacy/secrecy/security, society/culture/news, technology, web
Tagged authentication, security, ssl
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Dropbox Rocks
Recently I got a Dropbox account. It’s a great little service; you install a small client to your computer and it then automatically synchronizes a folder with its storage system. Oftentimes I use email to send myself projects at work. … Continue reading
Javascript tip: hints for better minification
Delivery of Javascript assets can be pretty expensive across the wire. A common way to combat the delivery cost is to minify your script before delivery. This technique is about as close as the web has come to compiling. However, … Continue reading
Compiling JSPs in Tomcat
For some time now, I’ve been working with Spring MVC and Spring Web Flow to build web applications. One option that Spring MVC (and Web Flow by extension) offer is a view resolver that allows you to hide your JSP … Continue reading
Posted in java, spring-framework, web
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Google Chrome for Mac
So Google Chrome for the Mac is out. I’ve pretty much switched to it from Safari and Firefox for my home browsing. Only one issue I’ve really seen: Gmail frequently lags and threatens with the wait screen. Seriously? Chrome is … Continue reading
The BBC knows how to make web sites!
How the BBC makes web sites. Dang, the BBC has put a good deal of thought into information design. This is a great read for anyone interested in information architecture.
Cross-Site Request Forgeries: what users need to know
There’s been a lot of talk about this new category of vulnerability: Cross-Site Request Forgeries (i.e. “CSRF”). Here’s a quick rundown of what they are and why they’re scary: operations such as “send an email,” “buy some stock,” or “donate … Continue reading
Posted in PSA, best-practices, technology, web
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The Issue with the HTML 5 shi[m|v]
I’ve been really interested in HTML 5 lately. I especially enjoy working with bridging existing HTML controls to the HTML 5 equivalents (e.g. making a script that will pick up on the video element and translate it to a HTML … Continue reading
Posted in javascript, web
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WAI-ARIA dynamic attributes?
I’ve got a question for the WAI-ARIA folks out there: can I add the attributes dynamically? I’m sure the best case is to set the attributes on the server, but let’s say I’ve got a JSP tag library that isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in best-practices, javascript, programming, technology, web
Tagged accessibility, aria, javascript, wai-aria
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re-prettifying my blog
Well, it’s been quite some time since I played around with the styling with my blog and dang it, time has come for me to make a change. I’ll keep you posted.
Posted in PSA, blogtech, web
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