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Dispatches from 2006
Posted on February 14
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Briefly Noted from February 14, 2006
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The Firefox memory leak
Apparently its a feature, although the memory doesn’t seem to be freed once tabs are closed.
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Camino 1.0 released
The pre-cursor to Firefox has finally hit 1.0.
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Journalism technological evolutions
Jack Shafer comments on how technology has always forced the newspaper industry to evolve, often unwillingly.
Topic: Newspapers
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Reimagining the news
Jeff Jarvis’s series on how to reshape the newspaper.
Topic: Newspapers
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The real news algorithm
Cost vs. price is the real reason behind the media’s decisions when it comes to its products. The Web is no different.
Topic: Newspapers
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Including SVG inline
Steven Garrity explains how to best include Scalable Vector Graphics in a Web page.
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Extend Firefox Contest Finalists
The best extentions for Firefox 1.5. The two I can’t live without are Sage and Web Developer.
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Running a standalone IE7 Beta 2 Preview
Involves making a small batch file, but it seems to make running the new Internet Explorer fine.
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Yahoo! User Interface Library
Nice collection of dynamic events. Perhaps to become the de facto library?
Topic: JavaScript
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Yahoo grades browser support
I like the model of C-, A, and X-support. Been using it for years, but this explains it all.
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Yahoo! Design Pattern Library
Nice patterns established by Yahoo!
Topic: Web Patterns
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This Just In
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5 steps to CBC success
How to program a national public broadcasting corporation: Operate a…
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Just the facts (and more)
Open source can have a transformational effect for companies, and news organizations are starting to figure that out.
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Canadian election hangover
With the Canadian 2008 election producing no real change, but a lower participation level, it might be time to look into voting alternatives.
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Election blackout in Canada
Watching the election results not come in from the West coast of America is a surreal experience.
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Canadian political slander
Keeping track of the various ways Canadian politicians insult one another from the perspective of a Canadian watching his country's election while living through an American election.