Writing extensions for Chrome is so refreshingly simple it’s exciting. So as a result I produced another one and this time for a slightly more specialised use. If you’re UK-based and interested in politics then this plugin will enable you to keep tabs on your MP with their latest parliamentary updates and links to further [...]
Just finished my first Netvibes plugin. Hopefully it’ll be the first of many to come as I’ve now got the hang of the Universal Widget API (UWA) now. My first widget is mainly for UK users who take a lot of flights. Its a Lastminute.com flight checker widget so you can find the latest pricing [...]
Quick post to say my Google Gadget, YourMP, has been updated. Its now a lot more efficient, cleaner, working and just overall better. Quick rundown: MP details: Name,Constituency,Party and Expenses Optionally show MP photo next to details. Debates listing now includes the date given. You know what would be REALLY useful? Feedback! Its been broken [...]
I stumbled across a need for this while I was doing some updates to my Google Desktop Plugin (YourMP). If you’ve ever done any coding for GDS gadgets then you’ll know it uses JS. Now my documenting was pretty poor so I wanted to tidy it up and went hunting for the usual format. It [...]
Lets skip the big comparisons here and get to brass tacks. Here’s the rapid review of Ajax frameworks: YUI -Stable and comprehensive but a little verbose. jQuery – Clean, fresh and perky but plenty of hacked, cruddy plugins to be wary of. Ext – Beautiful to look at but agonising to use. Prototype/Scriptaculous – Only [...]
I was playing around with the Google Desktop Search API again at the weekend and threw together a gadget that queries the TheyWorkForYou.com UK MP database. It basically enables you to gather all sorts of interesting info about various MPs, Peers, debates and committees. This gadget is just a simple interface so you can enter [...]
Inline with a previous post about the Google Tech talks I thought I’d mention Yahoo’s Javascript focused selection over at the YUI Theatre. With over 17 screencasts from the likes of John Resig, Grady Booch and Douglas Crockford its a great resource for everyone. Tags: video, javascript, ajax
UPDATED: As of Jul 10th 2009 Open Source seems to be exploding all over the place at the moment and with online services increasingly jumping on the free offerings its been fantastic for developers wanting to host, manage, flaunt and communicate their projects online. Here’s a rundown of 6 free SVN hosting and project management [...]
I installed Firebug a long while back and didn’t think much of it. Granted I never read the docs or even the description. I like to just try things out and if I don’t figure it in 10 seconds flat it normally gets ignored. Unfortunately that meant I missed an absolute goldmine and looked a [...]
Firebug already comes with solid profiling built in showing times, averages and call frequency for files but Yahoo have now released a plugin for Firebug (yes Firebug) that gives even greater detail on page performance and rates it based on Yahoo’s own performance criteria.You can grab the addon from the Firefox addons site (you’ll need [...]
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