Daily Friction #247
Start creating off line web applications with Google gears, find out why windows vista is no more secured than windows XP, learn six ways to write more comprehensible code, discover which ISPs Are Spying on You? Don’t share iTunes plus downloaded songs, use 20 ways to use Gmail filters, learn how to build a Firefox extension, find many new bargains and much more in today’s edition of the Daily Friction.
Software and Services
- Google Gears (BETA) is an open source browser extension that enables web applications to provide offline functionality using JavaScript APIs.
Information
- Windows Vista no more secure than XP - The strength of Windows Vista’s security model is easily the biggest question facing the nascent operating system. While sales will be strong simply on account of the way OEMs have adopted Vista on their midrange and high-end offerings, the place of Vista in the enterprise is not yet clear.
- Six ways to write more comprehensible code - Many skilled, experienced, morally upright coders will always know some of this stuff by heart. All these people will get from this article is a chance to bathe in my delightful prose style and remember how horrible life was before they got the clean code religion.
- Which ISPs Are Spying on You? - Attempting to get real answers from the largest United States-based ISPs about what information they gather on their customers’ use of the internet, and how long they retain records like IP addresses, e-mail and real-time browsing activity.
- Don’t share iTunes plus downloaded songs - Sure, you can now download music from the iTunes store without DRM but that doesn’t mean you should just start sharing that with your friends, besides, your account information is embedded into that m4a music file.
- 20 ways to use Gmail filters - Gmail filters set up properly can add loads of functionality to your already-powerful Gmail account. Save time and space, rid your inbox of unwanted emails, and turn your Gmail into a multi-functional tool with simple filter.
Web Development
- How to build a Firefox extension - The meat of a Firefox extension is simply Javascript - the not-very-mysterious stuff of bookmarklets and regular old web pages - and a markup language called XUL (pronounced “zool.”) To build your own, you’ll need some Javascript know-how, comfort editing XML files, and a healthy curiosity about bending your favorite web browser to your will.
Bargains
- The Pink Panther Film Collection ($34.99).
- SanDisk SDSDH-2048-901 2 GB Ultra II Secure Digital Memory Card ($21.49).
- Olympus 1 GB Type M xD-Picture Card ($17.99).
- SanDisk Sansa M230 512 MB MP3 Player ($21.79).
- The Incredibles (Two-Disc Collector’s Edition) ($12.99).
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