Placeholder is a very useful attribute of the <input> tag that is specified in the HTML5 spec. It provides a text that goes into the field, by default, and is used as a kind of a quick tip for the user about what they should type into the field, such as “type to search”, or …
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Apple removing “sexy” apps from app store, what’s next?
If you’ve been following apple related news you’ve heard that they recently started coming really hard after any applications that could be considered “sexy” or “suggestive” – whether its by virtue of having girls in bikinis in their screenshots, or suggestive text in the description – and removing them from the app store. You can …
Safari gets WebGL in WebKit Nightlies
Well, those folks on webkit dev team sure are moving fast. WebGL (OpenGL for web, i.e. fancy 3d graphics in your browser) spec hasn’t even been finished yet, as far as I know, and they already have the stuff working in the latest webkit builds. The good news about this is of course that as …
Dell Adamo XPS details on October 22
Dell is about to reveal the skinny on its newest laptop, Adamo XPS, next Thursday, Oct. 22. Adamo is Dell’s top of the line, trying to compete with Apple, sexy line of laptops. Well actually, so far it’s been only one laptop, but now it’s gonna be a line. Apparently the XPS version is going …
10/GUI Concept multi-touch desktop interface
If you haven’t noticed, multi-touch is all the rage these days. From iPhone’s slick interface and gestures, to all the laptops and netbooks that are trying to get in on the game, not to mention Microsoft’s “subtle” approach to the issue with their Surface idea. Then there’s also multi-touch for desktops, and as always the …
Multitouch support demoed in Firefox
The never-tiring folks at Mozilla are already hard at work on implementing multitouch events in Firefox. Felipe Gomes has posted a short demonstration of very cool multitouch capabilities via a few simple use cases. Here is the clip and a few words from the man himself.
Multitouch on Firefox from Felipe on Vimeo.
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Space saving, permanent Gmail and Google Reader Tabs in Firefox
This very useful tip was sent by Harsha Kotcherlakota to Lifehacker.com.
The idea is to set up tabs for Gmail and Google reader that will always be open, but with a few extensions will have minimal impact on the interface while providing the information relevant to each app (site). For a full guide see the link …