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Timed animation isn't that tough. Just track the actual number of frames an animation has taken so far and the number of frames it needs to take to complete in the time taken. For …

I've done ExtJS and jQuery for the same project recently. Ext has a nice DataStore object for accessing remote data. And Ext has all those great "rich" components. But I found it w…

I have one question about Fuzed. (Turned out to be a few questions, oops.) What happens when a Master node dies? (Or, say it's EC2 instance kicks the bucket, rare but possible. Or …

The core difficulty is convincing somebody that user experience IS a business requirement. Let us set the scene: A small television ad-agency of around 100 employees. Creative, Pro…

http://www.splashup.com/ This is a nice one.

Ah, a very clear and concise appeal. I just read http://thebackofthenapkin.com/ on a train ride last week. It's a good read about how to solve problems and sell ideas with simple p…

Ah! I was hoping somebody had submitted something about subtext. I just finished up my submission today and subtext is relevant to the idea. I'm big on visual tools. From everythin…

I know these things are cool. But I can't help but crack up to see this article. Really? Instant communication over Internet? Chat! IM? I want more focus on the innovations in Goog…

Funny double-take: I thought you were describing hackernews as the "real" TechCrunch.

good question on trust I think it behooves hacker news to stay as ujderground as possible. You know, there was a time when Digg was a good source for programming news and discussio…

yeah, I'm trying them out for a little side-project. plug!( http://theskyisfree.com ) Instance management not as programattic as EC2. Slice manager loving rocks. browser based shel…

I don't like the use the word "design" gets on the web. I see this as mostly a re-arting. The way I use and more importantly: read this page hasny 't really changed. As a signed up…

I think, especially with Google Gears, the release of Air, and the coming Love-Train that is HTML5, that HTML, CSS and JS do constitute RIA.

straight out of the shot? I'd start out with Drupal if you are comfortable with it; you should be able to bang out an accurate prototype in a couple of days. Then you'll be in a pl…