Official Mozilla Microformat extension
Dec 19th
Mozilla have released an extension for Firefox which demonstrates: the usefulness of semantic information on the Web, in real world scenarios
It searches for Microformats in the page you're viewing and then lets you use that information directly, for in… more »
What's in a name?
Dec 5th
The .name TLD is intended for use only by individuals, established in 2001 when it was decided there weren't enough domain names to go around. The fact that you've probably never heard of it, or .biz, or .pro, or the other four (.info, .aero, .coop and… more »
Vista vulnerable to common threats
Dec 4th
Last month, Jim Allchin implied Vista was so secure it could be used without any anti-virus software. He quickly backtracked, claiming (with good justification, apparently) that his comments had been taken out of context and 're-interpreted'. But in th… more »
More Microformat Goodness
Nov 6th
Rel-lint is a lint tool (like a non-authoritative validator) for XFN, rel-tag and other microformats that make use of the rel attribute of links. more »
Introduction to Linux day
Nov 2nd
If you've ever wondered what all the fuss is about Linux and Open Source, come to the GLLUG's 'Introduction to Linux' day on November 11th in Central London. Click on the link for further details. more »
Microformats Buttons
Nov 1st
After my adventures in Microformats yesterday, I was looking for some simple way to indicate on my pages that there were Microformats available. I was thinking along the lines of those little graphics you see to indicate RSS feeds. Couldn't find any th… more »
Prototype.js issues with Select elements
Oct 19th
I ran into a strange bug at work today - on a form with a couple of select boxes with some buttons which swap elements between them a tester reported that some of the boxes were simply disappearing when he clicked on the buttons (though strangely, only i… more »
Google Accessible Search
Oct 14th
A bit of Google day here in the Boog Link Blog. Discovered this earlier in the week. I was quite pleased to find that, mostly, pages I've been involved with do better on the accessibility search than they do on standard Google - my employer's website c… more »
Google Data Privacy
Oct 14th
The best feature Google doesn't have? I currently have quite a lot of trust of Google (which, of course, may yet prove to be unfounded), but given the current trends on the web it would be nice if they implemented this sort of thing because then all the… more »
Swiftfox - optimized Firefox builds for Linux
Oct 2nd
Emboldened by my success with optimized Windows builds the other day, I had a go with a Linux version this weekend. I chose Swiftfox 1.8, which is just a regular rebuild of the standard release for various different architectures. It was simple enough… more »
Faster Firefox
Sep 28th
A couple of performance related links for Firefox users. Here is a page with optimized builds of 1.5.0.7 and 2.0RC1, ie. with various additional compiler options turned on (over the standard build). I've been using a 1.5.0.7 SSE2 build all day and it s… more »