We’ve all felt the clean slickness of a well-oiled Ajax app. But think back to the last time something went wrong while you were using an Ajax app: how did it feel?
Chances are it felt awkward and foreign. You probably stared at the little spinning “wait” graphic and wondered whether or not you should reload […]
Maybe you’ve heard a friend talk about HD radio. Or perhaps you’ve heard one of those radio tag lines, “brought to you in crystal-clear HD digital.” And you’ve wondered to yourself, what the heck is HD radio?
The simple explanation is that HD radio is digital vs. conventional radio which is analog.
What is the technical difference […]
The importance of e-learning and e-learning solutions in India cannot be ignored with the growing pool of highly qualified individuals. People across the world have saved time and money and students have managed to get easy accessibility irrespective of their place of residence. With e-learning solutions, businesses have trained their people online and students have […]
Many web designers come to the web with a background in the graphic arts. We think in pictures, not in code. When we first begin designing for the web, we’ll use HTML and CSS crudely, as a means to an end—a method of arranging pretty boxes in space—without grasping the true nature of the box […]
Java is a highly portable computer programming language. “Portable” is a term used to describe programs that can be run in many different computing environments and on many different “platforms” (MS Windows, Apple’s Mac OS, Solaris, and Linux are all examples of “platforms”)
It is Java’s portability that makes it such an intriguing technology. To give […]
In the initial span of time for the use of Internet, the terms “computer conferencing” and “web conferencing” were generally used to specify to group discussions that were conducted within a message board (through posted messages) i.e. they were not live. But with the advancement of technology, the term has grown to refer particularly to […]
The more you work, the more you get done, right? Well, I’d like to encourage you to take the “Four-Day Challenge.”
The problem
If you’re like most people, you’ve got too much to do and not enough time to do it. The e-mail inbox is always overflowing and the list of to-dos never ends. You always feel […]
Ever worry you’ll arrive at work to find that your swivel chair has been replaced by a super-intelligent software appliance that can create seven user-centered websites in a single CPU cycle? Haven’t we all? OK, maybe it’s just me. But at some point you’ve probably been asked by a boss or client to squeeze the […]
It seems strange to be talking about something as basic as “navigation” 11 years into the web era. And yet, if you’re a web designer, chances are you’ve made some mistakes in this fundamental area. So let’s go back to basics.
On a website, “navigation” doesn’t mean just links. Navigation is, like most elements of […]
Global Positioning System is a fully functional Global Navigation Satellite System. This system uses an artificial constellation of 24 medium Earth orbit satellites. These satellites transmit microwave signals, thus enabling a GPS receiver to determine its location, speed, direction and time.
It has become a very useful tool for making maps, surveying landscapes, commerce and many […]