Comments for jbablog.com http://jbablog.com the personal blog of John BouAntoun Fri, 16 May 2008 06:57:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on More speculation on Yahoo! bid by George Semaan http://jbablog.com/2008/04/more-speculation-on-yahoo-bid/#comment-77 George Semaan Mon, 12 May 2008 23:41:37 +0000 http://jbablog.com/?p=16#comment-77 I heard it got canned! I heard it got canned!

]]> Comment on Javascript port of Processing by George Semaan http://jbablog.com/2008/05/javascript-port-of-processing/#comment-76 George Semaan Mon, 12 May 2008 22:39:20 +0000 http://jbablog.com/?p=35#comment-76 Heya i spent about an hour doing a little research on Processing 1.0Beta yesterday. Man can you do some funky stuff with it and chuck it into a browser. I downloaded the Processing 1.0 Beta libraries and the dev environment that comes with it. I paticularily looked into the image libraries and i have to say... f_kn amazing flash using only javascript!!! last nite i was thinking about what i could use it for and the amount of ideas that poped up where overwhelming. The broadness and focus of Processing is gonna change the way we do things on the web. (I personally think the same affect that jQuery - Javascrtipt library changed the world...or more AJAX i should say). Check this out.. controlling a motor using Processing and pc user interaction. http://www.vimeo.com/998070 Heya i spent about an hour doing a little research on Processing 1.0Beta yesterday. Man can you do some funky stuff with it and chuck it into a browser. I downloaded the Processing 1.0 Beta libraries and the dev environment that comes with it. I paticularily looked into the image libraries and i have to say… f_kn amazing flash using only javascript!!! last nite i was thinking about what i could use it for and the amount of ideas that poped up where overwhelming. The broadness and focus of Processing is gonna change the way we do things on the web. (I personally think the same affect that jQuery - Javascrtipt library changed the world…or more AJAX i should say).

Check this out.. controlling a motor using Processing and pc user interaction.

http://www.vimeo.com/998070

]]> Comment on Javascript port of Processing by George Semaan http://jbablog.com/2008/05/javascript-port-of-processing/#comment-75 George Semaan Mon, 12 May 2008 13:14:06 +0000 http://jbablog.com/?p=35#comment-75 Heya i had a look into Processing 1.0 beta today, maybe spending an hour or so researching on its backround and its capacity. I downloaded the dev environment that come with processing and ran a few tests and demos. I rekon its f_kn awsome. Some great libraries out there, I particularily had a look into the image libraries and i rekon some great stuff is gonna come out of Processing in near future and dev community contributions is going to be enormous. Check this video out. Now thats what you call a machine! http://www.vimeo.com/998070 Heya i had a look into Processing 1.0 beta today, maybe spending an hour or so researching on its backround and its capacity. I downloaded the dev environment that come with processing and ran a few tests and demos.
I rekon its f_kn awsome. Some great libraries out there, I particularily had a look into the image libraries and i rekon some great stuff is gonna come out of Processing in near future and dev community contributions is going to be enormous.

Check this video out. Now thats what you call a machine!
http://www.vimeo.com/998070

]]> Comment on hobnox Audiotool by David http://jbablog.com/2008/04/hobnox-audiotool/#comment-64 David Thu, 08 May 2008 18:03:43 +0000 http://jbablog.com/?p=3#comment-64 Just a quick note that we just rolled out an update of the Hobnox Audiotool. As promised the TR808 is now online, along with two new stompboxes (Compressor and Bitcrusher) and some enhanced functions. Saving is still not possible yet, we’re working hard to make it happen for the next update. More infos here: http://tinyurl.com/68wgvb Just a quick note that we just rolled out an update of the Hobnox Audiotool. As promised the TR808 is now online, along with two new stompboxes (Compressor and Bitcrusher) and some enhanced functions. Saving is still not possible yet, we’re working hard to make it happen for the next update.
More infos here: http://tinyurl.com/68wgvb

]]> Comment on MySQL Enterprise to get exclusive features by jbablog.com | Mysql backup extensions are open source again http://jbablog.com/2008/04/mysql-enterprise-to-get-exclusive-features/#comment-63 jbablog.com | Mysql backup extensions are open source again Thu, 08 May 2008 11:00:15 +0000 http://jbablog.com/?p=21#comment-63 [...] web, Kaj Arnö has posted a blog post explaining that the Enterprise-only backup extensions that we previously covered on this blog are now to also be available in MySQL Community. This essentailly means that the [...] [...] web, Kaj Arnö has posted a blog post explaining that the Enterprise-only backup extensions that we previously covered on this blog are now to also be available in MySQL Community. This essentailly means that the [...]

]]> Comment on No more click to activate in Internet Explorer by jba http://jbablog.com/2008/04/no-more-click-to-activate-in-internet-explorer/#comment-62 jba Wed, 07 May 2008 07:15:21 +0000 http://jbablog.com/?p=15#comment-62 Apparently it was meant to be retro-actively applied to all OS's as updates. I think that means all browser versions as well but cant be too sure. Apparently it was meant to be retro-actively applied to all OS’s as updates. I think that means all browser versions as well but cant be too sure.

]]> Comment on No more click to activate in Internet Explorer by George http://jbablog.com/2008/04/no-more-click-to-activate-in-internet-explorer/#comment-61 George Wed, 07 May 2008 04:27:07 +0000 http://jbablog.com/?p=15#comment-61 Bit late but ... What version on IE does this apply to? Bit late but …

What version on IE does this apply to?

]]> Comment on Webkit GTK (and QT) get plugin support by jba http://jbablog.com/2008/05/webkit-gtk-and-qt-get-plugin-support/#comment-53 jba Sat, 03 May 2008 03:06:36 +0000 http://jbablog.com/?p=32#comment-53 In my experience, when looking to embed a html engine in a windows app adding a dependency on gtk+ is not a good idea. There are many, many cool windows gtk+ apps (I've used pidgin for a long time), but each one comes with it's own shipped version of gtk+ sometimes causing conflicts. A native win32 port also has the benefit of using native widgets in the form elements that will obey the user's desktop theme. In my experience, when looking to embed a html engine in a windows app adding a dependency on gtk+ is not a good idea. There are many, many cool windows gtk+ apps (I’ve used pidgin for a long time), but each one comes with it’s own shipped version of gtk+ sometimes causing conflicts. A native win32 port also has the benefit of using native widgets in the form elements that will obey the user’s desktop theme.

]]> Comment on Silverlight 1.0 and Firefox 3, anyone? by George http://jbablog.com/2008/04/silverlight-10-and-firefox-3-anyone/#comment-52 George Fri, 02 May 2008 04:36:16 +0000 http://jbablog.com/?p=22#comment-52 Well that's the big question that Mitchell Baker from Mozilla and/or the guys at silverlight have to answer as i dont have a great background on how firefox 3 renders its plugins nor how silverlight and flash are expected to instantiate. But the fact that silverlight doesn't work straight out of the box, is just a turn off for me. If silverlight standalone isnt stable enough and also on IE7-8 browser, you cant really expect much from the guys at mozilla to fix the problem immediately. Well from what i have read there is no "quick fix" as yet! Hopefully this annoying issue thats currently lingering in the air gets fixed because i have seen what silverlight has to offer and it would be great to head down that path. Till then lets lay silverlight to rest! Well that’s the big question that Mitchell Baker from Mozilla and/or the guys at silverlight have to answer as i dont have a great background on how firefox 3 renders its plugins nor how silverlight and flash are expected to instantiate.

But the fact that silverlight doesn’t work straight out of the box, is just a turn off for me. If silverlight standalone isnt stable enough and also on IE7-8 browser, you cant really expect much from the guys at mozilla to fix the problem immediately.

Well from what i have read there is no “quick fix” as yet!

Hopefully this annoying issue thats currently lingering in the air gets fixed because i have seen what silverlight has to offer and it would be great to head down that path.

Till then lets lay silverlight to rest!

]]> Comment on Webkit GTK (and QT) get plugin support by Benjamin Meyer http://jbablog.com/2008/05/webkit-gtk-and-qt-get-plugin-support/#comment-51 Benjamin Meyer Fri, 02 May 2008 01:55:16 +0000 http://jbablog.com/?p=32#comment-51 Do you need something that is only win32 or can it use Qt or Gtk on Windows? At least the Qt port on Windows is doing really well. Qt 4.4 includes a demo browser that you can play around with and look through the source. With a nice simple API (that isn't going to change) embedding WebKit with Qt on windows is easy. If you google for Qt demo browser you should get a bunch of hits. Do you need something that is only win32 or can it use Qt or Gtk on Windows? At least the Qt port on Windows is doing really well. Qt 4.4 includes a demo browser that you can play around with and look through the source. With a nice simple API (that isn’t going to change) embedding WebKit with Qt on windows is easy. If you google for Qt demo browser you should get a bunch of hits.

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