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SproutCore: Apple’s Flanking Move?

SproutCore LogoI wasn’t all that familiar with Sproutcore, Apple’s JavaScript framework prior to reading this article, but after thinking the arguments over, I think Apple has been flanking the other players in the application marketplace (both online and desktop) for a…

Feeling Ethereal: Prism, Air and SilverLight

Mozilla Labs has launched Prism, which is an application, based on Webrunner “that lets users split web applications out of their browser and run them directly on their desktop” They are approaching the solution in a different manner than Adobe’s AIR and…

FlashObject

FlashObject “is a small Javascript file used for embedding Macromedia Flash content. The script can detect the Flash plug-in in all major web browsers (on Mac and PC) and is designed to make embedding Flash movies as easy as possible.”

Click 2 Touch

One of the biggest issues with online clothing retailers is the high percentage (35 - 40%) of returns. Quite often, an article of clothing is returned because the customer expected the fabric to feel different, be thicker or thinner etc.…