All tag results for ‘web 2.0’

Web 2.0 Toolbar for Firefox and Internet Explorer

Web 2.0 Toolbar for Firefox and Internet Explorer

“The Best Way to Keep Ahead of the Top News, Content, Videos and Jobs on the Web Today”

The Web 2.0 Toolbar is a free “hyperaggregator” that combines the top headlines, functionality and content of a large number of web 2.0 blogs, news sites, picture sites, video sites, Jobs, PR, and link sites into a simple format that can be scanned in less than a minute. The toolbar also includes the ability to search over 40 sites and submit content to over 30 social bookmarking sites.

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Post2Blog: Free for Today…and Even Longer with this Trick

I’m not sure how many of you are familiar with the Giveaway of the Day site, but I subscribe to it in my feed because I’m always looking for a great (free) download. Basically, the site legally offers a download each day that would normally cost you money. Read the more »

Web 2.0 Tips CSS Flexible fixed layouts

Changes in screen size can be a nightmare for web developers, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Craig Grannell reveals the art of creating fixed layouts for multiple screen sizes

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Unobtrusive AJAX Star Rating Bar with web 2.0 Tech Your webblog

Unobtrusive AJAX Rating Script

What It Is

This is a rating bar script done with PHP and mySQL that allows users to rate things like can be done on Netflix or Amazon, all web 2.0-like with no page refresh. It is a major improvement on the previous version because it is now unobtrusive, meaning that if Javascript is off it will still work (although the page will refresh). You can also set the number of rating units you want to use (i.e. 4 stars, 5 stars, or 10 stars) on a rater to rater basis (see samples below or read the docs)

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AJAX Alternatives? Gmail Choice!

Every now and then, I keep hearing people discussing the power of AJAX. First, let me explain in brief for those who don’t know about this technique:

What does AJAX stand for is Asynchronous Javascript And XML. This technique is being used frequently by WEB 2.0 designers to make cross browser website; the client can submit information without refreshing the whole page. But, is it really asynchronous?

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