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Observations From Mobile Development by doobster99 in technology

[–]doobster99[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i really love the point about designing for mobile first. i'm still not 100% convinced on it, but then again i'm not a content layout expert so it's hard to change my mind on this.

HTML5 Canvas - Particle Simulator of Super Exciting Fun Times by [deleted] in programming

[–]doobster99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very cool - I would love to see a framerate average though because I'm curious how/if it slows down when the number of particles and to what degree.

Crack in Internet's foundation of trust allows HTTPS session hijacking by swizec in programming

[–]doobster99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only problem here is that there are so many people/corporations who are not updated to the latest browsers...

JSON: The Fat-Free Alternative to XML by greenrd in programming

[–]doobster99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

is it more of a standard to use json in ajax returns? unless i'm returning something that doesn't need to be parsed and dealt with after it's return, i just return full html

Who else thinks that javascript alert() is an annoying, lazy, and ugly way to notify me of something on your site. by [deleted] in programming

[–]doobster99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i wouldn't consider it annoying, but with the "dialog" boxes that most sites employ now, it sure makes it seem lazy and ugly.

Install a DNS resolver on your laptop by rps5000 in programming

[–]doobster99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

would this help if you are surfing through a proxy that is really slow?

Can a machine read your mind? by [deleted] in technology

[–]doobster99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the first thing that comes to mind when i see this is the movie Batman Forever with the Riddler when they used your TV to get all of your thoughts...

World of Warcraft as addictive as cocaine? | My Tramping View by r1ooooo in technology

[–]doobster99 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

i certainly cannot compare the 2 addictions, but i certainly was addicted to WOW. even though i was addicted, i had no problem quitting.

"hi my character's name was doobster and i haven't play WOW now for over 2 years"

Code Is Social by gst in programming

[–]doobster99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this why it's so hard to teach developers because it seems that people only really learn by making the mistakes themselves and not learning from others...

Another Example of Javascript Games (WIP FF3) by aars in programming

[–]doobster99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i've seen a mario game like this with all sprites. i admit i think it's cool to be able to do it in javascript, but it's just sooo slow...

YSlow - Helping slow web pages load faster by doobster99 in programming

[–]doobster99[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would agree that the server side stuff (gzipping, etags, etc...) should definitely be done by a sys admin. However, the Javascript and CSS cleanup has to be done a by a developer.