In the last month or two we’ve had a number of tickets filed on the Rails Trac asking that Prototype adopt a more rigid syntax. Doing so would make it much easier to compress Prototype with tools like JSMin and Packer.
Opinions vary on this issue within the core team, but we all seem to …
Attention bloggers high and low: if you allow me to make comments on your posts, you are entitled to mandate that I write them in whatever crazy moon format you choose: I’m comfortable with Markdown, Textile, or even the ordinary HTML that our ancestors used to use. But if you do not give me a preview button — so that I can make sure my comment looks the way I intended it to look; so that I am warned if you’ve arbitrarily decided to blacklist the blockquote element — I am entitled to reach through the Internet and strangle you.
Allan Odgaard plugs my JavaScript Tools Bundle, which (thanks to Thomas Aylott) is now a part of BundleForge. Pretty cool.
Maciej announces feature freeze for WebKit nightlies. They’re going to focus on stability leading up to the Leopard release. They’ve added a lot of stuff since 2.0, especially on the JavaScript front: mutable DOM prototypes, DOM L3 XPath, getters and setters, and engine performance improvements. If all browsers moved this quickly I’d be a very happy man.
Talking with Microsoft about IE.next. The things he asked for (mostly JS-related) were determined (by vote) to be the most critical things for IE to catch up on. I’m optimistic.
Alex Russell unveils dojo.query, the latest gauntlet tossed down in the fetching-elements-by-CSS-selector wars. I’m working on a similar overhaul for Prototype which I’ll talk more about when the time is right.
Why you should be using disambiguated URLs. Between this and all the OpenID stuff, Simon has been on fire these last few months.
She was known for hosting unforgettable parties at her Austin home, which would feature rollicking political discussions, and impromptu poetry recitals and satirical songs. At one such event, I noticed her dining table was littered with various awards and distinguished speaker plaques, put to use as trivets for steaming plates of tamales, chili and fajita meat. When I called this to her attention, Molly matter-of-factly replied, “Well, what else am I going to do with ‘em?”
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