wasp asks about using the object element
The Web Standards Project (WASP) have posted part 2 of the W3C’s response to their query re the correct way to include multimedia elements such as sound, animation and video in web pages. Bottom line in this final installment seems to be the obvious – the object element implementation varies across different browsers and developers should be aware of the variances. In order to accurately determine the level of support in different user agents they have created a test suite with results being collected here.
Here’s something I wasn’t aware of. Did you know that it’s possible to use the data attribute to embed the object directly (as opposed to refering to it via src).
Holy research period, Part 1 was originally posted back in June of 2004.
flash player 8 to support e4x
It seems that the new Flash Player will add ECMAScript for XML (E4X) to ActionScript. And it’s supposed to be faster than current XML support in the Flash Player.
It would seem that this tidbit was accidentally leaked on the flexcoders mailing list in a post here. I do feel for the fella who posted the message to the forum by mistake but I have to give him ponts for thoroughness. Not only does he mention that the Flash Player will support the feature but he also gives a great little E4X primer and even links to the ECMA spec documents.
Via pixelfliker.com
deep karma canyon
Tell me who will keep score for you
As we play everyday inside a
Deep karma canyon
Bob Mould’s (Hüsker Dü, Sugar) new album, Body of Song, which is due out in July has apparently been leaked on the internet. He’s been sharing some of his thoughts and reactions to it all on his blog:
http://modulate.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_modulate_archive.html#111685625676832228
http://modulate.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_modulate_archive.html#111689282301219915
A pretty level-headed response if you ask me. Especially considering he’s one of the artists that gets hurt the most by this kind of thing.
personalized google
Google released a personalized homepage to beta earlier today. It allows you to add various modules such as weather reports, Gmail, driving directions and a few select RSS feeds to the search page. The tech behind it seems kinda cool but to be honest this is one of the main reasons I tend to avoid Yahoo – too much simultaneous information. I suck at multitasking.
Anhyow, links to a Cnet article and one from eWeek.
As well, Jeremy Zawodny from Yahoo seems a little bitter about it all:
http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/004684.html
(That marissapr blogspot.com page he links to is good for a laugh).
