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Thickbox

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

ThickBox is a webpage UI dialog widget written in JavaScript on top of the jQuery library. Its function is to show a single image, multiple images, inline content, iframed content, or content served through AJAX in a hybrid modal. http://jquery.com/demo/thickbox/ Look at the demos, that’s pretty slick.

Hijax… oh come on, it’s just another buzzword we don’t need

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

Ajax, Hijax, Ahah… Oh come on already. Why not call it Ajaj and Ajat and Ajas and while we are at it… Seriously now. IMO, Hijax is just another buzzword we don’t need. It’s called Progressive Enhancement. Let’s just leave it at that.