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Nails on a Chalkboard: The Google Chat Notification Sound
There’s a scene in the movie “Dumb and Dumber” in which Jim Carrey asks, “Do you want to hear the most annoying sound in the world?” And then he screeches at the top of his lungs. If that movie was made today you could easily substitute Carrey’s screaming for the notification sound Google Chat makes.
You are feverishly working on deadline, concentrating to craft the perfect sent-
Dunk!…
-ence, when that noise cuts through your mind as your-
Dunk!…
mental train goes careening off its rails.
DUNK!DUNK!DUNK!
Arrrgh. Who is it, and what the @*&#$ do you want?!
Om’s talked about Gmail sucking, but this is a bigger threat to productivity, since at some point it will drive me insane and I’ll take everyone with me.
Does it have to be such an unpleasant, angry, sound? Especially since it repeats the noise until you switch windows and read the damn message? A jackhammer would be less obnoxious. And the only option in the settings menu is to turn the sound off, which really isn’t helpful when someone is trying to urgently reach you.
Why not a few options, Google? I don’t need the sound of puppies making rainbows or bunny rabbits blowing kisses, but there has to be a less harsh noise than the one you dumped into such an important communication tool for the modern worker. Heck, you could even slip in the biddy-biddy sound from 411-GOOG.
DUNK!
Search-ability in Flash
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Adobe Flash Technology Enhances Search Results for Dynamic Content and Rich Internet Applications
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Widgets and Gadgets
We have had a couple of interesting announcements in the worlds of Widgadgets. First, Yahoo! launched a new version of the Widget platform: Yahoo! Widgets 4.5, and second, Google Gadgets have gone across another platform, with new support for the Mac and Dashboard.
Yahoo! Widgets 4.5
What’s New for Widget developers:
Yahoo! Widgets 4.5 now makes it easier for Widget authors to drive deeper engagement with users.
- Build even more engaging desktop Widgets, using new rich-media capabilities, including video.
- Utilize existing web development (HTML and Flash) skills to build compelling desktop Widgets.
- Offer users the ability to download their desktop Widgets from any webpage within 1-2 clicks via the new In-page installer badges.
- Enable easier discovery by more users, via the new Yahoo! Widget Gallery with improved SEO.
Google Gadgets for the Mac
Google Gadgets for the Mac uses WebKit's JavaScript engine inside Dashboard, so the majority of gadgets just work if they're written properly. The rest can be fixed by following a few guidelines:
- Use JavaScript, not JScript
- WebKit is case-sensitive, JScript is not, which can lead to problems if you assume can you do things like interchange SetTimeOut() and setTimeout().
- Avoid JScript-only features like collections and ActiveX.
- Avoid IE-specific DOM extensions, just as if you were writing a multi-browser web application.
Avoid Windows-specific APIs
- You shouldn't assume ActiveX or certain DLLs are available. Neither WebKit nor Mac OS X supports ActiveX, so these gadgets must be rewritten.
- Avoid Windows-only APIs such as Google Talk. These APIs are not (yet) available on Mac OS X.
Understand how Dashboard is different
- The Dashboard environment is very different from a web page or the Desktop sidebar on Windows in that it comes and goes as the user activates it. Don't rely on your gadget always being visible. Your gadget won't run or update when Dashboard isn't in the foreground.
- Don't rely on access to the file system. The security model for Dashboard doesn't allow arbitrary file access to the hard disk, although your gadget does have access to files in its own archive. Things like file pickers won't work. Note that while restricted file system access is a departure from how gadgets work on Windows, it's consistent with Dashboard's security model and the behavior of other widgets developed for Mac OS X.
For more details, see Writing a Cross-Platform Gadget, part of the Desktop Gadget API documentation.
If you're interested in developing your own gadget, visit the Gadgets API homepage. If you're already a gadget developer, download the beta today to test your gadget and ensure that it works correctly.
Developer Knowledge Base - Google Mashup Editor and Yahoo! Pipes: Friend, not Foe
Gears and the Mashup Problem
Douglas Crockford popped up the road from Sunnyvale to chat with Googlers on the topic of Gears and the Mashup Problem:
Mashups are the most interesting innovation in software development in decades. ... all » Unfortunately, the browser's security model did not anticipate this development, so mashups are not safe if there is any confidential information in the page. Since virtually every page has at least some confidential information in it, this is a big problem. Google Gears may lead to the solution.
Douglas played the role of the curmudgeon with his usual panache and hit at the problems that he sees with the Open Web, and the direction he would like to see people going. He was excited about WorkerPool for the sandbox perspective, and also discussed many JSON*-y things.
We are excited to have Douglas speaking and participating at The Ajax Experience once again.
[from bushwald] Yahoo acquires online collaboration suite Zimbra
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bookmark this on del.icio.usYahoo! Says They’re Not Building A Library
Yahoo! insists that they are not developing anything to compete with Google Book Search.
Google slapped Yahoo! with a subpoena on November 20 inquiring about their activity in the library lawsuit. In response, Yahoo!’s lawyers released a legal brief claiming that the company has no intention of competing on the library front and has simply been financially backing the parties involved in the case against Google.
“Yahoo has not launched an independent book scanning project or a ‘Yahoo Book Project’ as defined by Google in the Subpoena,” reads the brief. “Instead, along with over 40 other entities, including public libraries, major colleges and universities and leading Fortune 500 companies, Yahoo has backed a non-profit alliance run by the Open Content Alliance (OCA) and Internet Archive to digitize books and make them searchable through any web search engine. Yahoo supports the approach adopted by the OCA which digitizes only text in the public domain or where copyright holders have expressly given permission for such works to be included, and Yahoo exercises no direction and control over the OCA’s operation of its project.”
In early October, it appeared that Yahoo! would spearhead the OCA operation, which is contesting Google’s rights to digitize books. Now Yahoo! seems to be backtracking, claiming they only have given financial support to the project but have no authority on the matter. This is very passive-aggressive on behalf of Yahoo! in the never-ending Yahoo!/Google saga.
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Yahoo! Browser-Based Authentication
Yahoo! has released their Browser-Based Authentication system that:
... makes it possible for your applications to use that data (with their permission).
BBAuth also offers a Single Sign-On (SSO) facility so that existing Yahoo! users can use your services without having to complete yet another registration process.
This service is similar to Googles Account Authentication Proxy.
Will you start piggy-backing on these services?