Firefox 2.0 may not be due for official release until tomorrow but it’s on their FTP servers today. As you might expect, the main server is taking a battering so I’d suggest UK folks try a local mirror. Nice touches are the search box which dynamically suggests terms, new pages opening on tabs by default and inline spell checking. Best of all though, all of my add-ons updated successfully! One interesting point is the support for the WHATWG specification for storing and persisting state client side, something that is increasingly important for Web 2.0 applications.
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Firefox 2.0 out
Monday, October 23rd, 2006Free UK calls
Monday, October 23rd, 2006Skype have an interesting offer for six months free calls to UK landlines if you buy £10 of SkypeOut credit. Presumably it’s an attempt to persuade people to use VOIP for all of their calls. Unfortunately the free calls also have to originate from within the UK otherwise I’d be tempted.
IE7 initial thoughts
Friday, October 20th, 2006I took the plunge and installed IE7 after it was released yesterday, safe in the knowledge that, with various bugs being reported already, there is always Firefox. (Check out http://www.ie7.com/!) Initial thoughts are pretty positive but I’m not ready to switch yet (at least until I see what Firefox 2.0 has to offer).
Fast, but not that fast
Friday, October 20th, 2006ADSL Max finally arrived in the Currie household yesterday. Currently it appears to have decided that the best we’re going to get is 3 Mbps and a speed test this morning came out at just under 2 Mbps. If I find time over the weekend I may experiment with the BT speed tester service to see if removing the 15m extension cable on which the modem currently sits makes a difference. It could just be that we’re a long way from the exchange though. Still, it’s a lot less painfull than the 3G card I’ve been using all week!
Feature Pack for Web Services Beta
Thursday, October 19th, 2006WebSphere Application Server has introduced a new strategy for releasing additional functionality on top of existing versions, to be known as feature packs. There is now a beta of the WebSphere Application Server Version 6.1 Feature Pack for Web Services available. This feature pack will eventually deliver support for a raft of new Web service standards (WS-Reliable Messaging, WS-Addressing, MTOM and WS-Secure Conversations) along with updating the supported levels of existing standards (JAX-WS 2.0, JAXB 2.0, SAAJ 1.3 and StAX 1.0). The new Web services standards introduced form the basis of the RAMP Profile (Reliable Asynchronous Messaging Profile).
Advanced XSLT for WebSphere ESB
Thursday, October 19th, 2006There is an interesting developerWorks article which looks at some advanced aspects of using XSLT with WebSphere ESB, particularly focusing on mapping element arrays in business objects.
Message Broker nodes for Service Registry and Repository
Thursday, October 19th, 2006Yesterday saw the publication of a developerWorks article describing the SRRetrieveITService and SRRetrieveEntity WebSphere Message Broker nodes provided in IA9L SupportPac for integration with WebSphere Service Registry and Repository. The first of these nodes retrieves a service endpoint based on a specified port type. The example shows how this can be used with the HTTP input node to dynamically locate and invoke a service. The second node can be used to retrieve the metadata for an arbitrary entity stored in the Registry and Repository. This could be used, for example, to retrieve policy data relating to the service to be invoked.
developerWorks deluge
Wednesday, October 18th, 2006I’ve only just got round to reading last week’s developerWorks newsletter and it contains a positive plethora of interesting articles following the SOA launch.
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