IE and Firefox are the two most popular browsers online and in mobile devices. IE is the proprietary browser developed by Microsoft while Firefox is open source browsers that become the basis of other browsers. Since Firefox is basically the same compared to some smaller browsers, comparisons are usually on IE and Firefox only. The difference ... Read Article

Flash is always the developerrsquo;s crutch whenever there are functions that are almost difficult to develop in an Ajax based application. Flash doesnrsquo;t only stream user friendly streaming videos and pictures; they also provide additional functions in the website such as file upload and other types of data related interaction. But all of ... Read Article

Degradable Ajax is a highly efficient technique used by developers to ensure compatibility in any platform and medium. From regular browsers to mobile phones, degradable Ajax ensures that the application will be rendered and will have the same interactivity. Most of the mobile phones today cannot read JavaScript. Although there is a surge of ... Read Article

Ajax is all about speed and interactivity. Without these features, using Ajax for building a specific application or website is just useless. Developers have to ensure that they build applications that will cater to the immediate need of their users. They have to optimize their application before releasing them even for beta testing. ... Read Article

Before Ajax, JavaScript has received fair attention from developers as it is only used as a variation of client side development. It was not really in the spotlight before Ajax because client side applications are not really that popular. Some functions were missed and standardization of JavaScript is relatively slow in the process. Now that ... Read Article

One of the biggest challenges for developers of an Ajax based application is to come up with an online application with offline functionality. It is a well sought out application by users and developers alike as this would provide users the chance to work offline. Developers on the other hand will be reaching out more users as their applications ... Read Article

An obfuscator is an essential tool for developing an Ajax based application. Developers would often toil for days just to build a highly efficient Ajax based application. Usually, they wanted to keep the source code a secret. However, a source code can be easily extracted with simple browser plug-ins such as Firebug which means anyone could just ... Read Article

Developing an Ajax based application is geared towards better interaction of the user with the online application. Information is often relayed from the user to the server without the need of constant refresh of the client side. Developers often aim in harnessing the data so that they could be properly implemented without any fear of information ... Read Article

OpenAjax Alliance recently came out with their metadata. This is a configuration of XML pushed by the OpenAjax Alliance for interoperability. There is always a constant talk among developers on how to successfully run a mash-up. Different theories have been made and they are sometimes clashing. Some emphasize security while others emphasize ... Read Article

There are more than a billion of mobile phones today and the number just keeps on rising. The increasing capabilities of mobile phones (not to mention the knock offs) have considerably reduced the prices of phones with simpler but basic capabilities. High end mobile phones with PC-like capability are increasing. Apple has reported that their ... Read Article