Posts Tagged ‘Web’
With the boarder usage of Internet year by year, a lot of people starting to get Internet connectivity. Most Internet user have a Facebook account, a web app that connect their friends, some, use a mobile device, ranging from iPhone, Nokia symbian, netbook, iPad and etc.
I am seeing the birth of web apps everyday. I myself, used a few web app on daily basic. Google Document, Facebook, Twitter just to name a few. Some don’t understand why would I use web apps instead of a desktop apps.
I did install a set of Micorsoft Office 2007 in my desktop as well, because web app, like how it was named, need an Internet connection. However, it doesn’t mean a web app isn’t any better than a desktop app.
A few point about desktop application:
- Need installation
- Self update
- Some cost lots of fee
- Use without an Internet connection
- More flexibility on customization
I limit my desktop applications and save all the possible hard dick space for my music, movies and pictures.
A web applications is always supported by it team which manage and make sure it is stable, up and running. There is no hassle of scanning those application and waited for hours.
Of course a web applications cannot guarantee your privacy. But a desktop application can’t guarantee that as well once it infected by malware.
A few point about desktop application:
- No need installation, maybe a registration form
- Thousand of million developers watching and updating.
- Most web apps are free
- Need an Internet connection to work
- Most customization depend on how it design it UI
However, in Malaysia, we don’t get free Internet, and we don’t get free WiFi around the town too. Hopefully Penang can achieve this?
Now that you wonder why Google Chrome OS coming out to support their own web applications? Pretty sure there are some statistic about their web applications that they did not announce.
From time to time, the web trend change. I remember back in the 90′, Java dropdown menu was a huge hit! Dynamic Drive became a site I always visit when I want to learn more about HTML. Thinking back, I did regret I did not note down whatever everybody was doing on that time. So I need to note something down here and see how it change 
Perfect Pixel
A lot of site are using the perfect pixel. It make a perfect break
Cut-out text
Cut out text was a huge trend back last year. Almost all great design applying it. But overall color is an important step.
Radial Gradient
I think until today, radial gradient still widely used.
Transparency
Normally used by CSS3. This effect is mostly applied on tooltip.
Text Shadow
Well, I use this too. Actually it was brought in by CSS3 too.
Hope to see something more different next. Do you observe any trend that widely used nowadays?
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
Ellen Parr
Recently I found lots of funny doctored images of a chat screenshot – Chatroulette. Out of curiosity, I login and check it out myself.
It is one of the simplest web I’ve ever come across, and only one function, webcam chatting with strangers, strangerssss! I didn’t spend too much time on it though, just find it interesting as it will keep looking for a stranger once you click on “Next”…
These are all the people I met within half an hour, including a penis and boobs
Never stop learning; knowledge doubles every fourteen months.
Anthony J. D’Angelo
Back in 2004, I only heard about 2 blogging engines, Movable Type and WordPress. I didn’t choose those, because I have the mindset about mySQL and the PHP. Not sure why, probably because I was a noob back then. I registered as a blogger in Blogger instead.
After a few round of checking around the web, working on some funny web projects and selling them off, making me wonder what did I learn all those years. I was thinking to take things a bit more serious, so I joined the WordPress community.
However, I wasn’t that serious on web back then. It was advertising field that I’m hunting toward. Until 2 years ago, I started to develop WordPress and understand how it works.
There is this little problem I find with WordPress – update (or upgrade whichever you like to call it). It is both good and bad on the update. I got more secure and knowing that WordPress is still running on the net, and I get to learn more detailed features of the version.
This WordPress learning alone has already took me more than 10 hours per week!
The same old thing happen in my personal life too. You see, it is totally different when you compare a single person with a person with spouse. Whatever you can mention are not exactly what it will looks like, it’s more than that. Learning to adopt that is… Still weird for me. Think about having another 2 families going to form after a marriage, 1, in-law, 2, your own. There are a lot more situation to get use to and changes happen too. Starting to get formality for myself, top wrinkle creams are in my shopping list, gym is weekly must-go place and etc. A lifetime of learning…
Whatever I do, I can’t stop, especially getting use and learning some extra point in life and career. Even if I stop, I will have to pick it up again from the point I stopped, why bother???
I’ve done a few simplest explanation about the hosting and domain. Some people still haven’t really get around with the idea of visiting a domain that point to an IP address that belongs to a computer that online 24/7/365.
So I made a simple illustration on it. Show it to them. Here are some replied I’ve got:
So that is my computer? I don’t turn on my computer for 24 hours.
Ok… Why is there an IP address?
Why don’t you just place my website at your computer?
I have to pay for those? But it looks simple, shouldn’t cost that much right?
Ok, start bang head on wall…
WordPress developer living and working in Sibu, Sarawak. Currently running a free Wordpress theme at