The new Web specification will include many of the offline features Google had in mind for Gears
Google will end Gears, an open-source plug-in project it launched two years ago to allow Web applications to function even when a computer isn't connected to the Internet, according to a statement from the company.
But Google will need Microsoft's support for the protocol to become a success, a web developer says
Google is hoping to make Web pages download up to twice as quickly using SPDY, a new application-layer protocol it's experimenting with, the company said in a blog post.
Welcome to the world of a WWW rock star - In the ongoing Computworld series looking at Aussie entrepreneurs we chat with John Allsopp
I feel a bit like the kid from Cameron Crowe's film, Almost Famous. I'm at Web Directions South in Sydney, satchel and recorder in hand, trying to pin down the conference co-founder and CSS development leading light, John Allsopp for an interview. The scene is not dissimilar to backstage at a rock concert. Even in the rare moments Allsopp stands still, he's everywhere and everybody wants him. He walks - and talks - at 100 miles an hour and multitasks a dozen different things at once.
Web developer wins two new clients for website redesign
Web application developer, Elcom, has announced two new clients: Wine Bloc and Asset Super. Elcom Technology develops Enterprise Content Management Systems and online commerce for secure Internet, Extranet and Intranet sites. The company also works with brands such as Hyundai, Lend Lease and the University of Technology, Sydney.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation leads the way into a brave new world.
Until recently, the idea of a World Wide Web in which information and services are defined - the Semantic Web - has remained something developers aspire to rather than a reality. That is starting to change. Earlier this year, the ABC launched three new socially networked digital radio websites which aggregate content from several different sources, including MusicBrainz, YouTube, Last.fm and Wikipedia. It is not only a new approach for a content-rich organisation such as the ABC, it is a working example of the possibilities of Semantic Web technology.
Javascript library, RaphaelJS, takes out award for contribution to industry.
Swinburne University of Technology has won the annual McFarlane Prize for website design in 2009, beating thousands of Australian websites for its combination of design and accessibility.
Photos from the Sydney web conference
Photos from the Sydney web conference
Web teams should focus more on iterations
Sick of the term 'Agile development' already? Never fear. Kelly Goto, consultant and co-author of the book, WebFlow that Works, thinks Web and IT managers should take the word 'agile' out of the discussion. Instead, Web teams should be talking about 'iterations' in their user centred design approach.
NSW wants you!
The New South Wales Government is calling on Web developers with the launch of its new apps4nsw competition.
Company buys Business Catalyst and subsidiary, GoodBarry, both of which offer services to Web pros creating online businesses
Adobe Systems has acquired Business Catalyst, which provides a platform for Web professionals to build online businesses, and its GoodBarry subsidiary, Adobe confirmed on Monday.
Once development stack from notebook to server
Local software company, Once Technologies, has released the next generation of once:radix, an open source, Web-based application development environment that promises significant performance improvements and paves the way for load balancing of applications across mutliple servers.
The company hopes the site will lead to faster Web applications, sites and browsers
Google has created a Web site for developers that is focused exclusively on making Web applications, sites and browsers faster.
MSFast will be released as open source so it can be improved and extended
MySpace will release as open source a tool it uses internally to track and tune the performance of its Web site, a move that will allow developers to benefit from the tool's capabilities and help extend and enhance its functionality.
Web Platform Installer makes access easier to technologies such as Silverlight
Microsoft is offering a free download manager, Web Platform Installer (PI) 1.0, intended to make it simpler to install Microsoft Web developer technologies ranging from .Net Framework 3.5 to ASP.Net to Silverlight and more, the company said this week.
Internet startups presenting at Le Web 08 conference in Paris have a common theme: social networking.
If the next generation of Internet startups presenting at Le Web 08 conference in Paris have their way, the Web of the future could look like one big social-networking site.
