Linked List: December 15, 2004

Wednesday, 15 December 2004

MT Edits ★: Dave Shea’s new MT plug-in lets you add buttons to your published pages for editing, rebuilding, and deleting entries. (Uses cookies so that the buttons are only visible to you, not your readers.)
Apple Disables Real’s Music Downloads on iPod Photo ★: And so it begins. Bryan Chaffin reports for The Mac Observer:

Apple Computer has updated software on its iPod photo digital music player preventing users from playing music bought from RealNetworks’ online music store, The Mac Observer has confirmed with Apple and RealNetworks.
Web Forms 2.0 Second Call for Comments ★: WHAT calls for comments on the second draft of their Web Forms 2.0 specification.

The Web Forms 2.0 specification addresses requests made for new features to be added to the Forms features in HTML4. New features include new input control types for dates, times, e-mail addresses, and numbers; a new client-side validation model; a way to mark input controls as required; a repetition model; control over form submission so that forms can be updated instead of causing the page to be replaced; and more.
Toshiba Unveils 80 GB ‘iPod Drive’ ★: Tony Smith of The Register reports on Toshiba’s upcoming 80 GB 1.8-inch hard drive, scheduled to ship in Q3 2005.