By John Gruber
WorkOS launches auth.md — an open protocol for agent registration.
Linked List: April 18, 2005
Monday, 18 April 2005
- Matt Haughey on the ‘Ajax’ Name Mini-Controversy ★
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Matt Haughey:
But what baffles me most is that programmers are missing the big picture. Yes, XMLHttpRequest has been around for years, and ajax is just a pretty term for DHTML and javascript, but the beauty of the term ajax is that we now have an easy way to sell the technology. I know engineers have a natural fear of anything and anyone in the marketing world, but now that managers, VC, and funders all know what ajax is and that users want that kind of application interaction, they’re much more likely to pay for it.
Well said. I’ve seen numerous nerds griping that ‘Ajax’ is just a vapid new name for XMLHttpRequest, but, well, names do matter.
- Various Rogue Amoeba Updates for Tiger Compatibility ★
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Rogue Amoeba Software has released free minor updates to Detour, Nicecast, and MemoryCell (which I love) for compatibility with Mac OS X 10.4.
- Movable Type 3.16 ★
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Bug fix release, including improvements to the plug-in API. Full change notes are available, as is a list of known issues with this release.
- Little App Factory Donating Software Proceeds to Leukemia Research ★
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The Little App Factory — makers of Netflix Freak and other Mac OS X utilities — have lost a friend and colleague, Rae Ellis, who died of complications from leukemia earlier today. In her memory, they’re donating the proceeds of all software sales from now until the end of June to leukemia research.
You can help a great cause and get some good software at the same time.
- Adobe to Buy Macromedia for $3.4 Billion ★
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Huge deal. Ultimately, I can’t see how this is going to be good for professional designers — the competition between Adobe and Macromedia made both their product line-ups better.