Apr 28, 2008

Should we care about non-js browsers?

I love the idea of unobtrusive javascripts. It makes JS code much cleaner and much easier to maintain and makes space for browsers without JS or with JS disabled. However, there's one glitch - implementing the same feature twice (plain HTML and JS) takes much more time than just one of the ways.
I like to do stuff "the right way", so I'm always happy to go with both options in our applications. But what is the real percentage of users browsing without JS? I'd say pretty damn small! That's why I'm considering abandoning non-js browser support unless explicitly requested by client. Maybe the time has come to forget the old times when people could actually use the internet without JS...

Apr 21, 2008

Crowdy panel

Recently I've started using a few additional applications. One of them is PulseAudio which really impressed me with how easy it was to set up and use. I just love it - laying down on my bed watching a movie on my macbook having movie sound wirelessly transfered to my server's speakers! And it takes only one click to switch between local and remote speakers. And all PulseAudio servers in my LAN are automatically detected with Avahi.
It's amazing how fast Linux Desktop is moving on. A few years back it was lacking basic stuff and it took a really patient and tech-savvy guy to set up, now it looks like other OSes have a lot of catching up to do.
The other app is a simple gnome Twitter client, which I'm not gonna talk about.
I've also started using CryptKeeper a lot more. I love the way encfs works and how simple CryptKeeper is.
All of those apps. Have one thing in common - they all sit in the system tray. Not long ago my tray was really nice and clean, now it looks like this:



Occasionally I get more icons - for instance when burning CDs with brasero.