Latest Web Applications

Prior to Web 2.0 or some refer to it as Web 1.0, web applications were mostly monumental. Majority of web applications were based on HTML characterized by clumsy capabilities of the web page model. User experience was not very enjoyable most of the time. However, there were some instances wherein some web applications were completely written in Flash. Unfortunately, these applications had their own world alone and separated from the rest of the web site. This was not a very attractive site because of the obvious that the application was out of place. Although they brought momentary delight to the user at times, still the functionality was very limited.

Suddenly, for the first time, Flash and AJAX elements were fused in a seamless form together with the HTML page. That is when Flickr changed the course of web application development. Everything fit together and flowed beautifully. This caused the turning point for web-based applications.

Source: uie.com

Posted on March 10th, 2010 by Greg
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The success of the security market has given network administrators a second look and reconsidering receiving services from on-demand security providers. More organizations are currently considering outsourcing security due to the increased reputation and capabilities of these service providers.

Electronic mail or E-mail is one of the most critical applications for a business organization. Today’s business world relies heavily on the power of e-mail both for operational continuity and productivity. Securing e-mails is difficult for any organization. This is where on-demand specialist for e-mail comes in. These security providers play a vital role in effectively protecting the communications systems of an organization. With the reasonable success of on-demand security with other aspects of systems security, will they have the same result with e-mail security?

Source: techfinder.theinquirer.net

Posted on February 10th, 2010 by Greg
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The Open Web Application Security Project or OWASP, an open and free community around the globe, was purposely created to focus on improving the quality of security of application software. They wanted to make application security accessible or within reach to help people and organizations be informed of application security risks. Practically all are welcome to join this project. Everyone is invited to render participation for the welfare of those would be at risk with the ignorance of application security. They have an open source license and all their materials are available for free access. To make sure of the availability and continuous support for their work, they have the service of OWASP Foundation which is a 501c3 non profit charitable organization.

Posted on January 10th, 2010 by Greg
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Input elements should be organized by a logical group so that your brain can process the form layout in chunks of related fields.” –HTML: the Definitive Guide
It is quite rare in the Web application that doesn’t even make an extensive use of its forms for data input and configuration. But not all the Web applications use their forms consistently. Variations in the alignment of the input fields, in their respective labels, calls to action, and even their surrounding visual elements can support or impair different aspects of the entire user’s behavior.

Posted on December 20th, 2009 by Greg
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OpenSource.gov provides its users a timely and tailored translation, reporting and analysis on the foreign policy and national security issues from the Open Source Center and all its partners. Featured are all the reports and translations from thousands of publications, television and radio stations, and Internet sources around the world. Also among the site’s holdings are a foreign video archive and fee-based commercial databases for which the OSC has negotiated licenses. The OSC’s reach extends from a hard-to-find local publications and video to some of the most renowned thinkers on a national security issues inside and outside the US Government. All the accounts are available to US Government employees. They register today to see what OpenSource.gov has to offer.

Posted on November 25th, 2009 by Greg
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1. Servlet – A servlet is a web component, managed by a container, that generates dynamic content. Servlets are small, platform independent Java classes compiled to an architecture neutral byte code and can be loaded dynamically into and run by a web server. Servlets interacts with web clients thru a request response paradigm implemented by the servlet container. This model, the request response  is based on the behavior of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).

2. JSP – Java Server Pages are text files that contain text to be output (usually HTML or some such) and special directives, actions, scripting elements, and expressions that are used to generate results dynamically. Java Server Pages are textual components. They go through 2 phases: 1. a translation phase, and 2. a request phase. The Translation is done once per page. Then the request phase is done once per request. The translation phase occurs when Resin takes a look at the JSP page, reads it in, and creates a Servlet. And this needs to be done once only.

(Source:Caucho)

Posted on October 30th, 2009 by Star
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(Photo Source:Yahoo)

Version 1.0 of what is being called Y!Open will be released at an unspecified time later this year, and will include a development environment for several properties, which includes a social “activator” and graph engine, an events engine, and a single profile for users. The activator engine handles combining the different relationship groupings, such as the Yahoo Mail e-mail address book, Yahoo Messenger contacts, Flickr friends, Yahoo 360, and Yahoo Mash. Yahoo will be careful to protect user privacy and won’t apply the information without user consent.

Posted on September 30th, 2009 by Star
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By Ava

We give you the first of the Web series, the Web 1.0 applications. It is basically monolithic in nature. It is made up of HTML, only making use of amateur interface of a page-based model. This particular program is known to frustrate users seeing that it is far from being simple and easy to navigate. There are times when certain online applications could be made out using Flash but we all know that has its own dominion that is not a part of other web sites.
Flash offers a wider range of designs and is much more fun to make use of but because of its isolation, it is often rendered to be very limited in terms of functionality.

Posted on August 17th, 2009 by editor
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By Ava

Yahoo offers the entire surfing population an access to a graphic or visual dominion at a much easier navigation scale compared to everything and anything else that came before it. For the first time the components of a Flash program and the user friendly nature of an Ajax is merged to create an HTML based program. The easy uploads and easier theme designs made Flickr an instant hit among the art world seeing that they are now able to share their creations in a much more tolerant not to mention popular market in the web. Flickr just changed the face of web applications forever.

Posted on July 22nd, 2009 by editor
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Fan of Hulu, then why not get updates on your iPhone and keep tabs on your favorite videos as they become available. The app is designed to work well with the iPhone and look-alikes but as they say,
nothing works like the real thing. It is not in anyway affiliated to the video sharing site though as is made apparent by their description and is considered as an external app. Apple has pushed through with plans to support third-party apps as part of their support for the many people who not only support their products but have a knack of coming up with more creative apps and at a faster rate than their developers can. Read more…

Posted on June 16th, 2009 by Greg
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