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JD on MX: Sliders considered harmful? There's a bit of a brouhaha among several AJaX-oriented weblogs today, about support for user-interface actions such as specifying a nation through a long dropdown list. The discussions are long, but I think the core reason for differences may be that different browsers offer different ways to navigate such lists -- some require you to move the mouse to the appropriate entry in a long list, while others let you type the first letter to scroll to that range, and other browsers apparently let you type in multiple letters to reach the precise goal. It's a hard problem -- the function of a dropdown list is very well-known now, but there are still implementation differences among the various playback engines out there -- if you're investing in that "single-specification / multiple-engine" style of development, do you prohibit browser vendors from trying to improve the experience of using such UI devices?

JD on MX: Breeze Training is a superset of Breeze Presentation, adding quizzes and student tracking abilities. If you work in Authorware or CourseBuilder then you'll see that there's still a need for elearning development environments, but like Macromedia Contribute there's now a higher level of accomplishment possible by the lay public. The FAQ for Breeze Training has more info. Breeze benefits businesses rather than individuals (as you can tell from the price), but there are some interesting implications for developers now that you know that anyone in a group can create the content for SWF-based presentation and training....

MX Traveler: What a crazy week it was. Earlier this week i was in Paris, then i flew back to Amsterdam for a day of BackBase training ( BackBase is a company that offers a solution to create enterprise RIA applications using Javascript and XML, more info on it in another posting ) and now i'm in Barcelona for the pre-Flash Europe conference event.

JD on MX: Sliders considered harmful? There's a bit of a brouhaha among several AJaX-oriented weblogs today, about support for user-interface actions such as specifying a nation through a long dropdown list. The discussions are long, but I think the core reason for differences may be that different browsers offer different ways to navigate such lists -- some require you to move the mouse to the appropriate entry in a long list, while others let you type the first letter to scroll to that range, and other browsers apparently let you type in multiple letters to reach the precise goal. It's a hard problem -- the function of a dropdown list is very well-known now, but there are still implementation differences among the various playback engines out there -- if you're investing in that "single-specification / multiple-engine" style of development, do you prohibit browser vendors from trying to improve the experience of using such UI devices?

Create a Blog, Win ColdFusion MX 7 @ CFDJ: To help our lucky winner learn more about all of the great new features in their prize, the winner will also receive free entrance to the CFUnited conference in Washington, DC! Michael Smith and Liz Fredrick of TeraTech (the conference organizers) were kind enough to donate a free entrance to give away with the copy of ColdFusion MX 7 donated by Macromedia. For those of you not familiar with the conference, CFUnited was formerly known as "CFUN" and is the premier annual ColdFusion event. This year they expect 1,000 attendees, and the speaker and topics roster looks very promising.

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