Firefox set to go mobile in 2008

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

I stumbled across this news alert on Yahoo! News today that describes Mozilla’s mobile browser efforts with Firefox. This is very encouraging news for web developers. The current lot of browsers that work on handhelds are not that exciting (Opera and Safari on the iPhone respectfully excluded from the list – those two work great). Better and more compliant browsers for handhelds = a better Internet experience for all.

With Intervals we have developing a handheld version on our development roadmap, but we are longing for better browsers that allow the functionality to work as intended without having to make a separate user experience for handhelds.

Two Sweet Google Maps Developments

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

I’ve always considered Google Maps the best online mapping software. Irrespective of how you feel about Google jumping onto the AJAX/Web 2.0 bandwagon, it’s hard to argue that the application’s ease of use isn’t unparalleled. Expedia Maps, Map Quest, and Yahoo Maps are all cumbersome. I can’t remember the last time any of those companies released a killer feature… and for at least one of them, mapping is its bread and butter.

It’s no surprise, then, that as those three aforementioned dinosaurs lumber into obscurity, Google keeps releasing features that are not only cutting-edge, but that are also, first and foremost, easy to use.

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