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Flickr converts from Flash to Ajax

posted by Duncan at 4:32 pm on May 13th, 2005

I see that flickr (after much badgering from users) have changed the way they display individuals images. They used to show the image inside a flash wrapper. Their Ajax guru Eric Costello has now converted it all over to DHTML. It works really well and loads images faster. It’s a really clever use of DHTML, and does many other tricks to boot. You can get a link to a presentation they did on the subject via the link above.

What is Google Suggest?

posted by Duncan at 7:51 pm on January 8th, 2005

I have only just found out about Google suggest. It is as it says on there site:

As you type into the search box, Google Suggest guesses what you’re typing and offers suggestions in real time. This is similar to Google’s “Did you mean?” feature that offers alternative spellings for your query after you search, except that it works in real time. For example, if you type “bass,” Google Suggest might offer a list of refinements that include “bass fishing” or “bass guitar.” Similarly, if you type in only part of a word, like “progr,” Google Suggest might offer you refinements like “programming,” “programming languages,” “progesterone,” or “progressive.” You can choose one by scrolling up or down the list with the arrow keys or mouse.

I’m not really sure how useful this would be too me on ‘would I use it’ level but progmatically it’s amazing. The JavaScipt involved is highly complex and has been dissected and explained by Chris Justus over at his blog. He has taken time to re-write the code and comment it so it is easier to read and understand. Well worth a look if you are a developer.


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