It’s been several months since I first pondered the future of desktop applications. I argued that web applications had a significant pain point in that they are unable to run offline. Yesterday, Google announced a new browser plug-in called Google Gears. Gears is a step in the direction of removing this pain point. Basically, it’s [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2007
Xml over SMTP?
Account verification workflows have always perplexed me. What I’m referring to are the common steps you usually have to go through to register a new account on a site:
I understand the logic behind this (spam prevention, guaranteed means of contact, etc), but the task is arduous and repetitive. It’s also problematic if you sign [...]
What’s Up With Castle - Week of April 30, 2007
Sorry I missed a week there. There wasn’t a whole lot going on other than JIRA fixes.
ActiveRecord
Support for NHibernate’s Subselect Fetching Strategy [svn]:NHibernate supports the ability to load multiple collections in parallel. This can improve performance when loading related collections based on sub-select criteria. The Hibernate documentation has further explanation.
Validation Error Messages [svn]: Added support [...]