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WebReference Update: September 19, 2005
New this week on WebReference.com and the Web:
1. FEATURE: The JavaScript Standard Template Library: Part 32. FEATURE: The JavaScript Diaries: Part 9
3.OTHER VOICES:
- Auto Logout Users for DB Maintenance
- Creating a Screen Print Effect in Photoshop
- Building an Image Keyword System
- xml:id Is a W3C Recommendation
- AOL, Microsoft in Talks
- Technology Lets Survivors Tell Their Hurricane Tales From the Front
1. FEATURE: The JavaScript Standard Template Library: Part 3
The first two articles of this series introduced three collections of the
JavaScript Template Library, including list, vector and deque. This article
explores the magic of iterators and introduces a new class of sorted
collections that includes set, map, multiset and multimap.
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2. FEATURE: The JavaScript Diaries: Part 9
In the last two sections of this series we looked at properties and methods
of the window object. In this installment, I wrap up our study of the
window object by learning how to use the most common window event handlers.
There are also some excellent links for additional help.
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3.OTHER VOICES
- Auto Logout Users for DB Maintenance
There is probably no gentle way to "kick" users out of an application, but when it has to be done, it has to be done. Everything you need to create an auto logout routine is included in the download for this article.
Database Journal, September 16, 2005, - Creating a Screen Print Effect in Photoshop
Australia-based designer Bjarni Wark distressed a photo with Photoshop's Color Range, Threshold, clipping masks, and the Halftone Pattern filter to create a modern screen print effect.
Graphics.com, September 19, 2005, - Building an Image Keyword System
Unlike text-based file formats image files aren't made up of words, which makes searching for an image file by keyword difficult. Instead of being able to simply open the file to see what it contains, you're stuck looking at the text around it and other metadata to determine the image's meaning. In this article, Ziran Sun shows you how to build a simple database-based image keyword system that allows you to associate keywords with images and use these keywords to make finding images easier.
15 Seconds, September 15, 2005,
4. NET NEWS
- xml:id Is a W3C Recommendation
The World Wide Web Consortium released "xml:id Version 1.0" as a W3C Recommendation. The specification defines an attribute name, xml:id, that can always be treated as an identifier and hence can always be recognized, without fetching external resources, and without relying on an internal subset. The Recommendation is the latest deliverable of the XML Core Working Group, part of the W3C XML Activity.
World Wide Web Consortium, September 15, 2005 - AOL, Microsoft in Talks
Microsoft and Time Warner are exploring the possibility of merging the MSN Internet portal with the America Online unit of Time Warner, according to a source familiar with the talks.
internetnews.com, September 16, 2005 - Technology Lets Survivors Tell Their Hurricane Tales From the Front
Linking to the Internet with a combination of old-school and newfangled technologies -- namely backyard diesel generators, mobile phones and stubborn will -- several Web sites offered often graphic firsthand accounts and snapshots of life after Katrina.
Computerworld, September 16, 2005
That's it for this Monday. I'll have more for you next time.
Lee Underwood
Newsletter Editor, WebReference.com
lunderwood(at)jupitermedia.com
Created: September 19, 2005
URL: http://www.webreference.com/new/050919.html
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