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WebReference Update: January 24, 2008

New this week on WebReference.com and the Web:

FEATURE: Universally Related Popup Menus Ajax Edition - Part 1
FEATURE: Using Multiple JavaScript Onload Functions
OTHER VOICES:

• Dimensional Model Components - Part 1
• The Web Will SPARQL
• AOL Pagetest Web Performance Tool Released as Open Source

SIGHTINGS AROUND THE WEB: Actual Aliens
NET NEWS:

• Job Cuts Planned For Yahoo
• Internet Explorer 8 Tries New Compatibility Solution
• Mozilla's roots turn 10: Happy Birthday!

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FEATURE: Universally Related Popup Menus Ajax Edition - Part 1

This week we look at a brief overview of Ajax, some relevant JavaScript 1.3 enhancements, how to run the example and using the script within your own Web page.

[Read the entire article ]

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FEATURE: Using Multiple JavaScript Onload Functions

JavaScripts are usually written to accomplish a given task, such as creating a rotating picture gallery, or to validate a form. For each task, a separate script is necessary. Often, a script is called using an onload function. Using the onload event handler can sometimes be a bit tricky. Check out this easy, fool-proof method for use in your next script.

[Read the entire article ]

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OTHER VOICES

• Dimensional Model Components - Part 1

  Business Intelligence Architect Bill Pearson launches a new subseries surrounding components of the Analysis Services dimensional model. In this two-part article, we introduce dimensions, and focus upon property settings for Database Dimensions.
  Database Journal

• The Web Will SPARQL

  The W3C has published three new semantic Web standards for SPARQL, with the goal of making it easier to share and reuse data across application, enterprise, and community boundaries.
  Semantic Web

• AOL Pagetest Web Performance Tool Released as Open Source

  AOL has released an open source Web performance tool called Pagetest. Pagetest is an Internet Explorer plug-in that measures and analyzes the performance of Web pages. It features waterfall timing graphs, optimization checklists, and more granular details than competing software.
  Website Optimization

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SIGHTINGS AROUND THE WEB: Actual Aliens

According to this Web site, it was "... founded in April 2006 with the goal of chronicling encounters with aliens, UFOs, and all thing extraterrestrial.... We make no claims about the truth or veracity of any of the stories posted on this site. We'll leave it to you to decide whether we are alone in the universe." C'mon, you know you want to check it out. Hey, are you sure we're really alone?

[Visit the Web site ]

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NET NEWS

• Job Cuts Planned For Yahoo

  Yahoo is planning to announce cutbacks later this month that will likely lead to hundreds of job losses at the nearly 14,000 employee company, a source familiar with the plan said on Monday.
  internetnews, January 22, 2008

• Internet Explorer 8 Tries New Compatibility Solution

  For Web developers and surfers who discovered that Internet Explorer 7.0 "broke" some (or many) of their favorite Web sites, Microsoft is working to avoid that problem in version 8 by letting Web site developers signal to IE how standards-compliant it ought to be with their pages.
  internetnews, January 23, 2008

• Mozilla's roots turn 10: Happy Birthday!

  Ten years ago, Netscape announced plans to release version 4 of the Netscape Communicator Web browser under an open-source license, laying the foundation for the emergence of Mozilla's Firefox web browser.
  Ars Technica, January 23, 2008

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That's it for this . I'll have more for you next time.

Lee Underwood
Newsletter Editor, WebReference.com
lunderwood(at)jupitermedia.com

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