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  • 29 Mar

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    JQuery 1.5(.1) now released

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    So because I’ve been too busy with developing and trying to keep up with everything else in life I really have not been able to update my blog for a while. So if you have been silly enough to check frequently then you’ve been bored and for that I’m sorry. But… Good news is jQuery 1.5 has been released then before I’ve even decided to write about it 1.5.1 has also been released.

    I’ve been using it for a few weeks now and it has been so much more stable than 1.4.x – I pretty much bypassed that whole release as it was full of bugs and was a step backwards for jQuery in my opinion. 1.5.x has proven to redeem itself and proven to be faster and more stable then the previous 1.4.x release. Fingers crossed it stays that way and I don’t run into any major compatibility issues. 1.4.x was particularly unstable IE7.

    You can get more details or download jQuery from jquery.com

  • 17 Nov

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    Facebook is killing itself

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    You may remember a few years back there was a little old site called MySpace, MySpace was everywhere, anyone under the ages of 21 had it. Then came along Facebook, it was confusing at first and no-one really knew what it was. People liked it for 2 reasons, 1 it was easy to join and 2 it was trendy. MySpace then became less cool as it just copied Facebook. Today MySpace is nothing less than a site that bands create profiles for no-one to look at.
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  • 09 May

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    The death of Flash.

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    I’ve always been against Adobe Flash. It’s slow, CPU consuming, insecure, painful to work with and overly very user unfriendly. Finally my dislike for Flash is being met with by powerful companies who are all now rallying against Flash and pushing towards HTML 5.

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  • 22 Jan

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    YouTube supports HTML 5 to rid Flash

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    YouTube has just launched an opt-in beta to support a HTML 5 instead of the flash player that we’re used to. If you’re like me you try to avoid using Flash where-ever possible, and HTML 5′s video support is a step closer to a Flash-free web.

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  • 27 Nov

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    A new way to keep up to date with web design + development news.

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    Like most people, you probably have many blogs you check out frequently. A new site (Web Resauce) aggregates around 100 web design + development blogs (including this one) into one location so you can scan just 1 site for articles that interest you. Web Resauce allows you  to either view the article on the bloggers site or view it on Web Resauce with it’s readability focused design.

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  • 16 Oct

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    HTML 5 is coming [video]

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    So unless you’ve had your head under a rock for the past year or so you’ll have heard about HTML 5. But what’s to be expected in HTML 5 and when can we start using it? Well, you could start using it today in theory, however the full HTML 5 spec isn’t quite finished meaning browsers haven’t rolled out all the features. So who’s on board and what exactly can you do?

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  • 18 Aug

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    It’s all about me…

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    Time to take a brief step back from the usual chatter – and tell the world about me! For those who don’t know, my name is Jason Stockton and I am a web developer from Melbourne, Australia. The reason I started this blog was because all too many times I’ve come across issues when developing sites that I could just not find solutions for. Often I’d waste hours trying to find the solution when usually it’s really simple. Thus I started this blog to hopefully save people a little bit of hair pulling and then eventually premature balding. I believe for the most part the blog has been successful for helping a number of people with various issues.

    I’ve also just released a website about me and my web development so check it out!

    http://www.jasonstockton.com.au/

    Enjoy! Feel free to let me know your thoughts of the site =)

  • 03 Feb

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    Long time no post

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    It has been a while since I have a had a chance to keep everyone up to date with solutions to common and uncommon problems and all the other goings on in the web world. There is 2 reasons for this, the main one is a web development business is booming as businesses prepare themselves for the foreseen “recession”. The second is I have released my first major website in Beta. It’s called NexTunes, and it is an Australian Social Music Network site, be sure to jump on at www.NexTunes.com.au and let me know your thoughts! I’d hoped to add new features to it by now however time is not on my side at the moment…

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  • 05 Dec

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    Stop internet censorship in Australia!

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    The Australian Federal Government is pushing forward with a plan to force Internet Service Providers to censor the Internet for all Australians. This plan will waste tens of millions of taxpayer dollars and slow down Internet access, not to mention block many sites from being accessed in Australia.

    Despite being almost universally condemned by the public, ISPs, State Governments, Media and censorship experts, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy is determined to force this filter into your home.

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