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<li><a href="#5" >Editorial: Looming Longhorn May Threaten the
Web</a></li>
<li><a href="#7" >Editorial: Internet Explorer to Block Pop-Ups</a></li>
<li><a href="#8" >Quick Tip: Multiple IE Versions on One PC</a></li>
<li><a href="#9" >New Technical Articles</a></li>
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<strong>Someone commented to me today that things seemed a bit quiet
around
SitePoint these days. I don't know about you, but I thought that he must
have been visiting some other site. SitePoint is rockin' hard, and
things
are even more hectic behind the scenes than usual!</strong>
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</a>Top of the list this week is our <strong><a
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Spotlight on Java and J2EE</a></strong>. SitePoint has had introductory
articles on Java, Servlets and JSP for awhile now, but we decided it was
high time we took a close look at some of the newer, more exciting and
advanced things going on in the arena of Java Web development. With a
new
article every day Monday to Friday this week, we're exploring topics
like <strong>
JSP Custom Tags</strong>, the <strong>Java Standard Tag Library</strong>
(JSTL), the <strong>Apache Struts </strong>framework, <strong>JavaServer
Faces</strong>, and <strong>Enterprise JavaBeans</strong> (EJB).
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Meanwhile, we're hard at work on some new features for sitepoint.com to
appear early in the new year. The biggest news is that we're getting
ready
to add <strong>Web logs</strong> (blogs) to SitePoint's content
line-up.
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We're hiring regular columnists for a number of popular subjects who
will
write these blogs and keep the site stocked with relevant, up-to-date
articles. If you'd like to be considered for one of these positions,
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our editor Georgina a line at <a href="mailto:editor@sitepoint.com">
editor@sitepoint.com</a>. Stay tuned for news in the coming months!
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The
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providing
ecommerce services to a large number of companies including Vodafone,
Sony
Music Entertainment and The Register. The gritty details of the attack
are
described in a <a target="_blank"
href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/33799.html">
story from The Register</a>.
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With this issue out of the way, it's time to start packing up my
computer.
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Editorial
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<h2>
<strong>Looming Longhorn May Threaten the Web</strong>
</h2>
<p>
<strong>For those who have been living under a rock, <em>Longhorn</em>
is
the codename for the next desktop version of Windows. As reluctant as I
am
to jump on the bandwagon of Longhorn hype, when the likes of <a
href="http://www.meyerweb.com/" target="_blank">
Eric Meyer</a> begin to fret you've just got to sit up and take
notice.</strong>
</p>
<p>
Though not slated to arrive until at least 2006, a series of leaked
development releases and <a
href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/33077.html" target="_blank">
bizarre publicity stunts</a> from Microsoft have the press buzzing about
every
planned feature of this still-distant release.
</p>
<p>
Two such features that are being discussed this week are <em>XAML</em>
and <em>
Sparkle</em>, both of which have been billed by some as important
challenges
to existing Web technology and standards.
</p>
<p>
<strong>XAML and the Future of the Web</strong>
</p>
<p>
XAML (XML Application Markup Language) will be a technology very much
like <a href="http://www.xulplanet.com/" target="_blank">
XUL</a> (XML User Interface Language), which allows you to write desktop
applications using familiar Web languages like XML, CSS, and JavaScript.
The
XML allows you to describe the user interface elements that the
application
will present, the CSS lets you define their display properties, and the
JavaScript controls the functionality of the application. For a good
introduction to XUL, see Harry Fuecks' <a
href="http://www.sitepoint.com/article/1140" target="_blank">
article series</a> on SitePoint.
</p>
<p>
If the hype is to be believed, XAML will essentially be just like XUL,
except with a foundation of Microsoft proprietary technology. The XML
syntax
will be different, the CSS properties will change, and the scripting
language will no doubt be replaced by the .NET family of languages
(including C# and VB.NET), with access to the class libraries of the
.NET
Framework. Whereas XUL is an open standard supported by open source
software
that can be implemented by 3rd parties, Microsoft will once again choose
to
build its own incompatible alternative from the ground up.
</p>
<p>
The user interface of Longhorn, codenamed Avalon, is said to be written
in
XAML, in the same way that the interface of the Mozilla browsers have
been
written in XUL.
</p>
<p>
Like XUL, XAML will make it much easier for non-expert developers to
build
rich Internet applications that overcome the traditional limitations of
the
Web browser model. In a <a
href="http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/200310.html#t200310024"
target="_blank">
blog entry</a>, renowned CSS expert Eric Meyer explained his suspicion
that
the <em>real</em> limitations that Microsoft hope to overcome are Web
standards.
</p>
<p>
Scarred by incidents like the Eolas '906 patent debacle (discussed <a
href="http://www.sitepoint.com/newsletter/viewissue.php?id=3&issue=76"
target="_blank">
last issue</a>), Microsoft hopes to take the commercial benefits of the
Internet and separate them from the competitive constraints of the Web.
They
would supplant the standards-based, open environment of the Web with a
set
of proprietary Microsoft technologies. Those technologies would be
<em>based</em>
on legitimate open standards like Web Services, but would not themselves
be
open to anyone but Microsoft and Windows developers.
</p>
<p>
We won't know if Meyer's concerns are warranted for quite some time, as
Longhorn is still a very long way off, but it provides important food
for
thought.
</p>
<p>
<strong>Sparkle to Compete with Flash and Director?</strong>
</p>
<p>
Also high on the hype-o-meter this week is Sparkle. Longhorn's graphics
subsystem is planned to take advantage of vector graphics, which among
other
things will enable high resolution displays to enhance the appearance of
the
operating system, rather than simply granting more screen real estate.
Vector graphics also make the creation of animations much more
efficient.
</p>
<p>
While the creation of raster graphics, which have formed the basis of
the
Windows graphics subsystem up until now, requires little more than an
image
editor, vector graphics and animations call for a more sophisticated
tool.
For Longhorn, that tool will be Sparkle.
</p>
<p>
Sparkle will allow developers to create not just animations, but
interactive, animated XAML applications. Although this is yet to be
seen,
the result is expected to look a lot like the kinds of applications that
can
be built today using Macromedia Flash's user interface components,
except
that the resulting applications will of course only run on Windows.
</p>
<p>
Let's be clear: I believe Macromedia have very little to fear from
Sparkle
when it comes to their core user base of Web designers who use Flash to
build vector animations and user interface elements into their sites.
Macromedia's recent attempts to turn Flash into an application
development
environment (with the <a
href="http://www.macromedia.com/software/central/" target="_blank">
Macromedia Central platform</a>, for example), however, may be more
affected.
</p>
<p>
In my view, the latter market has yet to be proven as a profitable one,
but
Macromedia definitely have a good head start if it is. Of course, that
didn't stop Microsoft from mounting a significant challenge to Sun's
Java
with .NET, so Macromedia will definitely want to do all they can to sell
developers on their platform before Longhorn.
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<h2>
Internet Explorer to Block Pop-Ups
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<p>
In an announcement more likely to affect us as Web developers in the
near
future, CNET <a target="_blank"
href="http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5105139.html">
reported</a> this week that Service Pack 2 for Windows XP (slated for
release
in Q2 2004) will include an update to Internet Explorer that causes it
to
block unsolicited pop-up windows by default in the same way that the
Mozilla
browsers do.
</p>
<p>
While pop-ups have represented a waning trend in Web marketing, they are
still a popular and effective tool on many sites. This change to the
most
popular browser among consumers is likely to virtually kill pop-ups as a
useful technique overnight.
</p>
<p>
To be clear, if this feature is implemented as expected, users will be
able
to allow pop-ups globally or for individual sites (as they can for all
security/privacy settings in Internet Explorer), and pop-ups that are
requested by a user request (i.e. by clicking a link or form button)
will
continue to work regardless of this setting. Pop-ups that are opened by
the <code>
onload</code> and <code>onunload</code> event handlers of a page, and by
other
unsolicited means are those that will be blocked by default.
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Quick Tip
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<h2>
Multiple IE Versions on One PC
</h2>
<p>
<strong>It's got to be the biggest, most senseless waste of time in most
Web
designers' working lives: testing multiple versions of Internet
Explorer.
Whether you use a bank of dedicated testing machines, multiple operating
system partitions, or PC emulation software, it's just a ridiculous
hassle.
Well, boys and girls, that's all about to change! </strong>
</p>
<p>
Since Microsoft doesn't let you install different versions side-by-side,
we
designers have had to maintain dedicated testing machines with
out-of-date
versions of Windows in order to test older versions of Internet Explorer
still in circulation. Alternatively, we've had to use vast quantities of
disk space and/or awkward PC emulation software to boot those older
versions
of Windows on their development computer.
</p>
<p>
Well the Holy Grail is here: you can now run Internet Explorer 4, 5,
5.5,
and 6 side-by-side on the same Windows PC.
</p>
<p>
Joe Maddalone, of Insert Title Web Designs noticed that Microsoft used a
neat DLL substitution trick in order to make available test versions of
Internet Explorer modified to comply with the <a
href="http://www.sitepoint.com/newsletter/viewissue.php?id=3&issue=76#5">
Eolas '906 patent</a> that could run side-by-side with the unmodified
version
of the browser.
</p>
<p>
With a little experimentation, he was able to use the same technique to
put
together copies of Internet Explorer 5 and 5.5 that would coexist
peacefully
on a computer with Internet Explorer 6 installed. He has <a
target="_blank"
href="http://www.insert-title.com/web_design/?page=articles/dev/multi_IE">
published an excellent guide</a> to the steps required to do the same.
</p>
<p>
Ryan Parman has <a target="_blank"
href="http://www.skyzyx.com/archives/000094.php">
reported on this in his blog</a>, which provides convenient, pre-packaged
downloads of Internet Explorer 3, 4.01, 5.01 SP2, and 5.5 SP2 with
Maddalone's steps already applied. Simply download each of these
packages,
unzip it, and create a shortcut to the executable file. Just like that
-- a
standalone copy of Internet Explorer!
</p>
<p>
This technique isn't entirely without side-effects; the standalone
copies
behave a little strangely in places:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
the About boxes will display Internet Explorer 6 information in the
old
About boxes
</li>
<li>
using the Favorites menu can cause a system crash
</li>
<li>
you need to use <em>File > Open</em> in IE4 because typing a URL in
the
address bar doesn't seem to work
</li>
</ul>
<p>
Given the time saved by having the different versions available to run
side-by-side on one computer, though, these problems are relatively
minor!
</p>
<p>
Head over to <a target="_blank"
href="http://www.skyzyx.com/archives/000094.php">
Ryan Parman's blog</a> now to grab your copies of the ready-to-run
download
packages while they last! Knowing Microsoft, it will object to the
distribution of their browser in this format. But you can always use <a
target="_blank"
href="http://www.insert-title.com/web_design/?page=articles/dev/multi_IE">
Joe Maddalone's instructions</a> to make your own stand-alone versions if
need
be.
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