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Content Scripts in Chromium
"Here's an interesting factoid about browser extensions: lots of them are not about extending the browser at all. By my count, about 75% of the this week's top 20 Firefox extensions are more about extending the web content rendered by the browser than extending the browser itself. Similar trends exist in other browser extension systems."
Ending The ga.js Wait
Alex Russell talks about how to make Google Analytics load faster and better.
TaskFox Mouse: Iteration 0
"That’s where the mouse-based version of TaskFox comes in. Previously, we’ve looked at a mouse-based version of Ubiquity. For the 0th iteration for TaskFox we wanted to take a different tack to play with are just starting the exploration — we want to to explore numerous directions before choosing one.
We call this the 0th iteration because we’re not happy with it. Process in design is important."
Android Developers Blog: Getting ready for Android 1.5
"Android version 1.5 introduces APIs for features such as soft keyboards, home screen widgets, live folders, and speech recognition. At the developer site, you can download the early-look Android 1.5 SDK, read important information about upgrading your Eclipse plugin and existing projects, and learn about what's new and improved in Android 1.5."