Web 2.0.11562 beta

Did you know you could drag Firefox tabs to re-order them? You could have found this or pretty much any buzz on the web at popurls.com

Bill Gates not only knows what microformats are but says we need them? Maybe he just likes things that start with “micro”?

There’s Jeremy Keith’s presentation on, what else?, unobtrusive DOM scripting, and finally this great list of AJAX tutorials.

Time for lamenting the productivity loss caused by cool changes in technology. OK, I love the javascript renaissance that is causing people to herald the Web 2.0, even if I join the majority in frowning when I hear that moniker. I suspect that may web developers have forced themselves to practise the black art because of AJAX, and that’s a good thing. But I seem to be suffering from a productivity drop-off and I blame ajax.

I continue to discover my user interface preferences as I create ajax-laden pages. It seems that they take much longer to develop. But the reality is firstly that not only does one fancy ajax-heavy page replace several old-generation pages, or versions of a page. But also that I find myself spending more time tinkering with the UI and making tiny adjustments like I did in ‘94 when the web was a new fascination to be tweaked and adjusted ad naseum.