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Sunday, October 14 2001

Alex Russell : netWindows

"has about as much to do with windows as a nail factory has with a house: one might help you build the other, but it's mere coincidence that a house got built and not a desk. At it's core, netWindows is a DHTML framework for component and code reuse. What does that mean from an applied standpoint? One of neater uses of this framework is to provide a way to create and use DHTML "widgets". Widgets need not be "windows" or "menus", but can include almost any part of a design that calls for reuse, abstraction, or data representation. In this way, netWindows can function as a display layer for web applications, letting them act more like applications and less like web pages. ... It's also modular to a fault, meaning that if you don't need a part of the system, it doesn't get sent down the wire." The "windows" widget would be useful for things like comments or threaded discussions, but I wonder if it would be effective (read:not annoying) for displaying remote links in a weblog context...

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The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is hector

| source : web1913 | Hector \Hec"tor\, n. [From the Trojan warrior Hector, the son of Priam.] A bully; a blustering, turbulent, insolent, fellow; one who vexes or provokes. | source : web1913 | Hector \Hec"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hectored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hectoring}.] To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying. --Dryden. | source : web1913 | Hector \Hec"tor\, v. i. To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent. --Swift. | source : wn | Hector n : (Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who has killed by Achilles during the Trojan War [syn: {Hector}] v : be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young" [syn: {strong-arm}, {bully}, {browbeat}, {bullyrag}, {ballyrag}, {boss around}, {push around}] | source : gazetteer | Hector, AR (town, FIPS 31150) Location: 35.46570 N, 92.97525 W Population (1990): 478 (192 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72843 Hector, MN (city, FIPS 28124) Location: 44.74143 N, 94.71269 W Population (1990): 1145 (528 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55342 Hector, NY Zip code(s): 14841 | source : vera | HECTOR HEterogeneous Computer TOgetheR (IBM, Uni Karlsruhe, Germany)

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