Back in 2008, Apple introduced the new Mini DisplayPort standard as the only video output method on the new MacBooks and LCDs. Mini DisplayPort is a freely-licensed VESA standard [1] and has now been adopted by a number of other display manufacturers, and is a miniaturized version of the original DisplayPort interface.
This week, the fourth [...]
Tag Archive for 'standards'
Google Abandons Standards, Forks OpenID
Published by October 29th, 2008 in Corporate Talk, Google, Security 74 CommentsA couple of hours ago, the Google Security Team posted an article claiming that Google’s made the switch to OpenID, joining Yahoo! and Microsoft in the ranks OpenID providers.
But it looks like someone may have been a bit to hasty to pull that switch (perhaps itching to get some of the limelight Microsoft has been [...]
Creating a (Unified!) Vendor-Neutral Markup Standard
Published by February 21st, 2007 in Programming, Software 1 CommentTake a look at any blog, wiki, forum, etc. Specifically, look at how posts are created, filtered, and displayed. There are dozens of different ways for authors to specify the formatting and content of their articles/posts, and hundreds of ways to render the results. Some blogs rely on now-famous 3rd-party markup implementations like Textile and [...]
The Difference Between an Acronym and an Abbreviation
Published by February 5th, 2007 in Guides, Programming 2 CommentsTen to one, if you’re posting an article, creating a web page, or just coding some HTML; and you’re about to code in a <abbr> tag to let people not “in the know” get what exactly it is that you’re talking about, you actually should be using the <acronym> tag instead. Maybe you’re not even [...]
The Need for Creating Tag Standards
Published by January 15th, 2007 in Corporate Talk, Programming, Software 84 CommentsWeb 2.0, blogging, and tags all go together, hand-in-hand. However, while RPC standards exist for blogs and the pinheads boggle over the true definition of a “blog,” no one has a cast-in-iron standard for tags. Depending on where you go and who you ask, tags are implemented differently, and even defined in their own unique way. [...]
