Me.com was up, briefly, just long enough for me to grab my usual handle and get the confirmation message in fact.
I did get a brief glimpse of the UI complete with a Finder-like view of various folders once I clicked past a warning about Internet Explorer 7 not being supported. Seconds later things stopped responding and then the original placeholder was back.
It’s no secret Apple have been using the SproutCore framework in producing Me.com and that while SproutCore isn’t tied to Ruby on Rails it seems likely Apple went with Rails given the lack of interest in WebObjects and more and more Rails articles turning up on ADC.
If they’ve gone down that route I’m hoping we’re not in for a ride like the Rails powered Twitter one takes us on. Despite being relatively simple functionality it has been unable to cope with the demand and ability to scale which means downtime, slowness and features being switched off are regularly observed.
They are using WebObjects after all so expec...
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Localizing MVC for ASP.NET views and master pagesPost Date: 2008-04-26 18:17:49
Microsoft’s MVC for ASP.NET is still under serious development but at the moment support for localization is a little weak. Here’s one approach that works with the 04/16 source-drop.
LocalizingWebFormViewLocator class
This class helps by trying to identify language-specific versions of views, user controls and master-pages where they exist, falling back to the generic one where necessary.
public class LocalizingWebFormViewLocator : ViewLocator
{
public LocalizingWebFormViewLocator&...
Boot Camp 2.1, VMware Fusion 1.1.2 and MacBook Pro firmwarePost Date: 2008-04-24 16:47:05
Boot Camp 2.1
Apple have released Boot Camp 2.1 which finally includes official 64-bit support on Vista and support for Windows XP Service Pack 3.
This update may mean that 3D games will play without locking up or installing NVidia’s own drivers and that the trackpad functions correctly again (broken since Boot Camp 1.x)
MacBook Pro Firmware 1.5.1
Apple’s MacBook Pro Firmware Update 1.5.1 applies to all recent MacBook Pro’s including the ones with MBP31.0070.B05 firmwar...
WordPress 2.5 notes from the fieldPost Date: 2008-04-18 06:59:04
It’s been a few weeks since I upgraded to WordPress 2.5 and whilst the upgrade went well it hasn’t been all plain sailing.
New and changed
Manage files removed
The Manage > Files administration function has been silently removed despite still appearing in the on-line documentation.
If you don’t have FTP access this was the only way to modify your .htaccess and other important files without installing additional software. I can understand such a powerful function could be abused...
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