VirtueDesktops for Mac + Dojo.sql ENCRYPT(?) screencast

This is wild. For those of us awaiting the release of "spaces" in Mac OS X Leopard, in the meantime you can download VirtueDesktops
http://virtuedesktops.info/index.php/downloads/
http://virtuedesktops.info/index.php/about/

I caught the use of this during a screencast by Brad Neuberg (http://dojotoolkit.org/offline), and have been playing around with it on my Mac today. You can see him use Virtue Desktops in this screencast where he efficiently moves to different desktops. IMO, it's a great way to efficiently organize my machine. Thanks for the link, Brad!

Incidentally, the screencast is related to encrypting data with Dojo Offline. If you're interested in that screencast it is here, it's pretty sweet:
http://codinginparadise.org/video/dot/dot_encryption_small.mov

On the Google Gears mailing list Brad mentions that enabling transparent encryption and decryption will be in the Dojo Offline port that runs on top of Google Gears in about 2 weeks. Looking forward to seeing that high level lib on top of Gears!

more Tamarin and Mozilla reading...

For those so inclined, some interesting reads regarding some expert thoughts on Tamarin, Mozilla, Firefox, Adobe, JavaScript ...

Brendan Eich (Mozilla):
http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roadmap/archives/2007/03/the_open_web_and_its_adversari.html
http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roadmap/archives/2006/11/project_tamarin.html

Anne Zelenka (Red Monk):
http://redmonk.com/anne/2007/01/08/why-open-is-good/

Emmy Huang (Adobe):
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/logged_in/ehuang_tamarin.html

Using Firebug in IE, Opera, Safari

Most people know about Firebug, as a plugin to Firefox... but you can also debug javascript in other browsers with Firebug, by installing Firebug Lite.

http://www.getfirebug.com/lite.html

It's awesome to include a .js file, open up Internet Exploder, and use alot of the Firebug goodness to check browser compatibility. (after test, or prior to loading to your production webserver, simply comment out that line of .js and you won't take a hit when it comes to page load times).

Here is some more Firebug documentation and references from their site:
http://www.getfirebug.com/docs.html

Core Javascript & Ajax Development Links

...some handy references for all of us writing Javascript and Ajax apps (specifically with Prototype.js, but many of the links help writing and testing JS in general) Enjoy:

Core Javascript 1.5 Reference
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference

Javascript Style Guide on Mozilla's Development Center:
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/JavaScript_style_guide

Prototype Javascript Framework API docs:
http://www.prototypejs.org/api

Script.aculo.us Effects Library tag docs:
http://wiki.script.aculo.us/scriptaculous/tags/

Dan Webb's LowPro.js:
http://www.danwebb.net/2006/9/3/low-pro-unobtrusive-scripting-for-prototype

Joe Hewitt's Firebug plugin docs and download:
http://www.getfirebug.com/docs.html

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843

Selenium:
http://www.openqa.org/selenium/

"Quality", by Douglas Crockford

Insightful presentation by Douglas Crockford on "quality". Engaging and worth watching:
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=529579