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2018 est une année particulière pour les sociétés qui s'appuient sur le digital. Cela a commencé avec l'arrivée du Règlement général sur la protection des données (GDPR) qui constitue le nouveau texte de référence, au niveau européen, en matière de protection des données à caractère personnel.

Ce texte impose le respect de la vie privée par les entreprises qui disposent de nos données. En tant qu'internaute, c'est une bonne nouvelle et ce nouveau règlement aurait pu arriver de façon assez transparente. En effet, précédemment, nous avons vu fleurir sur les sites internet des messages "j'accepte l'utilisation des cookies" et combien d'internautes ont chercher à savoir ce qui se cachait derrière cette boîte?

De la même façon, Facebook a souvent été obligé d'adapter ses règles d'utilisation de nos données suite à diverses plaintes, mais pour l'utilisateur du réseau lambda, configurer les droits sur son profil, lire les chartes, c'est juste un "truc chiant".

Et pourtant, en 2018, ce sera très différent. Pour commencer, le GDPR touche autant les PME que les GAFA et pour cette raison, de nombreux cabinets juridiques ont vu derrière le GDPR un marché juteux. On est donc littéralement envahis de publicités qui nous parlent de ce GDPR.

Ensuite, le GDPR n'est qu'une étape. Derrière vient le projet de « Règlement ePrivacy » qui s'applique au traitement des données de communications électroniques.

Les médias se déchaînent sur l'affaire Facebook

Les sujets sur Facebook ont toujours généré une bonne audience dans les médias, si bien que ceux-ci se sont donnés à coeur joie sur le scandale de Cambridge Analytica. Et Facebook en a profité pour rappeler que Google, Twitter et Amazon avaient des pratiques similaires aux siennes.

Vos données privées ne sont pas dans de bonnes mains avec les GAFA ? On le savait, mais cette année, ça va plus loin et Facebook et Google vont devoir se reconstruire une image.

Comment ? Et bien c'est simple, ils vont devoir convaincre les internautes qu'ils sont plus sensibles sur la protection des données que leurs petits concurrents.

Ainsi, Facebook pourrait aller plus loin que le projet de l'Europe en matière de gestion de son identité et Google peut intégrer des fonctionnalités de gestion de ses données dans son navigateur Chrome.

Depuis 2016, l'UE veut bloquer les cookies tiers par défaut dans les navigateurs, vous pensez qu'aujourd'hui, qu'un navigateur pourrait encore le refuser?

Mais on pourrait aller trop loin!

Vous savez, ce que je trouve génial avec le digital, c'est la possibilité de concevoir des idées et de les coder après. Par exemple, on pourrait imaginer qu'un site internet adapte automatiquement sa page d'accueil par rapport à la géolocalisation de l'internaute. Il pourrait aussi le faire sur base de critères socio-démographiques.

On peut aussi imaginer qu'un site mette en avant les articles que vos amis Facebook ont aimés avant.

Ici, je n'invente rien, par contre, je parle de concepts intéressants qui sont de plus en plus compliqués à mettre en place. Pourquoi? Et bien parce que pour chaque possibilité de personnalisation se cache un certain nombre de demandes qui devront être validées par l'internaute.

Cette peur de l'espionnage fige le potentiel du digital. Vous savez, lorsque l'on conçoit un service aujourd'hui, on l'imagine en UCD (user-centered design). C'est-à-dire que l'application doit être plus que personnalisée, elle doit se comporter différemment sur base du profil de l'utilisateur. Et ça, ça devient compliqué.

Moi, ce qui me fait peur, c'est d'arriver vers un web qui va nous harceler avec des demandes de permissions dans tous les sens et pire, une obligation de s'inscrire sur chaque site, seule solution pour cibler l'internaute sans les cookies.

Alors, que faire?

Pour commencer, il faut récupérer la confiance des internautes. On accepte les règles et on conçoit les sites différemment. Depuis plusieurs années, on parle de Privacy by design.

Le concept de "Privacy by Design" a pour objectif de garantir que la protection de la vie privée soit intégrée dans les nouvelles applications technologiques et commerciales dès leur conception. Pour chaque nouveau produit, service ou application traitant des données à caractère personnel, les entreprises et autres responsables du traitement devraient offrir à leurs utilisateurs ou clients le plus haut niveau possible de protection des données.

Le Privacy by design est un argument qui peut être utilisé en communication, tout comme l'éthique, d'ailleurs.

Quand une marque aura réussi le pari d'avoir une image de société éthique, il sera plus facile d'accéder aux permissions pour réaliser des expériences innovantes.

On va donc probablement passer par une phase pendant laquelle les startups, ad-tech et agences qui ne pensent pas en Privacy by design vont être affaiblies et d'autres qui auront compris l'intérêt de la confiance vont profiter de nouvelles opportunités.

Le besoin d'éthique n'est pas limité aux entreprises digitales, ainsi, vous pouvez souscrire à un abonnement en 2 clics , créer un compte en banque ou avoir une carte Visa facilement, mais pour clôturer son compte, c'est souvent e parcours du combattant. Alors, j'espère, mais j'espère vraiment que le digital ne sera pas le seul secteur qui cherchera à récupérer la confiance des consommateurs.

Cet article est publié dans Le grand défi du digital est de récupérer la confiance des internautes sur GloseMedia // SEM & Digital Consultant

20 Apr 2018 9:47pm GMT

Je suis un grand pessimiste et comme beaucoup je m'inquiète de l'obsession de nos enfants et ados pour les écrans. Moi même, je vie cette possession et peut être que vous aussi, vous ne savez plus vivre sans votre smartphone.

Pour la première fois de l'histoire, une génération préfère l'immatériel à l'objet physique. Beaucoup d'enfants et ados ne veulent plus forcément de nouveaux jouets, mais préfèrent un abonnement PlayStation, à Netflix, Spotify, la 4G, un jeu en ligne, des packs de monnaie virtuels pour un jeu, un nouveau filtre Snap et j'en passe.

Le culte de l'objet physique qui perd de son attrait peut nous déstabiliser à Noël, quand on doit offrir des cadeaux qui se trouvent dans le cloud, mais ce qui pourrait nous permettre, un jour de moins polluer. Je dis bien un jour parce qu'aujourd'hui, l'empreinte carbone de la fabrication d'un smartphone ou d'un serveur est très élevée. Il faudra bien des lois qui encadrent tout cela, mais avec le Cloud, il est également de moins en moins nécessaire d'acheter des nouveaux produits digitaux.

L'IA va également bouleverser les habitudes. Nous sommes également entrés dans une économie de partage et le fait qu'un objet digital se duplique beaucoup plus facilement qu'un objet physique est très positif. De ce côté là, en dehors des abus, on peut dire que l'intérêt de nos enfants pour le digital est quelque chose d'assez positif.

Dans ce monde de l'immatériel, un jeune ne doit pas forcément être riche pour être populaire, même si ça aide toujours. Norman faisait des vidéos sans avoir le look de la star du lycée des années 90 mais il est super créatif et ça a fait de lui une personnalité incontournable. Certaines youtubeuses célèbres ont déjà expliqué qu'au lycée, elles étaient harcelées.

Avec internet, il faut bosser, être créatif et s'acharner pour réussir. Ce n'est pas si mal comme message, non ?

Dans le futur, beaucoup de métiers seront totalement virtuels. Des gens bosseront toute la journée dans leur lit. Non, ce n'est pas une bonne chose, mais il faut en être conscient.

Moi j'adore le virtuel, mais à la différence des enfants, je choisis généralement de profiter de ce temps pour enrichir mon esprit, soit en écoutant ses interviews intéressantes, en lisant des articles de qualité, en écrivant des articles qui m'aident à structurer ma pensée et en testant des trucs utiles professionnellement. Je ne suis que rarement en train de traîner sur le web.

Ce n'est pas le cas de beaucoup d'enfants qui jouent, traînent sur Snapchat et n'apprennent rien. Comment convertir le temps passé sur internet et connaissances et surtout pourquoi ne pas exploiter ces canaux pour éduquer les enfants ?

« Il faut absolument qu'on fasse des travaux scientifiques, des travaux pédagogiques, pour trouver des technologies qui permettent d'aider les gens pas très intelligents à devenir plus doués, à mieux comprendre le monde [...] »
- Laurent Alexandre

Et moi, je suis persuadé que Prof-Youtubeur est un métier d'avenir. Le jeune prof qui arrive à adapter des cours avec les codes de YouTube peut être très addictif pour les enfants parce qu'il est évident que les enfants ont une énorme soif de connaissance, mais si apprendre c'est chiant, dans un monde hyper connecté, on ne va pas aller très loin. Comme le dit Laurent Alexandre, il faut trouver des méthodes pédagogique pour apprendre à des personnes qui n'ont pas les capacités intellectuelles pour apprendre. Certains cours s'adaptent parfaitement au format numérique sous forme de vidéo ou de jeu vidéo, comme l'histoire ou la géopolitique.

« Papa, tu sais que [...] , je l'ai entendu sur la chaîne Youtube de Mathieu Sommet »

On aimerait tous que nos enfants lisent 3 livres par semaine, mais les cerveaux de nos enfants seront de moins en moins formatés pour faire des tâches qui ne font appel qu'à un seul sens à la fois comme lire ou seulement écouter de la musique. En tout cas, c'est mon impression.

On a donc aujourd'hui, des canaux très efficaces comme le jeu vidéo et les vidéos ludiques qui correspondent aux besoins des métiers de demain : informatique, IA, multitâche, ... et on nous dit qu'on n'arrive plus à enseigner des matières à nos enfants.

Nous sommes incapables de voir les opportunités que nous offre une génération immatérielle.

Cette génération est en décalage complet avec les modèles imposés par nos ancêtres. Il faudra probablement attendre quelques décennies pour que cette génération prenne le contrôle des institutions et les réforment pour les générations suivantes, mais nous, et je m'en rends compte tous les jours, n'en avons pas du tout la capacité.

Cet article est publié dans Les opportunités de la première génération immatérielle de notre histoire ! sur GloseMedia // SEM & Digital Consultant

25 Feb 2018 8:43am GMT

Les espaces de coworking foisonnent à travers la Belgique, on en trouve même de plus en plus dans les villes wallonnes. Pas étonnant, car cette tendance est vraiment en phase avec le monde de demain.

Les entreprises ne font plus rêver, elles ne garantissent plus la carrière, ne permettent plus de s'épanouir et beaucoup de jeunes diplômés décident de tenter l'expérience du travail en tant qu'indépendant ou freelance.

De nombreuses activités ne nécessitent que d'un PC et d'une connexion internet, parfois, également un lieu de rencontre ou une salle de réunion.

De nombreux signaux montrent que le coworking est partout en croissance et plusieurs études, notamment celle menée par Deloitte en Suisse, l'envisagent même comme « l'espace de travail du futur » et préconise que davantage d'espaces de coworking soient créés afin de répondre à l'évolution des façons de travailler de la population active.

Si les espaces de coworking offrent un cadre de travail de qualité pour les coworkers, leur réseau peut également se développer en ligne. Il est possible de connecter des professionnels ensemble et leur permettre de s'organiser comme une agence, car être indépendant dans un secteur vaste comme le digital, ce n'est pas simple si on n'a pas de collègues sur lesquelles s'appuyer en cas de surcharge de travail. On peut également passer parfois beaucoup de temps à chercher des clients et on doit contourner son manque d'expertises dans certains domaines.

Ce sont de nombreuses préoccupations au quotidien dont on pourrait se passer si on était salarié d'une agence.

En rejoignant un collectif de freelances ou une un réseau de coworkers, l'indépendant peut profiter de certains avantages du travail en entreprise tout en gardant sa liberté. Dans les secteurs du digital, c'est d'autant plus facile, car on peut s'organiser facilement ou échanger des idées en toute confiance avec des channels sur Slack.

Plus de coopération, c'est souvent moins de stress. Il existe de nombreux projets de collectifs, mais vous pouvez aussi me rejoindre sur le BIG Project, un tout nouveau collectif belge de créatif et marketeurs.

Cet article est publié dans Le collectif de freelances, l'agence de demain ? sur GloseMedia // SEM & Digital Consultant

21 Jan 2018 6:43pm GMT

We encountered an issue in the release for jQuery 3.3.0, so we've immediately released another tag. The code itself is identical, but our release dependencies (only used during release) were added to the dependencies of the jQuery package itself due to the new behavior of npm in version 5+. jQuery 3.3.1 is now recommended if … Continue reading →

20 Jan 2018 5:32pm GMT

It's been a while since the last jQuery release, but the Core team hasn't been idle. We've got an all new minor release for you, and it's even got a new feature in it! The .addClass(), .removeClass(), and .toggleClass() methods now accept an array of classes. jQuery(elem).addClass([ 'dave', 'michał', 'oleg', 'richard', 'jason', 'timmy' ]); Generally, … Continue reading →

19 Jan 2018 7:06pm GMT

jQuery 3.2.1 is now available! This release comes with some hotfixes for regressions that were introduced in the 3.2.0 build four days ago. We wanted to release this patch as quickly as possible to squash any bugs you may have experienced when upgrading. The most significant one had to do with retrieving width or height … Continue reading →

20 Mar 2017 7:04pm GMT

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09 Jan 2017 2:14pm GMT

09 Jan 2017 2:00pm GMT

About one year ago, I was all excited to finally hold in my hands the thing that swallowed most of the weekends and vacation days of 2015: a paper copy of my latest book, "Modern Authentication with Azure Active Directory for web Applications". And I just realized I never wrote an "announcement" [...]

09 Jan 2017 9:05am GMT

04 Oct 2016 5:48pm GMT

A very brief history of OpenID Connect

27 Sep 2016 5:22pm GMT

OpenID Connect(OIDC) 1.0 is a key component of the "Cloud Identity" family of standards. At Oracle, we have been impressed by its ability to support federated identity both for cloud business services and in the enterprise. This is the reason why we recently joined the OpenID Foundation as a Sustaining Corporate Member.

In addition to OIDC, we are also strong proponents of the IETF SCIM standard. SCIM provides a JSON-based standard representation for users and groups, together with REST APIs for operations over identity objects. The schema for user objects is extensible and includes support for attributes that are commonly used in business services, such as group, role and organization.

Federated identity involves two components: secure delivery of user authentication information to a relying party (RP) as well as user profile or attribute information. Many of our customers and developers have asked us: can OIDC clients interact with a SCIM endpoint to obtain or update identity data? In other words, can we combine SCIM and OIDC to solve a traditional use-case supported by LDAP for enterprise applications (bind, attribute lookup) recast for the modern frameworks of REST and cloud services.

Working collaboratively with other industry leaders, we have published just such a proposal[1]. The draft explains how an OpenID Connect RP can interact with a SCIM endpoint to obtain or update user information. This allows business services to use the standard SCIM representations for users and groups, yet have the information conveyed to the service in a single technology stack based upon the OIDC protocols.

SAML, OIDC, SCIM and OAuth are the major architectural "pillars" of cloud identity. We would like to see them work together in a uniform and consistent way to solve cloud business service use-cases. Harmonizing SCIM and OIDC is an important step in that direction.

Prateek Mishra, Oracle

[1] http://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-scim-profile-1_0.html

13 Sep 2016 7:18pm GMT

Today marks the release of MooTools Core and More versions 1.6.0. This is a minor revision that delivers a number of bug fixes as well as the introduction of new features.

The main new adition is Class.Thenable which is a new Class mixin that can be used in Promise style flows by using its then method. When implemented in a Class, it makes the class "thenable" in the Promises/A+ sense of the word, meaning it can be used in Promise style flows by using its then method.

The implementation, however, is more than just a "then" method. Any instance of a Class implementing Class.Thenable is a Promises/A+ compliant object (generally referred to as "a Promise") with only one exception: it is possible to reset the Class's value resolution state fully (rejecting pending reactions, and starting empty) to support a Class instance living for longer than just the lifetime of one value resolution.

Example using Request:

var request = new Request();
request.send().then(function(response){ console.log(response.text); });

Example hooking into a native Promise:

var request = new Request();
var promise = Promise.resolve(request);
request.send();
promise.then(function(response){ console.log(response.text); });

You can find this new version 1.6.0 in the website or within the dist folder of the 1.6.0 tag (Core).

IE warning: This will be the last version to support old IE browsers. Next minor and/or major versions should be only IE11+ compatible. We might still release some patch in the 1.6.x version if needed.

Array.from deprecated, now called Array.convert: Following the conclusion of the ES6 specs we know now that Array.from will have a different implementation than the one MooTools uses.
Because of this we renamed Array.from to Array.convert to not overwrite the Native implementation.
We kept it as it was though in the compat layer for compatibility reasons if you really to use it still.

To keep the API consistency we changed also the name of the method in Function, Number and String Types.

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The main changes in this release are:

• Rename .from method in Array, Function, String and Number (#2758)(#2760)
• New feature: Class.Thenable (#2743)
• Add Safari 9 to Sauce Labs tested browsers (#2749)
• Added ESLint to Grunt specs to keep code styled and clean (#2748)
• Gruntfile refactor (#2741)
• MooTools specs goes Mocha (#2737)
• Specs upgrade, refactor and cleanup. Huge specs cleanup by Tim (#2736)
• Fix so the legacy $pick gets exported to global (#2735)
• Fix so Event Class gets exported to global (#2733)

• Add extra aliases to Assets package's description (#1335)
• Added ESLint to Grunt specs to keep code styled and clean (#1327)
• New feature: new option keepOpen to Accordion (#1333)
• New feature: added sort order to onSort function arguments (#1332)
• Fix String.extras regex to not mix self closing tags (#1328)
• Fix validate-match "matchName" when containing spaces(#1186)
• Fix unDraggableTags in Drag (#1159)
• Fix to validate-reqchk-byname (#1329)
• New feature: added IPv6 compatibility to URI.regex (#1322)
• Fix semicolon in end of file that broke packager (#1319)

14 Jan 2016 12:00pm GMT

Today we release MooTools Core versions 1.5.2. In this new version there are some fixes for raised issues and also some new stuff!

You can find the new version in the dist/ folder of the Github repo or on the website.

The main things in this release are:

• Fix "Unspecified Error" in IE when calling getSize() on a node that isn't in the DOM (#2648)
• fix IE version detection in old IE (#2653)
• Protect 'contains' method in Array prototype (#2654)
• Fix httpOnly cookies (#2676)
• Fix Garbage Collect typo in Element Docs (link)
• Fix mouseenter/mouseleave Readme where info was incorrectly placed below mousewheel (#2681)
• Fix camelCasing of -ms- prefixed properties in Element.Styles (#2686)
• Fix visibility when fade is chained (#2597)
• Fix event.key for keypress (link)
• Fix non-enumerables iteration in old IE (#2696)
• Move Object.keys to Core.js, upgrade for in loops (#2696)
• Add pageshow and pagehide events (#2701)
• Fix for typeOf ($family property), when a Class extends a Native Type (#2688)
• Fix mapping of shift onkeypress (#2703)
• Fix relatedTarget in mouseenter and mouseleave (#2697)
• Fix warning for input[type="email"] (#2705)
• Fix Microsoft Edge UA string support to Browser (#2716)
• Fixed broken links in docs (#2728)
• Fixed wrong offset calculation because of floating point values (#2437)
• Added tests for io.js and Node.js versions (0.10 and 0.12) for Mootools Server version (#2729)

• New feature: Class.Singleton (#1285)
• Fix tooltip to not show when empty (#1299)
• Added more Norwegian, Swiss, Argentinian translations
• Fix String.QueryString when converting + into spaces (#1313)
• Fix module definition of Drag, Slider, Sortables, and others to be consistent with others (#1311)
• Add touch events to Drag (#1292)
• Remove old callbacks in Request.JSONP.request_map (#1315)

13 Sep 2015 12:25pm GMT

Today we release MooTools Core and More versions 1.5.1. This continues our improvement work for both Core and More and introduces also some features that were in the queue for being added. This release fixes also a regression related to the mousewheel event.
When preparing the 1.5 release we decided that Core 1.5.x will work with More 1.5.x. This means that, inside the 1.5 space, versions should be compatible and you might be seeing Core or More releases that are not simultaneous.

In 1.5.1 we added a new dist/ folder in Core, present at the tagged commit, for those who want the Core source, as well as a needed update so you can get MooTools via Bower.

Worth a notice is also the new MooTools Packager. MooTools has always been about modularity, and for those of you that want to choose which modules to use you can now use the new MooTools Packager (for Node.js/Grunt), as well as the website builder. The new Packager allows to compile source files from the dependencies in the YAML header. You can find it on GitHub and NPM.

The main things in this release are:

• Mousewheel regression fix for Chrome and Firefox. (link)
• DOMEvent's wheel property now listens for DOM3 wheel event also. (link)
• IE8 iFrame leak fix. (link)
• Added postMessage to NativeEvents. (link)
• Fixed setter so IE7/8 can set text of style element. (link)
• Normalize values on newElement for radio and checkbox types. (link)
• Fixed svg element size. (link)
• Fixed getter behavior for border-radius. (link)
• Added fix for IE8 to be able to set html into style element. (link)
• Added option to trigger xhr.withCredentials without http auth. (link)
• Added the PATCH and HEAD methods to Request. (link)
• Fixed hasClass without classList to comply with ES6. (link)
• Added fix for IE9 when setting an input type to "email". (link)
• Fix for IE when removing delegated "submit" event from destroyed element. (link)
• Updates in Docs.

• Drag position calculation fix. (link)
• Form.Validator.Extras credit card regex update. (link)
• Fix Scroller Class to be able to use window as element. (link)
• Added custom sort function for HtmlTable.Sort. (link)
• Fixed Type error for empty string in Form.Validator. (link)
• Added onLoad callback for local and cross-origin CSS assets. (link)
• Fixed sort regex to respect sci-notated floated numbers in HtmlTable.Sort. (link)
• Fixed scroll miss-placement while dragging and scrolling. (link)
• Updates in Docs.

29 Aug 2014 12:25pm GMT

Hi, I having trouble with change class in HTML report. This change must happen in line and columns when cursor is on a cell. I created an ID for every cell to know witch column is my cursor on. Then run a each() for every cell that has an ID like that one. The problem is the reports with many

20 Dec 2011 7:04pm GMT

Just over a year and a half ago I broke onto the scene with some demos of running YUI on the server with Node.js. This started out as an exercise in just stressing YUI's modularity and its ability to be used in more places than just the browser. Back in April of 2010 I started [...]

07 Nov 2011 7:21pm GMT

We've been busy rounding out our stellar lineup of tech talks for YUIConf 2011! See the latest schedule and register now - early bird registration ends Tuesday, October 24. In conjunction with the Yahoo! Mail team, we're excited to announce the addition of a free workshop: Developing Apps for Yahoo! Mail. Get the hands-on expertise [...]

25 Oct 2011 4:44am GMT

Modules and Loaders inside and outside of YUI Authoring JavaScript in modules is definitely picking up steam these days, and I'm not just talking about YUI. Node.js uses CommonJS 1.1 modules, dojo and others use AMD, and the next version of JavaScript (ok, ECMAScript) will include new syntax for creating and working with modules. So [...]

18 Oct 2011 5:22am GMT

Dear script.aculo.us user!

Announcing our next JavaScript Master Class, Virtual Edition on August 29/30!

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03 Aug 2011 11:49am GMT

This is a bugfix release that bumps script.aculo.us to version 1.9.0.

Most importantly, the included Prototype 1.7 provides performance and compatibility improvements with the latest browsers.

One other fix is includes, that makes the script.aculo.us loader work better if you use script tags in the BODY of your page.

Download at http://script.aculo.us/, or grab/fork the source at http://github.com/madrobby/scriptaculous.

23 Dec 2010 10:02pm GMT

Last week, we tagged the first stable release of 1.7, marking the end of a far-too-long release cycle. We've made more than 50 improvements since the last stable version and are already working on 1.7.0.1.

22 Nov 2010 7:52pm GMT

Release Candidate 3 of Prototype 1.7 is now out. This long-delayed version includes full support for Internet Explorer 9.

12 Oct 2010 8:49pm GMT

Does anyone here had use the jqGrid? If yes, how can I use *onclickSubmit* event in the edit submit button? I cant understand this documentation: http://www.trirand.com/jqgridwiki/doku.php?id=wiki:form_editing Tks. -- Denis Martins

30 Jul 2010 8:34pm GMT

Hi all. I need some suggestion for performing this task: a user using a function common provide to the function a string, however sometimes he must be able to provide a jQuery selector expression and I need to perform different action is this case. How can I do this? -- -- luca

09 Jul 2010 1:18pm GMT

Dear script.aculo.us user!

We're announcing not one but two new JavaScript Master Classes, Virtual Edition on July 13/14 and July 29/30!

Here's what attendees of our first Virtual Edition JavaScript Master Class said:

• "JavaScript Master Class worth every cent. Tons of docs, answers, insights, fun & encouragement. Highly recommended, super friendly."
• "Enjoyed it, learnt a lot and the online format worked very well."
• "Help & clarifications on the side [in the chat] = AWESOME team"
• "Completely Impressed"

This time around, we're splitting each class in two half days, for your learning pleasure. The half-days are designed to take up 9am-1pm ET for our first class, and 9am-1pm PT for the second class, ideal if you are in the US, Canada, or South America.

See http://javascriptmasterclass.com/ for details &emdash; but don't book until you've read the bit about your discount!

Save $100 if you book now!

Since we don't have to travel, pay for a class venue, rent a projector, etc., we can pass the savings on to you! The normal ticket price is $429, and the Early Bird price is just $349.
Because you're an awesome script.aculo.us fan, you get $20 off the Early Bird price, saving $100 over the final ticket price.

Here's how to get your ticket for just $329. Go to: http://javascriptmasterclass.com/

Click the bigass pink button to book your ticket. Then enter the fancy code:
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But hurry, as the early bird pricing expires soon, on July 4 for the Class on July 13/14, and on July 19, for the Class that's on on July 29/30.

See you at the class!

30 Jun 2010 8:26pm GMT

Already moonlighting on Chatroulette, the beloved Travelocity Roaming Gnome has decided to participate in the location-sharing movement as well, and will be updating followers about his exotic whereabouts on Foursquare.

The move rounds out the Gnome's social media portfolio - which, in addition to Chatroulette, includes a very active presence on Facebook and Twitter.

Fans can look for the gnome to check in at various locations across London over the course of the weekend, says Travelocity representative Joel Frey.

Frey also tells us that the Gnome's foray into Foursquare was timed with Virgin Atlantic's first seasonal flight from Chicago to London yesterday. In fact, Gnome lovers can check out photos from the glamorous first-class trip on his Facebook Page.

Which brings us to the bigger picture. Location-sharing isn't exactly an activity that can be completed behind a desk. I asked Frey whether or not the Gnome would be open to meeting up with fans during his worldly treks, to which he replied, "We'd love to run into Fousquare friends and will also being do a tweetup on Tuesday evening."

"To have an icon like the Gnome at our disposal to engage with travelers on all of these new communication channels is an amazing opportunity and we'd be foolish not to play," Frey concluded.

We tend to agree and find social media to be the perfect vehicle for the Gnome to spread the Travelocity message. Bon voyage!

[img credits: Travelocity]

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28 May 2010 10:59pm GMT

In an interesting nugget of Friday afternoon news, Michael Arrington of TechCrunch has posted an article featuring a preview of the upcoming fourth version of the social news site Digg. Founder Kevin Rose has published a glorious 1080p video to YouTube aimed at explaining the new features to publishers. Among the most interesting features is the inclusion of social network contacts into the Digg ecosystem, as well as the ability for publishers to auto-publish stories to Digg via an RSS feed.

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Just like when joining most Web services these days, users will be asked to search their Facebook and Twitter accounts (among others) to follow friends and contacts via Digg. The Digg homepage will then default to a page consisting entirely of stories dugg by the users they choose to follow. When browsing articles either on the social "My News" section, or on the more traditional "Top News" tab, users will be able to see which stories their friends have dugg, as well as view their friends' comments directly in-line with the story.

Rose says these new features play into the hands of publishers because the viral aspect of sharing stories with friends will help stories achieve higher digg counts. If one person diggs a story, it shows up on the homepages of their followers, and if they digg it, the process continues. To make the process of getting articles online even simpler, publishers can now claim their RSS feeds and automatically publish their content on Digg without having to visit the site.

These changes and additions may be just what the doctor ordered for Digg which has had to continually delay these updates. Personally the preview looks pretty slick, and may actually bring me back to using Digg on a more regular basis. Check our Rose's video below and let us know what you think in the comments.

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28 May 2010 10:50pm GMT

The first TechCrunch Disrupt conference kicked off with a bang this week in New York, with Charlie Rose interviewing renown venture capitalists John Doerr, and Yuri Milner. Highlights of the conference included a colorful exchange between TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington and Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz; Sean Parker and David Kirkpatrick discussing the past, present and future of Facebook, and VCs Fred Wilson and Ben Horowitz debating the virtue of the lean vs. fat startup. We also heard from Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber's managers and celebrated the winner of the startup battlefield competition: Soluto. Here's a comprehensive list of all of our coverage of the event.

Session One: Disruptive Ideas & Marketplaces

UJAM: UJAM Turns Whistling, Humming, And Even Tone Deaf Singing Into Musical Masterpieces (link), Chris Sacca Singing On UJAM (link)

Off & Away: Five Star Hotels At Motel Prices: Off & Away Is Swoopo For Hotel Rooms (link)

Fluidinfo FluidDB Aims To Become The Wikipedia Of Databases (link)

Soluto Soluto Figures Out What's Bogging Down Your PC (And Tells You How To Fix It) (link)

Betterment Betterment Wants To Be Your New, Higher-Yield Savings Account (link)

Session Two: Disruptive Apps & Services

Audioo: A "Blippy For Voicemail," Audioo Is A Fun Privacy Disaster Waiting To Happen (link)

Textingly: Textingly Lets Companies Manage Their Text Messaging Efforts (link)

VideoGenie: VideoGenie Aims To Help Brands And Consumers Connect Through Video (link)

Publish2: Publish2 Wants To Disrupt The Associated Press With An Online News Exchange (link)

Audience Choice: Live Intent: LiveIntent Turns Static Social Media Sharing Buttons Into Dynamic Ones (link)

Session 3: Disruptive Streams

Geotoko: Geotoko Allows Businesses To Set Up Location-Based Marketing Campaigns (link)

ChompOn: ChompOn Is A White-Label Platform For Groupon-Like Deals (link)

Tickreel: Tickreel Aims To Add A Powerful Filter To The Realtime Web (link)

keenkong: Keenkong Manages The Social Media Overload For Marketers (link)

WeReward: WeReward's iPhone App Lets You Earn Cash For Check-Ins (link)

Compass Labs Compass Labs Tries To Pinpoint Purchase Intent On Twitter (link)

Session 4: Disruptive Entertainment

NoiseToys: Jai Ho! A Rockstar Team Brings Social Gaming To Music With NoiseToys (link)

Live Matrix: The Entire Web Gets A TV Guide With Live Matrix (like)

MOVIECLIPS: Movieclips Wants To Drink Other Movie Clips Sites' Milkshake With Mashups (like)

Art.sy: Screw The Gallery, Discover The Next Great Picasso At Art.sy (like)

Audience Choice: Plantly: "Plantly Is An Investment Tool That Aims Not To Suck" (like)

Panels and Presentations:

The Hackathon:

Over 300 Battle At Disrupt Hackathon (link), Inside Disrupt Hackathon [Video] (link), Future Mario, Twitter Demographics And Worst Phone Ever Win The #TCDisrupt Hackathon (link)

Day One:

The Big Picture: Tectonic Shifts in Technology, Special Series with Charlie Rose
John Doerr, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (link)
Yuri Milner, CEO & Founding Partner, Digital Sky Technologies (link)

TweetUp (link)

Hollywood-Flavored Fireside: Funny or Die Disrupts (link)

Evolve or Die: The Evolution of Music, TV, Games and Publishing (link)

Tunerfish (link)

Fireside Chat With Carol Bartz (link), Carol Bartz To Michael Arrington: "F*ck Off!" (link), Video (link)

Fireside: Social Networks & Online Content: Where's it Going? (link)

Does The IPad Change Everything For News, Or Is It Still All About The Web? (link)

Day Two:

Scribd HTML5 Presentation (link)

The Mobile Disruption-What's Next? (link), Google's Gundotra On Apple, The Fight For Developers' Hearts [Video] (link), Facebook, It's OK To Want To Make Money [Video] (link)

Social & Local Demo by Yext (link)

Mayor Bloomberg Calls For More NYC Startups At TechCrunch Disrupt (link)

Fireside: Local Content, Local Ads, and Everything in Between. How is AOL Changing? (link), AOL Now Employs 4,000 Journalists (But Only 500 Are Full-Time) (link)

The Lean vs Fat Startup Debate (link)

Fireside Chat With Steve Case (link), Steve Case Recalls When AOL Almost Bought Yahoo For $2 Million (link)

Digital Crowds into Dollars (link), Help GE "Avoid The Lame" For Their Next Digital Advertising Campaign (link)

Exits: The 2010 Outlook (link)

Day Three

Success Strategies for Musicians in the Digital Era (link)

Mobile & Commerce Demo of Square by Jack Dorsey (link), Video: Jack Dorsey Shakes Down Arrington, Calacanis, And Google In Seconds (link)

Social Advertising Demo of Clickable (link)

Fireside Chat: Online Advertising (link)

Social Networking & Social Change (link)

Getting it Built (link)

Venture Capitalists Get Grilled (And Pitched At Urinals) At #TCDisrupt (link)

The Facebook Effect (link), Wirehog, Zuckerberg's Side Project That Almost Killed Facebook (link), Sean Parker: Credits Poised To Make Up 1/3 Of Facebook's Income In The Next 12 Months (link)

The TechCrunch Disrupt Final Five: Betterment, MOVIECLIPS, Publish2, Soluto And UJAM (link)

Measurement Demo: ComScore (link)

Hack Day Finalists (link)

Art.sy Wins The TechCrunch Rookie Disruptor Award (link)

Startup Battlefield Finale (link)

The Winner: Soluto (link)

Checkout all the photos from the conference here. And in case you missed it, you can also watch videos from the event here.

28 May 2010 10:35pm GMT

We've just tagged Release Candidate 2 of Prototype 1.7, with the intent of putting out a final 1.7 release very soon.

13 May 2010 12:19am GMT

Topic: Extending Request class → Request.HTML stops working Message: I have extended the Request class to create this sort of functionality. However; this causes the Request.HTML to stop working. I think I understand what the problem is, but I am unsure if this should be considered impossible, or simply a bug? A simple testcase; running on top of 1.2 Request = new Class({ Extends: Request, initialize: function(options) { this.parent(options); this.addEvent('onRequest', this.onAjaxRequest); }, onAjaxRequest: function() { alert('waa?'); }, }); console.log(new Request({url: '/'})); console.log(new Request.HTML({url: '/'})); This code throws 'Request.HTML is not a constructor' when the second Request is performed. Any ideas on how to fix this?

15 Jun 2008 7:24pm GMT

Topic: modal popup w/ arrows and easy placement for 1.11 Message: Good job! Unfortunately it does not work with opera 9.5 :( The position of the modal window is messed up.

15 Jun 2008 4:39pm GMT

Topic: The forums are kind of down Message: Since the 1.2 release; the forum homepage says 'MooTools websites are under maintenance. We'll be back soon with new content.'. It seems to me someone forgot to update the index.php?

15 Jun 2008 2:33pm GMT