ALA serves up a great article addressing the dangers of cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. Author Niklas Bivald says,
Validating and sanitizing user input is no longer optional. Consider what your users really need to do, think about what characters they need to accomplish those tasks, and strip/convert as necessary to protect your community.
Part 1 provides examples [...]
Bite Size Standards went online today, offering web development tutorials, tips, etc. In their own words:
The basic idea being that busy web designers don’t always have time to read or write lengthy tutorials but that a daily “bite” of useful information, taken or given, could be good for the soul.
Sounds promising. Hat tip to snook [...]
Although Firefox is my primary browser, there are still occasions when I find myself using Internet Explorer for one reason or another. Recently, while using IE, I attempted to download a file to my desktop. After selecting Save and choosing my desktop folder as the target, the download started. When the download window closed [...]
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2 Released. Here’s what’s new:
Universal Binary support for Mac OS X which provides native support for Macintosh with Intel Core processors.
Firefox supports the enhancements to performance introduced by the new MacIntel chipsets.
Improvements to product stability.
Several security fixes.
Download here.
Lifehacker shows you how to back up del.icio.us bookmarks on your blog. As the article points out, aside from backups, there are other benefits to doing this:
It also kills two birds with one stone: participate in the del.icio.us community AND update your blog daily with one del.icio.us post.
This is a “no-hassle” solution done completely through [...]
Adrian Holovaty explains how he’s using Amazon S3 to serve media files. I’m not entirely sure that this constitutes best use of S3, but this article is certainly worth reading if you are interested in a simple example using Python and the S3 API.
Ed Bott weighs in on Apple’s Boot Camp announcement, and makes the case for virtualization over dual-booting in the process.
The moment everyone has been waiting for? Apple Introduces Boot Camp. This beta offering is designed to allow Intel-based Macs to run Windows XP, and will become a feature in an upcoming OS X release. From the PR release:
Apple® today introduced Boot Camp, public beta software that enables Intel-based Macs to run Windows XP. Available as [...]
If you want to simplify delivery, management, and analysis of your site’s feeds, FeedBurner is a great solution. This page will give you a quick summary of what FeedBurner is about. One of my favorite features (complete list of features) is SmartFeed™, an option that provides a subscriber-aware version of your feed to an aggregator, [...]
