20Aug/08Off
Random rants
- Is the SOAP Stack an Embarrassing Failure? (Or should that be "Java's SOAP Stack" rather?) Axis 2, um, "leads the pack" in that regard. WS-* not complicated enough for you? Let's reinvent the app server wheel while we're at it too. If you have to do Web Services in Java, I recommend you check out Spring Web Services.
- Enabling Media Sharing in Vista doesn't unblock the Windows Firewall ports it uses. A while ago I got this to work with my Xbox 360 (though it was much slower and never worked with video compared to the free, 3rd party app TVersity). Then one day it decided to stop working. Turns out that Windows Firewall decided to block it for no apparent reason. This despite me re-enabling Media Sharing several times afterwards. @#$%! And this, kids, is why Apple is winning this round.
- Badly implemented Ajax is worse than no Ajax. We survived for many years without dynamic web pages but now everyone feels the need to Web 2.0-ify their online presence. Looking at you, Good Reads. Rendering badly in Firefox is not hip in this day and age
P.S. Don't you just hate it when they put footnotes at the end of a book?