I've been following the indonesian startup community for a while, but unfortunately my bahasa is not quite at the level that allows me to casually drop a glance at twitter and go on with my work. While looking for a solution to translate tweets into english for firefox, it turns out that there are a … Continue reading On translating Tweets
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Scaling sprite image
If you've always wanted, just like me, a way to scale images used in CSS sprites: there's a way [1]. It essentially comes down to a clever overlaying of a mask on an image: 1. a div with overflow:hidden and of a fixed size 2. an img pointing to the sprite is placed inside the … Continue reading Scaling sprite image
GWT RPC calls with Http GET method
GWT's RPC [1] component comes handy when communicating with java backends - it's like RMI restricted to asynchronous calls, however it escapes any attempts to cache server responses. This post discusses a moderately simple way of making RPC responses cacheable by Http proxies and browsers. I'm not going into the details of the RPC lifecycle … Continue reading GWT RPC calls with Http GET method
When IE does not load images
Recently the need for a custom photo gallery surfaced in one of my GWT pet projects. While such an endeavour seems endless from an artistic point of view, the mechanics behind it - at least for my humble needs - were rather simple: the gallery widget will be given a list of image IDs for … Continue reading When IE does not load images
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