Monthly Archives: February 2008

Yahoo Open Search Platform announced

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Yahoo has gone into release-mode after the Microsoft-bid. Maybe they are trying to convince the shareholders that they have gained momentum and do not need Microsoft. I do not know, but they have released some interesting news the latest weeks including Yahoo Buzz, Yahoo Video, Yahoo UI 2.5 and now the Open Search Platform is announced.

The Open Search Platform will open up for site owners to enhance the search result experience.

[The Platform] will consist of a set of APIs that allow third parties to modify search results on Yahoo by adding images, structured data and additional deep links

The possibility to add dynamic data to an item is appealing to a publisher, and if used wisely this feature may actually increase the user experience. In contrast to Google Subscribed Links, Open Search features will be turned on by default for users, with extra features available opt-in.

SEO, search marketing and online marketing is one part of the front end architecture and we focus on giving you more articles within that area on The Frontend.

Book Review: Learning jQuery

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I have had the opportunity to read Karl Swedberg and Jonathan Chaffers book Learning jQuery : Better Interaction Design and Web Development with Simple JavaScript Techniques and I recommend the book for designers as an introduction to jQuery and JavaScript and as a reference for more experienced developers who wants to dive into jQuery JavaScript Library.

Both Karl Swedberg and Jonathan Chaffer are Web Standards Advocates and all of the examples more or less comply to Progressive Enhancement, making jQuery and JavaScript adding more behavior to an already functioning web. It is important that JavaScript is presented this way, as a lot of older developers and designers who saw the JavaScript-savvy webs that where built pre-millenium and have in memory pages that only work on specific browsers and so on.

Learning jQuery does what it say, it helps designers and programmers to enhance their webs with jQuery and JavaScript. I recommend this book both for designers looking for adding skills to their portfolio and for developers who wants to learn JavaScript the jQuery way.

If you are interested to read more on front end architecture we cover this on The Frontend Blog