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	<title>Brian Crescimanno</title>
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	<description>Thoughts on Ajax, Flex, and Rich Internet Applications</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Which JS Framework is &#8220;The Best&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://briancrescimanno.com/2008/06/27/which-js-framework-is-the-best/</link>
		<comments>http://briancrescimanno.com/2008/06/27/which-js-framework-is-the-best/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[javascript]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[jquery]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[mootools]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After my recent tutorial was posted on NETTUTS, I found the feedback filled with comments such as:
Jquery is the best and can be used to do all of this stuff plus more.
and
Yeah, I agree NETTUTS should only go away from jQuery when it can’t perform something
Reader Tim commented:
Nice. but which is best? Scriptaculous, Mootools, jQuery, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accordion Tutorial on NETTUTS</title>
		<link>http://briancrescimanno.com/2008/06/11/accordion-tutorial-on-nettuts/</link>
		<comments>http://briancrescimanno.com/2008/06/11/accordion-tutorial-on-nettuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[accordion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[javascript]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[nettuts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[prototype]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[scriptaculous]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[tutorial]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Several of the websites produced by Eden have become perennial favorites in my RSS reader, including FlashDen, PSDTUTS, and most recently, NETTUTS.  Recently, I wrote a tutorial for NETTUTS that you can check out on their site, it's titled Create a Simple, Intelligent Accordion Effect Using Prototype and Scriptaculous.  While you're there, I highly recommend checking out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Method &#038; Function Binding in Prototype Javascript</title>
		<link>http://briancrescimanno.com/2008/06/06/method-function-binding-in-prototype-javascript/</link>
		<comments>http://briancrescimanno.com/2008/06/06/method-function-binding-in-prototype-javascript/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bind]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[function binding]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[javascript]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[prototype]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few days, I've been asked by several colleagues about Prototype's bind() method; what exactly it does and when it should be used. In short, method binding in prototype allows you control the object that the keyword this references within a given context.  Binding is a fairly complicated topic that, as I'm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Performance is in the Details</title>
		<link>http://briancrescimanno.com/2008/05/29/performance-is-in-the-details/</link>
		<comments>http://briancrescimanno.com/2008/05/29/performance-is-in-the-details/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 12:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[$$]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dom]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[element.select]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[javascript]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[performance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[prototype]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This past week, some colleagues and I sat around a brainstorming table trying to isolate what was causing a particular page to load incredibly slowly in Internet Explorer 6.  Drawing on our combined years of experience, and our mutual disdain for IE6, we came up with what we believed to be a solid list [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping Track of Focus</title>
		<link>http://briancrescimanno.com/2008/05/22/keeping-track-of-focus/</link>
		<comments>http://briancrescimanno.com/2008/05/22/keeping-track-of-focus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 15:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[event delegation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[focus]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[javascript]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One annoying limitation of Javascript is that there is no easy way to track which element currently has focus.  In general, we don't really need this information; however, I've recently run across a case where it would be a good idea to be able to know which element currently has focus.  Here's a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Introduction to Javascript Event Delegation</title>
		<link>http://briancrescimanno.com/2008/05/19/an-introduction-to-javascript-event-delegation/</link>
		<comments>http://briancrescimanno.com/2008/05/19/an-introduction-to-javascript-event-delegation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 19:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[event bubbling]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[event delegation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[event handling]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[events]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[javascript]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As development in Javascript moves further away from rollovers and other simple effects into developing true Rich Internet Applications, the number of events we have on our pages increases seemingly exponentially.  Catch a left click, a right click, focus, blur, etc.--we're constantly pushing the boundaries of the Javascript event model.  Through all of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JavaScript Event &#038; Event Method Bugs and Workarounds</title>
		<link>http://briancrescimanno.com/2008/05/14/javascript-event-event-method-bugs-and-workarounds/</link>
		<comments>http://briancrescimanno.com/2008/05/14/javascript-event-event-method-bugs-and-workarounds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 20:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[event handling]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[events]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[firefox]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[javascript]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[prototype]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[safari]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today I spent a good deal of my time dealing with Javascript event handling and delegation using the Prototype javascript library with relation to some forms in our current project.  In addition to simply firing and catching events using actual events, this applications also make use of the click() and focus() methods to fire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adobe Flex 3: Training From the Source - Finally, a good Techincal Book!</title>
		<link>http://briancrescimanno.com/2008/05/13/adobe-flex-3-training-from-the-source-finally-a-good-techincal-book/</link>
		<comments>http://briancrescimanno.com/2008/05/13/adobe-flex-3-training-from-the-source-finally-a-good-techincal-book/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 18:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Informational Resources]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[adobe]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[books]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[flex]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[oreilly]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I've been reading technical books for years on topics ranging from beginning programming guides with C to Adobe Photoshop tips and tricks.  Like most people in this field, I've long been a fan of O'Reilly books (I think my first one was a Perl 5 book somewhere around the 1999 timeframe).  However; recently, I've been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Design for Objectives; Not Requirements</title>
		<link>http://briancrescimanno.com/2008/05/02/design-for-objectives-not-requirements/</link>
		<comments>http://briancrescimanno.com/2008/05/02/design-for-objectives-not-requirements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 14:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I was evaluating early design comps for a new project just getting underway here at AutoTrader.com and I fell into the trap of what I call Designing for Requirements, Not Objectives.
Neil and I were discussing the new versions of the comps that have surfaced since we returned from San Francisco and the improvements around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adobe&#8217;s Open Screen Project: What does it mean?</title>
		<link>http://briancrescimanno.com/2008/05/01/adobes-open-screen-project-what-does-it-mean/</link>
		<comments>http://briancrescimanno.com/2008/05/01/adobes-open-screen-project-what-does-it-mean/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 15:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[adobe]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[air]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[apple]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[flex]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[iPhone SDK]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[open screen project]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Adobe today announced the creation of the Open Screen Project to help facilitate the adoption of Flash and Flash-based technologies on a wide range of platforms. There's plenty of coverage out there today about this initiative--and it's no surprise.  For years developers have been calling for an opening up of Flash and it looks [...]]]></description>
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