Archive for December, 2006



Yes, folks, it’s going to be another one of those posts.
We discovered as soon as we (and our users) got their hands on Internet Explorer 7 that freehand drawing in Thinkature was misbehaving. In particular, we learned that it was only possible to start a drawing in IE7 if the cursor were positioned on […]

Jon interviewed by Yahoo!

I had the privilege of speaking with Eric Miraglia of Yahoo! earlier this week, and they’ve just posted the interview on the Yahoo! User Interface Blog. Eric works with the Presentation Platform Engineering team, which produces the Most Excellent(tm) YUI Library and Design Pattern Library. We use YUI extensively throughout the Thinkature application […]

Whew. I’m tempted to come up with a shorter title for this post, but I think “Flash-to-JavaScript communication with a streaming HTTP connection in Internet Explorer” appropriately and specifically defines the problem (which I’m sure people run into all the time). I digress.
If you’re interested in the Hot New AJAX Web 2.0 Ethernet […]

Voice chat added to Thinkature!

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve added voice chat to Thinkature!
When you log into a workspace, you’ll notice a speaker button to the right of the user list. Click on that button to get at the voice chat controls (join/leave voice chat, adjust microphone settings, etc.). You’ll always be able to see who’s […]

Part of what characterizes the Web 2.0 era is the close connection between (and sometimes merging of) creators and consumers. This is part of what makes this era fundamentally different from previous ears. We’ve seen this all over, but primarily on the web. Blogs turn anyone into writers, and readers are only a comment […]