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Archive for November, 2007

It’s nice to know that Django finally has a proper web site (djangosites.org) for Django lovers to showcase their Django-powered web sites. I hope that in near future, Django can have a web site for developers to share their Django app modules or to share their pointers at how to use this nice Python web application framework for more complex applications.

If you are a hard-core developer like me, you won’t be very much surprised if you find yourself hammering source code on your keyboard for hours without knowing. But take note that such prolonged repetitive actions on your hands can result in Repetitive Stress Injury. If you are developing on a Linux platform, you can try RSIBreak. It’s a nice KDE applet which can be configured to inform (and even interrupt your typing) if it determines that you have been working on the keyboard for too long without resting.

WML Browser for FireFox

Nov-10-2007 By miketeo

Firefox natively does not support and render WML. wmlbrowse is intended to try and implement as much of WML (Wireless Markup Language) as possible in Mozilla/Firefox as an extension module.

I have been coding a bit of WML for a WAP site recently. All seem to look good until some Nokia phones like 6100i and E-series fail to display certain WML pages. These pages work on 6230 and my Sony-Ericsson K750i. It isn’t until I run the WAP site through WAP Proof that I manage to discover the problem. The <img> tags on these problematic WML pages fail to include the alt attribute. Apparently, the WAP browsers on these phones need to see this attribute in the <img> tags, or else it will raise the "File Format Not Supported" error.