It’s thoroughly amazing the attention my form validator plugin has received in the first week of its launch. Originally a small plugin I wrote for personal use, I was motivated to make it a releasable plugin by some co workers. I thought with the mass of validation tools out there that mine would get swept under the rug.
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So what makes me angrier XmlHttpRequests or the Edge network? Well it is a tough call to be honest. Lets start with Edge. I have a wonderful 3G phone so I don’t get stuck with a shit connection. But ATT insists on throwing me to the Edge (read: slow) network. I shouldn’t have to wait 2 minutes for a page with forms to render. I want my page now!

Lets move to AJAX (easier to type on my phone). I want cross domain scripts like in the old days. The “security” that modern browsers have is ridiculous. What harm could a cross domain script do? It can’t be anymore dangerous than every JSON request being run through eval(). Maybe I don’t see the danger…
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After a little persuasion from Cara Jo I’ve made the switch to wordpress. I use it to manage the content of my site. As much as it pain me to give up the template system I threw together I think this will allow me to manage my site easier, and get feedback quicker.

Wordpress also give me the opportunity to make posts during the bus ride home, or to work… but I’m usually too tired for that in the morning.The rides usually give me a chance to think about future projects or how to improve what I’m working on now. PikaChoose has finally made it to a stable release so I’m on the hunt for the next big thing to keep me busy. I’m thinking either a game or some sort of RSS module, but there are a ton of those already. I’m sure something will come to me shortly.

Well sorry about formatting issues or typos. Mobile Opera is good, but doesn’t compare to a desktop browser.