software: April 2006 Archives

ALE is Ajax Linking and Embedding. In the same way that OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) allows Windows applications to embed each other's content, ALE allows Ajax-based applications to embed and enable editing content from other applications.

Google has done some similar work in v2 of their maps API. I wonder how Microsoft plans to to handle embedding in Atlas? The ability to encapsulate functionality into controls in the ASP.NET environment would lend itself well to this.

Frustrated by my (otherwise excellent) host's slowness to move to PHP 5, I did a quick search and see that most everyone else is in the same boat. Hosts just aren't moving off of PHP 4 until there is broader application support for v5.

This is frustrating for those of us who would like to take advantage of the the improved object model, the XML parser, and the SOAP support that PHP 5 offers.