Knowledge equals “Cuil”
A new search engine arrived on the Web scene today called “Cuil.” Cuil is an old Irish term for knowledge, and the site is sure to attract enough Web 2.0 users charmed by its smooth, succinct layout and magazine-like search results.
At the time of this post, the site was experiencing heavy traffic so some of the links were not working properly, but I suspect that’ll improve as use become less of a novelty and more use-directed.
Of the many features Cuil offers for exploring the variety and complexity of the Web, two in particular will sure to prove useful: tabs and drilldown. After performing a search, you may get a drilldown widget that will allow you to drill deeper into subjects related to your search
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For the last few months I’ve been trying to gain a better understanding of the many frameworks and libraries proliferating the development community. When I first discovered Yahoo! User Interface (YUI), I knew it was something powerfully useful, easily accessible, and would change the work flow of more than a few developers and designers.
As I dug deeper, my giddiness subsided and I was soon immersed knee-deep into Ajax, JQuery, Mootools, Scriptaculous, and Prototype. I’ve been long overdue posting my findings, and for good reason: It was important to learn more about “why” you would want to use one framework versus the other. However, I also circled back around and found yet another framework right at home in one of my most trusted tools,
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