Dabble DB: 7 Minute Video: Holy cats, this app looks good. Think Access on the Web. I shut off the video halfway through, because it was just too much to handle. My head is spinning. Good Lord, man — someone get me some water.
This comes via has_many :though, which is a pretty funny name for a blog about Rails. They claim it’s written in SmallTalk, which I’m tempted to call BS on.
Dabble uses the “fade the screen in the background” method of pop-up interfaces, like SquareSpace and the Lightbox image gallery. Is this the new style in interface design?
We mentioned DabbleDB in the past, based on an in-depth review at Solution Watch.
Apps like this confirm that I suck.
Lokesh Dhakar has put together a marvelous little hack called Lightbox to display large-format ("click to enlarge") images on a web page. The graphic loads up over the existing page in an effect similar to OS X's Dashboard. Places images above your current page, not within. This frees you…
A look at Dabble DB: Solution Watch gives us a good review of a somewhat brilliant-looking app called Dabble DB. Think phpMyAdmin with a better user interface, maybe like Sharepoint's list feature. Dabble DB is a powerful web-based system that lets you store and manage just about any…
I've spent some time today playing with Squarespace, since their ads kept appearing my AdSense. While I try not to get too excited about new things (lest my head explode), I'm going to venture a pretty bold statement -- Squarespace is the best content management system I have ever seen…
"Apps like this confirm that I suck."
Oh man, almost lost my drink reading that last line :-)
I know the feeling, but then I remember that this world would be a lot worse if I were the smartest guy around.
No BS - it's Smalltalk alright. Thanks for the post. But do watch the video through to the end, there's some good bits later on.