Well it’s the 21 century, after a great deal of effort, hardship and toil, they have finally done it. What is the “it” I’m talking about? Design! Yes, after many years of the design of applications being a second class citizen Microsoft has been kind enough to upgrade us to partners in the development of software (all be it silent partners who only have a 5 per cent share of the company and only pop in for tea and biscuits occasionally). But lets face it, it’s more than any other company h ... [Read more]

With hindsight this technique is so similar to some other more advanced patterns I couldn't believe that I couldn't find it documented anywhere. I'd expect this is due to my using a different internal glossary to other people, nevertheless before finding this solution it looked hard, and afterward it seemed beautifully simple. Intent Send cross domain messages such as deep link requests to a named browser window. Do not interrupt existing playback of video etc. on the page. Motivation Ext ... [Read more]