We all know Google stores your personal email and messaging FOREVER whether you like it or not. They also reserve the right to make money from anything you write in your e-mail or on your blog. They say in return you get services like gmail and stuff for free. But even if you don’t have a gmail account your emails are being indexed if they are sent to a gmail account. Basically Google is stealing private data. It would be a crime to make a copy of in physical form for the same use. Google sells aggrigated ip to anyone who wants to pay for it.

Simply put NEVER use google services for ANYTHING to do with your job or business activities – this includes API’s.

Well this obviously wasn’t enough, so the snake oil machine rides again:

“We hear a lot from our users and their message is clear — computers need to get better. People want to get to their email instantly, without wasting time waiting for their computers to boot and browsers to start up. They want their computers to always run as fast as when they first bought them. They want their data to be accessible to them wherever they are and not have to worry about losing their computer or forgetting to back up files. Even more importantly, they don’t want to spend hours configuring their computers to work with every new piece of hardware, or have to worry about constant software updates. And any time our users have a better computing experience, Google benefits as well by having happier users who are more likely to spend time on the Internet.”

Let’s break that down to the real deal:

We hear a lot- from our users and their message is clear — computers need to get better.

Translation: We’re found a way to spin an issue that has nothing to do with Google.

People want to get to their email instantly, without wasting time waiting for their computers to boot and browsers to start up.

Translation, we want to embed our data-mining software in your computer and run our browser the whole time you have your computer on so we can monitor EVERYTHING you do, not just web browsing and send the research back to Google so they can make more money.

They want their computers to always run as fast as when they first bought them.

Translation: Google doesn’t defrag their computers or set them up properly so they run slow.

They want their data to be accessible to them wherever they are and not have to worry about losing their computer or forgetting to back up files.

Translation: If ALL your data is on our servers we can index it making us even more money without you knowing what we will do with it in the future and we can then change our policy anytime and sell your ip to people who want to use it.

Even more importantly, they don’t want to spend hours configuring their computers to work with every new piece of hardware, or have to worry about constant software updates.

Translation: This one is totally spin. Even Google Chrome has updates. Google just wants to be able to place better data mining software on your computer whenever they need to. On demand scanning means targeted computers can be mined when Google needs it – you no longer need surveys when you log everything a person does. (like how long you spend using every piece of software on your computer)

And any time our users have a better computing experience, Google benefits as well by having happier users who are more likely to spend time on the Internet.

Translation : Because Google makes money from selling services driving customers to what… internet sites! Yeah society is soooo much better when you spend MORE time on the internet

We’ve released a new site to bring together screencasts, video tutorials and video demos of extjs in one place.

The site is called extjs.tv and basically it’s a portal that allows you to watch videos to learn more about ExtJS or to see what others have done with ExtJS.

Head on over to ExtJS.tv to see the extjs goodness!!

We’ve been working hard on the extforge features. The first version of extforge will be released as an Air application.

Here’s a bunch of new features that you might like:

• Ability to list on extforge even when you have your own site/SVN repository
• Update notifications and update manager
• Basic ide with extjs builds ready to rock (available versions based on settings)
• User settings allow you to tell the app when and what you’d like to update.
• An examples browser – even more examples of ExtJS, extensions and UI in action!

The download will be available soon, so stay tuned.

The new extjs core has been released in beta. This new version is an amazingly lightweight version of extjs and introduces a variety of new widgets to bring the library more into the front-end of websites with a raft of funky widgets.

Ext Core is a lightweight, high-performance cross-browser JavaScript library for building dynamic web pages. It features:

* Highly portable 25kb file size (minified/gzipped)
* Flexible, permissive open-source MIT license
* Comprehensive 75 page manual written by the Ext team
* The same easy to use API you’re already used to

Click on the screenshot or on the link below for more information.

http://extjs.com/products/extcore/

ExtJS Conference is on!

“The Ext Team would like to welcome you to our first ever Ext conference being held in sunny Orlando, Florida! Mark your calendars for April 14-16th to join us for a three day in-depth look at Ext. Come and learn about the latest features added to the Ext JS 3.0 library and how to utilize them on your own project. Whether you are a seasoned veteran or just learning Ext there will be something for you at the conference.”

Click here for more information and to register online.

There’s now loads of great examples of ExtJS on the net. I’ve compiled a list of them from searching the forums, so enjoy:

General Apps

• CRM : [ demo ]
• Ajax Yahoo IM : [ demo ]
• Mail Center (Webmail) : [ demo ]
• File Sports : [ demo ]
• SeeMe (using Google Maps) : [ demo ]
• ExtPlorer : [ demo ]
• Group Office : [ demo ] (demo/demo)

Development Tools

• CMS : [ demo ]
• Animation Tool : [ demo ]
• Image Editor [ demo ]
• Image Editor [ demo ] : [ project page ]
• Designer Toolbox [ demo ]

Books

• ExtJS In Action [ link ]
• Learning ExtJS [ link ]