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Sidewalk: Easy form builder for your web site
Sidewalk is a nice-looking Ajaxy
web form builder. While it doesn't have very advanced validation options (just "required" or not), adding and
arranging form elements is fast and easy and setting up a new form from scratch really does take just minutes. The
drag-and-drop positioning, though becoming passé in the age of Prototype, is still cool, and Sidewalk forms can be embedded in any web page
just by copying and pasting a bit of JavaScript, which I think is one of its greatest selling points. When someone
fills out your form their answers are e-mailed to you as well as added to a web-based database where you can search the
responses and export them to CSV. Sidewalk isn't without its limitations, though. One missing feature that might be a
show-stopper for some is the inability to edit fields once they've been created. For simple text fields this isn't a
big deal, but for radio groups or drop-downs with many options it's a pain to have to re-create the whole thing just to
make one small change. Another limitation is that, unless I'm missing something, it's only possible to create one form
per account. Sidewalk is free to try for 30 days, after which time your forms will remain active and editable, but
responses will only stay in the database for one day. A more permanent account will cost you $7.99/mo.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
