Adam Gotterer has released a modified version of the Prototype JavaScript library that is compatible with XUL. Hopefully we’ll soon start seeing XULRunner get some more traction against other RIA platforms such as Adobe AIR and Microsoft Silverlight. Being able to leverage one of the more popular JavaScript frameworks is certainly a step in the right direction.

Smashing Magazine, king of the top-x lists, posts another list today, this time outlining 50 cool CSS techniques. Some of the links are blog posts outlining the technique while others are simply links to sites using the technique, leaving the obtainment and grokking of the source code as an exercise for the reader. I found the Triadic Background Setting with CSS and the CSS Transparency Settings for all Browsers particularly helpful. Good list!

Antony Stubbs writes on his blog today about trying out Scala on a simple project. Mr. Stubbs takes care to lay out the original algorithm for the project first in Java, and then show how functional programming and Scala makes it much nicer and compact. Good read for those of you still wondering whether or not to try out Scala.