Meryl's Notes Blog

WebReview features an article on Web Services, which covers today’s challenges, what is Web services, what it can do for me, and where we’re going with it. We have our information spread all over the place and have to continuously re-enter it each time we go to a new place requesting something. Thomas Powers writes, "This environment, in which we are forced to adapt to technology instead of technology adapting to us, means that applications, web sites, and devices are limited in what they can do for us."

Web Services would be at OUR service by ensuring technology works together and build bridges to one another. The architecture uses SOAP and XML open access technologies in which network-connected device supporting SOAP can call any Web Services regardless of the operating system or service provider.

While you’re at WebReview, jump over and read Chuck Musciano’s article on "Absolute Fixed Positions — Relatively Speaking." One of my biggest CSS frustrations is getting a handle on positioning and controlling it. The article discusses three models for positioning (fixed, relative, and absolute) and how the other elements impact them.