Archive for January 2003
In the latest issue eNewsletter Journal, read a rant and a rave on IBM’s iSource Newsletter. I just received my first newsletter from iSource and I am NOT impressed. It feels I’m reading a bunch of commercials rather than gaining useful information. Upon first scan, nothing caught my eye. I looked closer to give it a second change… still nothing.
Stuck doing an internal newsletter for your company because Mr. Bigwig says so? Get advice from readers on how to handle the sticky issues of "no one wants to do it-itis".
We continue our series on Selling Burials in Space. No joke.
I wasn’t surprised to see who topped the list in Who Had the Worst User Experience? Every time I go to Sony’s site, I leave frustrated. They do make good products and there were a few occasions when I needed to get information from their site. I should just stop going there because, like the article says, they have a thousand different Web sites doing their own thing.
We all have colors we like and don’t like, but what we like doesn’t matter when it comes to Web site design. Colors have to support the message and purpose of the Web site without annoying or blinding visitors.
Color Me Calm: Color Theory and Personality looks at the association between color and personality. Can Web sites find harmony and understanding with colors?
Just last week, I posted a link to an article about capitalization of Internet and such. Yesterday, E-zine Tips reported that an author battled his publisher to de—capitalize internet in his manuscript. He won. Could this be the start of the shrinking internet?
Comic relief for people involved with Web design projects: HTML Gone Bad.
One of the first people to give me a chance in writing was Andy King, editor of Webreference. Gosh, it’s been several years. He has released a book from New Riders, Speed Up Your Site: Web Site Optimization.
You can read excerpts from Chapter 2, “Flow in Web Design” in the book’s companion Web site and Chapter 10, “Optimizing JavaScript for Execution Speed”. What are you waiting for? Move fast so your site can, too.
SVG is still an up ‘n coming thing. Came across a list of SVG Related Links and thought some of ya would like to see it. [Link Tremendo Weblog]
Here’s a catty quiz see of you cam Spot the Gif-erence. All pictures are photos, see how sharp your peepers are when it comes to graphics format.
SeniorNet has published a valuable survey on Senior Internet use. 2084 adults who are 50 and older voluntarily completed the survey. The results can help Web sites understand what this market values on the ‘net.
“The Checky plug-in is an simple Interface for Web content and resource developers to free and commercial online Validator and Checker services.
With Checky you can now easy setup, combine and use 18 different online Validator and Checker services. Simple choose your services with Checky-Agent than browse to a web resource and press F10 to display the results of the selected services in a new browser tab or window.
Service-Interfaces available for HTML, XHTML, CSS, RDF, RSS, XML, SGML, WAI, 508, various viewer, valets and purifiers.”
Whoo, boy! Mozilla has one-upped ‘em other browsers! [Link Digital Web]
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