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Sep 12, 2006

Hyperscope

After a lot of time there has been a development which tries to improve on the original purpose of Web. Hyperscope is an implementation of Open Hyperdocument System (OHS), vision of the legendary Doug Engelbart. OHS aims at bridging together the different knowledge tools with common capabilities in an interoperable way. [Continue]

Sep 11, 2006

Accessibility Tools

Karl Dawson presents a good review of the tools for testing accessibility of a web site. A designer/developer should use manual testing in addition to these automated tools to thoroughly comply with accessibility guidelines.

Sep 7, 2006

Browsered or Webified Applications

Ebrahim Ezzy has an interesting post over on Read/Write Web on Webified Desktop Apps vs Browser-based Apps. He is of the opinion that the desktop applications will rule for a long time to come, but not without using the Web. The only good point with Browsered - Compatibility Let me first come up with the only good point I see in the Web. [Continue]

Aug 30, 2006

Why Is The Web Quantitative?

Metrics, numbers, hits, page views and clicks are what we seek! Especially when we are trying to measure the success of a website. The statistics have become a craze in the blogosphere. [Continue]

Aug 28, 2006

Now Textbooks Going The Media Way

Advertisements are coming to textbooks (via Techdirt). Now, a small Minnesota startup is trying to shake up the status quo in the $6 billion college textbook industry. Freeload Press will offer more than 100 titles this fall - mostly for business courses - completely free. [Continue]

Jul 29, 2006

Web, JavaScript And Security

JavaScript is now main stream, thanks to the popularity and extensive acceptance of AJAX. In fact, AJAX is considered to be a core part of Web 2.0. Acceptance of a technology by the industry has been a subject of its scanning under the security microscope, which has caused delays in accepting new things. [Continue]

Jul 20, 2006

Interview With Usability Guru

Usability guru Jakob Nielsen was interviewed (via Ajaxian) on usability and its relation to advertising. One of the things that come out of it are the applications of AJAX. It’s important to remember that most web sites are not used repeatedly. [Continue]

Jul 6, 2006

Let Your Readers Listen To You

The purpose of using CSS to design web pages is to separate style from the content. This enables delivering the same content in multiple formats, through multiple media. CSS does go all the way to support different media and this is illustrated by a lot of web sites today by using different styles for the print and screen media. [Continue]

Jun 22, 2006

Adaptive Websites - The Future Of Web

Web 2.0 has ushered in a new era of democratic usage of the Web. It is more focused on the user than its earlier version. This has pushed much more information, in many more formats, on the Web. [Continue]

Jun 12, 2006

Is Internet Fueling Collectivism?

An amazing essay by Jaron Lanier about Digital Maoism delves into the behavior of collectivism and whether the Internet Age is fueling it. However, the core subject is much deeper than the digital world encouraging mob madness. It is about whether we can benefit from groupism and Wisdom of Crowds, and if so when. [Continue]

Hyperscope

Accessibility Tools

Browsered or Webified Applications

Why Is The Web Quantitative?

Now Textbooks Going The Media Way

Web, JavaScript And Security

Interview With Usability Guru

Let Your Readers Listen To You

Adaptive Websites - The Future Of Web

Is Internet Fueling Collectivism?

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