THE WEB CAN BE A BETTER PLACE TO SURF AND DO BUSINESS !
Last Updated: October 30, 2004
[October 30, 2004]
Advogato: "Even in the present day, the desktop metaphor still pervades, but with increases in the amount of information available to any one person, this metaphor is felt to be in need of a reworking. The zooming user interface (ZUI) is an idea first discussed by Bederson (1993) as a radical change to the way in which a person interacts with a computer. This paper will initially discuss how a ZUI works, followed by a review of the empirical literature available." (via)
BBC News: "Robots are learning lessons on 'robotiquette' - how to behave socially - so they can mix better with humans."
[October 29, 2004]
Paul Boutin: "Why is there still so much software that won't run on everybody's desktop?"
[October 28, 2004]
WebDevTips: "A website is like an information flow, with you as the provider and your site visitors as the receivers of the information. If you don't plan your website with this in mind right from the start, you could find yourself with a brand new website that solves all your immediate needs... but not those of your site visitors. Clicking away from your website has never been easier for Internet users. There are about 35 million websites competing with yours on the Internet (source: Zooknic). Search engine results are becoming better and better and Internet connection speeds faster and faster - finding one of your competitors' websites is now very quick and very easy."
David Strom: "Google as the 900-pound gorilla."
[October 25, 2004]
eWEEK: "When was the last time Microsoft released an upgrade that got you really excited? An upgrade you wanted because it did something new that you actually needed done? I'm not talking about a security fix or a patch necessary to make something work properly (which would seem to include Windows XP SP2), but something that gave you new functionality so important that you just had to have it."
Gerry McGovern: "Trust is hard built, easily lost, and difficult to regain."
Which Coffee is Right for You ?
[October 23, 2004]
openDemocracy: "The solution to problems in the electoral process, says Louise Ferguson, lies not in technology but in human-centred design."
The Blawg Channel: "Google Gets Closer to Knowing You"
[October 21, 2004]
Ergonomics Today: "Two new studies by Alan Hedge, Ph.D., CPE and Cornell University found that a comfortable working environment can do more than make workers happy: it can improve productivity as well."
Wired News: "A refined map of the human genome shows that humans have even fewer genes than previously thought -- less than 25,000, about the same as a mustard green."
Make the web more colorful and imaginative (via)
Colin Wilson - "The mind has exactly the same power as the hands: not merely to grasp the world, but to change it."
[October 19, 2004]
eWEEK: "For the plan to secure cyberspace to become an act, it will require real, coordinated accomplishments instead of diversions, token efforts and color-coded threat barometers, which are about all we have had since Sept. 11."
[October 14, 2004]
The Register: "[...] malware and virus authors are similar in character - except for the fact malware authors are motivated by money."
John S. Quarterman: "It's ironic that people are now reacting to spam, worms, and attacks by building ever higher yet smaller forts: firewalls, patches, detection, etc., and even by hiding; people frequently change their electronic mail address when an old one gets infested by spam. These Internet security problems are fragmenting users and damaging the utility of major applications such as mail. Building more and smaller forts won't make the Internet secure. [...] We need nothing less than for the Internet, by means of diverse and distributed observations of itself, to become self-aware."
[October 11, 2004]
Page Layout Drives Web Search: "Researchers from the University of Chicago and Microsoft Research Asia have devised a system that analyzes Web content at the level of blocks of information on a page rather than coarser page-level. This allows for a model of the relationships between Web pages that shows the intrinsic semantic structure of the Web. The method could lead to more accurate search engines, according to the researchers."
New Scientist: "A handheld device that enables a user to chat in another language - without having to learn any words or phrases for themselves - has been developed by Japanese electronics firm NEC. The system is about the size of a handheld PDA and converts spoken Japanese to English and vice versa. It is planned for launch in Japan in the next few months."
[October 09, 2004]
Anti-Spyware Test (Guide), Eric Howes, October 2-4, 2004: "Prevention is always preferable to scanning and removal, and users should securely configure their PCs and install anti-malware protection to prevent the installation of spyware and adware in the first place."
[October 08, 2004]
Adam Kalsey: "Firefox right now is very good for an experienced net user, but is not at all ready for the average person. If you plan on targeting the general public, you need to understand the general public. [...] It's time to stop thinking like developers and start thinking like users."
[October 07, 2004]
csmonitor.com: "For years, they worked in shadowy corners of the electronic world. Spammers tried to get around filters and other network defenses to plant their junk e-mail. Virus writers exploited computers to take them over. Now, they're starting to work together."
[October 06, 2004]
Biometric IBM ThinkPad T42 (Review): "For an IT manager, biometric security will make life much easier. Gone will be all those phone calls from users who've forgotten their passwords. And there will be no more worries about insecure passwords, or even keystroke loggers, trapping passwords and passing them onto hackers and fraudsters."
Is your intranet 'Under Construction'?: "Instead of a general 'under construction' sign, include details about what will be included in the section and when each part of it is expected to be completed. Meet these deadlines."
[October 05, 2004]
It's Not Just Usability: "Whereas the goal of user interface design is to help the user succeed, the goal of social interface design is to help the society succeed, even if it means one user has to fail. [...] Over the next decade, I expect that software companies will hire people trained as anthropologists and ethnographers to work on social interface design. Instead of building usability labs, they'll go out into the field and write ethnographies. And hopefully, we'll figure out the new principles of social interface design. It's going to be fascinating... as fun as user interface design was in the 1980s... so stay tuned."
Steve Jones: "The Internet is part of the fabric of communication."
[October 02, 2004]
Web tool may banish broken links: "Peridot, developed by UK intern students at IBM, scans company weblinks and replaces outdated information with other relevant documents and links. It works by automatically mapping and storing key features of webpages, so it can detect significant content changes."
Kelly Schell: "I'm the type of person who gets bored easily and always needs a new challenge. Design allows me to be perpetually working on something different; with every project I have a new problem to solve."
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