Here is a useful Javascript article on detecting various browsers including the beta Safari browser. The website is also linked from WebReference.com.
if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf(‘Safari’) != -1) {
document.write(SafariDetected);
} else {
document.write(NoSafari);
}
See you at the Big Day Out 2003
I will be taking official photographs for the BDO Sydney show with In the Mix this saturday. So I’ll see you in the pits and stages at the event. It’s gonna be another hot one this year. ::: www.bigdayout.com
User Centered Design for Gov portals article
Digital Web magazine have posted a new feature titled ‘User-Centered
Design for Large Government Portals’. The article looks at accessbility and also section 508 ::: www.digital-web.com/features/feature_2003-01b.shtml
Tomato Films and Music Promo
Tomato have uploaded a Quicktime Promo using MPEG4 and Quicktime 6 to showcase some of their creative works ::: www.tomato.co.uk/qtpromo
A new version of Fink for OS X & Darwin
A new version of Fink ver 0.5.1 has been release for Darwin and OS X.
http://fink.sourceforge.net
SVG 1.1 becomes W3C Recommendation
The new W3C Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 Specification became a
W3C Recommendation on 14 January 2003
www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-SVG11-20030114.
The release also included two Mobile SVG profiles
[1] SVG Tiny and
[2] SVG Basic
www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-SVGMobile-20030114
I revisit Mark Pilgrims – Dive into Mark website
I revisit Mark Pilgrims “Dive into Mark” website to check out some of his initiatives with Accessbility and Accessible compliance.
The Google Web APIs homepage.
The Google Web APIs homepage. With this service you are able to query google directly using SOAP and WSDL. ::: www.google.com/apis
Maciej Ceglowski on creating a Semantic Search Engine
I came across this interesting project by Maciej Ceglowski in creating a Semantic Search Engine. He is currently looking for content providers to help in the project. ::: www.idlewords.com/movable_type.htm He also mentions an interesting link to more non-technical information on the fuzzy-search technique called latent semantic indexing. ::: http://javelina.cet.middlebury.edu/lsa/out/lsa_intro.htm
An interesting article on the
An interesting article on the re-engineer of the browser “Back” button ::: www.nature.com/nsu/nsu_pf/021230/021230-3.html
More information on MP3 ID3
More information on MP3 ID3 ver 2 and tagging files instructions ::: www.id3.org
A useful article in All-OSX
A useful article in All-OSX on using the terminal to open applications faster ::: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20011008142601533
Mozilla founder Jamie Zawinski comments on Safari
An interesting article which comments on the new Apple Safari browser, which currently is in beta. The article comments also on an interesting blog by Mozilla founder Jamie Zawinski and a his angry views on the browser and mozilla ::: http://news.com.com/2100-1023-980492.html
Pixel Fury space invader
Pixel Fury have got an awesome space invaders game on their homepage. Go check it out. ::: www.pixelfury.com
Design Lecture at COFA 22 Jan 2003
There will be a Design Lecture on the 22nd January 2003 from 17:30 to 20:00 (Congregate in the courtyard) at the COFA Lecture Theatre (EGO2), College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Selwyn Street, Paddington NSW Australia. The Lecture is being organised by Oz from forcefeed:swede