In a recent issue of AlertBox, Dr. Jakob Nielsen comments on differences and approaches of designing interfaces for accessibility. The key difference between user interfaces for sighted users and blind …
CSS3 currently under construction
A look at the working drafts and recommendations for the new CSS3 standard. Some of the recommendations include a new Speech Module, and a new Content module which describes how …
Matrix Reloaded launches in Australia
Call trans opt: received. 2003-05-17T01:10:24-10:35 REC:Log> A few friends of us watched Matrix Reloaded last night for the first time. Not to spoil it for anyone who hasn’t watched it …
Jakob Nielsen’s 10 Usability Heuristics
The 10 Usability principles/heuristics by Dr. Jakob Nielsen: 1. The visibility of system status 2. The match between system and the real world 3. User control and freedom 4. Consistency …
Legal threat to commercial Linux users
The owner of the UNIX operating system today warned that Linux is an unauthorised derivative of its software and that commercial users of Linux may be legally liable for violation …
User Experience in a budget-conscious climate
There is a great article in New Architect by Jesse James Garrett titled All those Opposed: Making the case for user experience in a budget-conscious climate. The article comments on …
The ratio of Clickers to Readers
Jeffrey Zeldman, a well known author on Web Standards comments in his journal on the ratio between users clicking or simply reading over a link, when they read an article …
My thoughts are with the family of James Sawers
My thoughts are with my post-grad uni lecturer’s family and relatives from last semester, James Sawers, who sadly passed away suddenly yesterday. James was an inspiring person to me, who …
Audblog let's you blog from your Mobile
A US based company, audblog has developed the first audio blog software, which let’s you remotely publish to a website via a mobile phone. It is currently available only in …
Happy Mother's Day
To all you mum’s out there, Happy Mother’s Day.
New book by J. Zeldman – Designing with Web Standards
Jeffrey Zeldman has published his book, Designing with Web Standards. It will be available for purchase from May 14, 2003 and is being published by New Riders Publishing. The 1st …
GEL Conference summary
Mark Hurst, the founder of GoodExperience.com has uploaded a summary of the first GEL (Good Experience Live) Conference that was held on Friday May 2, 2003 at the New-York Historical …
Music lyrics can influence aggression
New Scientist comments that music with violent lyrics increase aggressive thoughts and emotions. The finding is interesting because previous popular belief showed that aggression and increased aggressive tendencies were thought …
How internet users currently search
E-Marketer comments that nearly 30% of worldwide Internet users type two word phrases into search engines when searching online and that over 24% use three word phrases when searching. The …
The Genome of the SARS virus
Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Science Centre have released a copy of the SARS Genome for you to download and look at. There are also several interesting links to SARS related …