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1. GRAPHIC GREATS: Design Lines 2. HTML WITH STYLE: CSS Floats, Part II 3. OPEN PUBLISHING: E-Book Review - Color Voodoo 4. NEW LINKS: Color Resources for Web Authors, Multimedia - Video Resources, WML Resources 5. OTHER VOICES: * SAXy Java Programming * Customize Your Content With User Profiling * What's Your Navigation Quotient? * Is Your Site Ready for Netscape 6? 6. NET NEWS: * Microsoft May be Stripped of Rights to Browser * Firms Urge Device Connection Using Power Outlets * Microsoft to Introduce Windows Media 7 * Network Solutions Unleashes Dot Com Index * Island Nation Cashes in on ".tv" TLD

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. GRAPHIC GREATS: Design Lines

The lowly line may be much maligned, but without it, where would these great sites be? Take a loving look at the line in design with this week's Graphic Greats column by Wendy Peck.

http://webreference.com/graphics/greats/5/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. HTML WITH STYLE: CSS Floats, Part II

In part 1 you learned how floats are supposed to work according to the CSS2 spec. This time learn how they really work in Netscape and Explorer. By Stephanos Piperoglou.

http://webreference.com/html/tutorial21/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. OPEN PUBLISHING: E-Book Review - Color Voodoo

Web color voodoo to you? Using color effectively doesn't have to be a black art. Learn how in this new e-book, reviewed by Maura "Chip" Yost.

http://www.webreference.com/authoring/graphics/color/voodoo/

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>Color Resources for Web Authors

Need more info on using color on the Web? Trying to probe the problems of palates, and divine the difficulties of dithering? Our list of color resources will drive your blues away.

http://www.webreference.com/authoring/graphics/color/

>Multimedia - Video Resources

On the Web, some video streams, some video screams. Make (or watch) the video of your dreams with our list of multimedia resources.

http://www.webreference.com/multimedia/video.html

>WML Resources

What HTML is to the Web, WML is to the exploding world of wireless data communication. Get a grip on the Wireless Markup Language with our new list of tutorials and tools.

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>SAXy Java Programming

Looking to expand your Java skills to tackle XML? Learn all you ever wanted to know about Java SAX (Simple API for XML), but were afraid to ask. http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-04-2000/jw-0407-advsax.html JavaWorld.com, 000407

>Customize Your Content With User Profiling

The more you can match content to the people reading it, the more sticky your site will become. User profiling lets you customize content on the fly for each user. http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/articles/user_profiling.html WebDevelopersJournal.com, 000405

>What's Your Navigation Quotient?

What's your Web site's Navigation Quotient? Take the test and find out how your site measures up to standards of quality navigation. http://www.internetday.com/archives/040700.html InternetDay.com, 000407

>Is Your Site Ready for Netscape 6?

The new version of Netscape's browser is here, which (in theory) means producing sites that actually adhere to W3C standards. Are you ready to rumble? http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/00/04/index1a.html HotWired.com, 000406

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****************************************************************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. NET NEWS: Microsoft May be Stripped of Rights to Browser, Firms Urge Device Connection Using Power Outlets, Microsoft to Introduce Windows Media 7, Network Solutions Unleashes Dot Com Index, Island Nation Cashes in on ".tv" TLD

>Microsoft May be Stripped of Rights to Browser

The Wall Street Journal, citing people close to the Microsoft anti- trust case, said the U.S. government is considering a proposal that would force Microsoft to grant royalty-free licenses to Internet Explorer, opening the programming code to customers and computer makers. http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,2171,3_100962_Ext,00.html InternetNews.com, 000410

>Firms Urge Device Connection Using Power Outlets

Thirteen technology companies said on Monday that they had formed an alliance that will let consumers connect computers and Internet appliances in the home using existing power outlets. The alliance hopes to obviate the need for special software and connections currently used to plug into the World Wide Web. Members of the alliance include industry heavyweights such as Cisco, Compaq and Intel. http://www.ragingbull.com/news/news.cgi?articleid=REUT91882l RagingBull.com, 000410

>Microsoft to Introduce Windows Media 7

Microsoft unveiled new Windows Media technology in hopes of edging past competitor RealNetworks in the battle for Internet audio and video software dominance. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1674097.html News.com, 000410

>Network Solutions Unleashes Dot Com Index

Network Solutions Inc. is getting into the stats game by launching NSOL.com/statistics, a new site on which the Net registrar will feature figures on who is registering what. Updated on a monthly basis, Network Solutions created the site to track the Net's impact on the world's economy. http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,2171,3_336821,00.html InternetNews.com, 000407

>Island Nation Cashes in on ".tv" TLD

The tiny, financially strapped Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu has cashed in on the alphabetic quirk that assigned it with the ubiquitous ".tv" Internet country code. DotTV has agreed to pay Tuvalu $50 million in royalties over the next decade for use of the country code. Though some question the value of the .tv country code in today's .com landscape, Tuvalu's happy with the deal - DotTV's minimum quarterly payment of $1 million will be the single-largest source of income for the nation of 10,600. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1665681.html News.com, 000407

That's it for this week, see you next time.

Andrew King Managing Editor, WebReference.com update@webreference.com

Eric Cook Assistant Editor, WebReference.com ecook@internet.com

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