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1. DHTML LAB: HierMenus Go Forth - Intro to Version 4 2. HTML WITH STYLE: This is Not a Review of Internet Explorer 5.5 3. UPDATE: Optimizing Animated GIFs 4. NEW LINKS: PHP Resource Links 6. OTHER VOICES: * Netscape 6 PR2: Still Not Ready for Prime Time? * C# Under The Microscope * Special Content in XHTML 7. NET NEWS: * Adobe Updates GoLive * Adobe Sues Macromedia * Microsoft Releases Beta Version of Ecommerce Software * Cybersquatters Ordered to Give Up 40 Sites to Yahoo * Email Hoaxes Still Abound
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. DHTML LAB: HierMenus Go Forth - Intro to Version 4
The much-heralded and long-awaited Version 4 of the Hierarchical Menu Script is finally here. Well, almost. In the first of a series of articles, the new version's menu-creating arrays are introduced, and the stage is set for a new generation of menus. By Peter Belesis.
http://webreference.com/dhtml/column35/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. HTML WITH STYLE: This is Not a Review of Internet Explorer 5.5
Ah, summertime. It's the time of the year when the sky is bright, the air is warm, and another browser version comes out and breaks your pages. Our HTML honcho takes a no-holds-barred personal look at the bugs, blips and foibles of IE5.5. By Stephanos Piperoglou.
http://webreference.com/html/watch/ie55/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. UPDATE: Optimizing Animated GIFs
Bloated GIFs slowing you down, Bunky? Have we got the cure for you. BoxTop Software's new SuperGIF 1.0 and Macromedia's Fireworks 3 enter the "squeeze the penguin" arena, and duke it out for the GIF crunching crown. By Andrew King.
http://webreference.com/dev/gifanim/
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PHP is a powerful and free server-side scripting language that can be embedded directly into your HTML files. Let our links be your guide to this up-and-coming contender to the dynamic content crown.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. OTHER VOICES: Netscape 6 PR2: Still Not Ready for Prime Time?, C# Under The Microscope, Special Content in XHTML
>Netscape 6 PR2: Still Not Ready for Prime Time?
The latest preview of the anticipated browser has been released, and according to reviewer Mike Angelo, it's not pretty. http://www.webtools.com/story/browsers/TLS20000811S0001 WebTools.com, 000811
>C# Under The Microscope
Napster's Nir Arbel dissects what Microsoft's new C# language means to programmers from various backgrounds, and attempts to fit it into the grand scheme of things. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/08/09/1612254&mode=thread Slashdot.org, 000810
>Special Content in XHTML
Want to add scripts or styles to XHTML documents? It's different than in HTML. Here's why - and how. http://www.webreview.com/pub/2000/08/11/tag/index.html WebReview.com, 000814
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>Adobe Updates GoLive
Adobe Systems Inc. is shipping the latest version of its Web authoring software, GoLive 5.0. GoLive, available for Macintosh and Windows with complete feature parity, has a host of new features and enhancements. http://www.internetnews.com/wd-news/article/0,2171,10_436561,00.html InternetNews.com, 000814
>Adobe Sues Macromedia
Long-time rivals for the hearts, minds and pocketbooks of developers, Adobe has taken its battle with Macromedia to the courts. At issue is Abobe's patent claim on their tabbed palette; Macromedia denies any infringement. http://www.internetnews.com/wd-news/article/0,2171,10_435371,00.html InternetNews.com, 000811
>Microsoft Releases Beta Version of Ecommerce Software
Microsoft today will release its first public beta version of BizTalk Server. The product is part of a family of ecommerce software that is intended to serve as the foundation of Microsoft's new Internet strategy. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2499007.html CNet.com, 000814
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>Cybersquatters Ordered to Give Up 40 Sites to Yahoo
A U.N. panel ruled on Monday that a Uruguay resident and another group of cybersquatters must give up 40 Internet sites containing the names of Yahoo Inc. or GeoCities. http://news.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000814/wr/yahoo_cybersquatting_dc_1.html Yahoo.com, 000814
>Email Hoaxes Still Abound
Preying on the naive and well-intentioned, email hoaxes have come to be a standard fixture on the Internet, and don't show any signs of disappearing. http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/08/11/email.hoaxes/index.html
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That's it for this week, see you next time.
Andrew King Managing Editor, WebReference.com update@webreference.com
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