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1. PRODUCTION GRAPHICS: Photoshop Layers - Freedom Tools 2. XPLORING XML: Inside XSL-T 3. DOC JAVASCRIPT: Dynamic Styles 4. 3D ANIMATION WORKSHOP: More Character Skinning 5. HTML WITH STYLE: Update: CSS Positioning, Part II 6. NEW LINKS: Internet History Resources 7. OTHER VOICES: * Bookmarklets: The Littlest Next Big Thing * Site News Application Using ASP and Server-side XML * SSL: A False Sense of Security? 8. NET NEWS: * Web Users Want Guaranteed Privacy * PC Heavyweights Bet on Net Appliances * Web-Ready Cell Phones Flying Off Shelves * Musical Interns Mock MS
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. PRODUCTION GRAPHICS: Photoshop Layers - Freedom Tools
Break the chains of flat documents that are binding your creativity. Release yourself from the oppression of unalterable design decisions. Learn to use Photoshop layers today and a new world of artistic options will unfold before you. By Wendy Peck.
http://webreference.com/graphics/column32/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. XPLORING XML: Inside XSL-T
XML may be all the buzz, but a lot of the heavy lifting is actually done with XSL. Extensible Style Sheet Language Transformation sounds like a mouthful, but XSLT is your key to converting XML documents into display languages like HTML. By Michael Classen.
http://webreference.com/xml/column17/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. DOC JAVASCRIPT: Dynamic Styles
Dynamic Styles aren't exactly new, but they are useful. Let the Doc show you how to change any HTML element's color, font, spacing, or visibility, among other effects - all with a few lines of code. Your pages will be static no longer! By Dr. Yehuda and Tomer Shiran.
http://webreference.com/js/column66/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. 3D ANIMATION WORKSHOP: More Character Skinning
A cat has nine lives, but does it have nine skins? Let's hope so - our animation master is back with more 3D Studio Max skinning techniques. This time he's focused on attaching skin to his character's head and chest bones. By Rob Polevoi.
http://webreference.com/3d/lesson99/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. HTML WITH STYLE: Update: CSS Positioning, Part II
After the release of IE 5.5, developers everywhere sighed as new bugs popped up. One of the loudest sighs came from our very own HTML expert, Stephanos Piperoglou. But he jumped right back on the horse and updated his tutorial on CSS positioning to work with the new browser.
http://webreference.com/html/tutorial19/
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***********************************************************adv.*** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. NEW LINKS: Internet History Resources
Ah, the good old days of the Net... when domains were free, blink tags and unsightly backgrounds ruled, and ordering a pizza online was still in the works. Learn how this Internet thing got started and take a stroll down memory lane.
http://webreference.com/internet/history.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. OTHER VOICES: Bookmarklets: The Littlest Next Big Thing, Site News Application Using ASP and Server-side XML, SSL: A False Sense of Security?
>Bookmarklets: The Littlest Next Big Thing
Imagine software that can eliminate Web site ads, change fonts, kill a background image, and even edit the HTML of the page you are on. Now imagine that this software is totally cross-platform, open source, and free. Say hello to the Bookmarklet - a few lines of code that masquerade as links and run in your browser's URL field. http://www.webreview.com/pub/2000/08/18/feature/index03.html WebReview.com, 000818
>Site News Application Using ASP and Server-side XML
Show me a website that doesn't update its content on a regular basis, and I'll show you a site that will have a repeat visitor rate that hovers right around zero. Users return to sites when they know they will find something different from their last visit. Learn how to use batch-updated XML to hold the updated news data and ASP to serve it up on the fly. http://www.asptoday.com/articles/20000818.htm ASPToday.com, 000818
>SSL: A False Sense of Security?
Is SSL all it's cracked up to be? Can SSL hamper security monitoring, and if so, what can you do about it? Builder.com's new security columnists examine the issue. http://www.builder.com/Servers/SecurityIssues/080900/ Builder.com, 000809
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***********************************************************adv.*** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. NET NEWS: Web Users Want Guaranteed Privacy, PC Heavyweights Bet on Net Appliances, Web-Ready Cell Phones Flying Off Shelves, Musical Interns Mock MS
>Web Users Want Guaranteed Privacy
U.S. citizens are increasingly worried about their privacy while online and would like Internet privacy guarantees, even though they are currently doing little themselves to protect their privacy themselves, according to a recent study. http://www.idg.net/ic_225283_1793_1-1681.html IDG.net, 000821 >PC Heavyweights Bet on Net Appliances
Why are the likes of Compaq, Dell, Gateway and Microsoft backing the fledgling Internet application market? "We all realize that the PC is all over." The entire appliance market has the potential to grow into a $17.8 billion, or 89 million unit, market by 2004, predicts Bryan Ma, an analyst with International Data Corp. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2616850,00.html ZDNet.com, 000821
>Web-Ready Cell Phones Flying Off Shelves
There may not be too many mobile Internet users in the US yet, but people seem to be gearing up for wireless access. http://cyberatlas.com/markets/wireless/article/0,,10094_441471,00.html CyberAtlas, 000821
>Musical Interns Mock MS
Six wacky college interns at Microsoft formed an a cappella group to sing parodies of the company such as Sue Me Baby One More Time. Surprisingly, Microsoft liked them so much that they've helped fund a CD of the group. http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,38220,00.html Wired.com, 000819
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
Catherine Levy Assistant Editor, WebReference.com clevy@internet.com
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