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1. DHTML LAB: Hierarchical Menus 4: External Arrays II 2. PRODUCTION GRAPHICS: Paint Shop Pro Layers 3. NEW LINKS: Internet Statistics Links, Internet FAQs 4. OTHER VOICES: * Designing Web Sites to be Disability Friendly * Death of the Websafe Color Palette? * PHP 101 - The Wonderland Factor * Lessons From the Dot-Com Layoffs 5. NET NEWS: * The Beat of the Anti-Napster Drummers * AmEx Unveils "Disposable" Credit Card Numbers * Hack Your Way to 10 Grand * Granny Allergic to the Silicon Age
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. DHTML LAB: Hierarchical Menus 4: The External Arrays II
We continue our discussion of Version 4's menu-building arrays, with live demos of the new features. Permanent menus, toolbars, rollovers, even interdependent DHTML elements can all be created with HM 4. By Peter Belesis.
http://webreference.com/dhtml/column36/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. PRODUCTION GRAPHICS: Paint Shop Pro Layers
So why should the Photoshop crowd have all the fun? Paint Shop Pro is affordable, powerful and lets you do layers as well. Learn how from our Lady of layering, Wendy Peck.
http://webreference.com/graphics/column34/
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. NEW LINKS: Internet Statistics Links, Internet FAQs
> Internet Statistics Links
Curious how many people are still browsing at 640x480? Want to know how many Internet users there are in Upper Mongolia? Go swimming in a sea of numbers, factoids and figures with our list of Internet statistics resources.
http://webreference.com/internet/statistics.html
>Internet FAQs
Given the constantly changing and growing nature of the Internet, you probably have more questions than you know what to do with. Luckily, more answers than you'd ever want are available! Check these FAQ sites to find everything you crave.
http://webreference.com/internet/faqs.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. OTHER VOICES: Designing Web Sites to be Disability Friendly, Death of the Websafe Color Palette?, PHP 101 - The Wonderland Factor, Lessons From the Dot-Com Layoffs
>Designing Web Sites to be Disability Friendly
Making your page accessible means bearing in mind that not all of the visitors to your web site will be viewing it on a monitor and navigating with a mouse. A clear, well-formatted site, with easy words, can make it easier on everyone. http://www.wdvl.com/Authoring/Design/Friendly/ WDVL.com, 000908
>Death of the Websafe Color Palette?
The folks at Webmonkey have developed a new test of the Web-safe color palette. The results of their experiment suggest that there are only 22 colors that work across all browsers, platforms, and color depths. http://slashdot.org/articles/00/09/08/1622204.shtml http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/00/37/index2a.html?tw=design Lycos.com, 000906
>PHP 101 - The Wonderland Factor
This concluding article in the series illustrates PHP's file functions, with examples of how to read and write files on the system. It also includes an explanation of user-defined functions, return values and function arguments. http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/PHP101_5/ DevShed.com, 000906
>Lessons From the Dot-Com Layoffs
Although recent firings in the online world make up only a tiny percentage of the overall employment landscape, the impact of these layoffs has been anything but small. http://infoworld.com/articles/ca/xml/00/09/11/000911calesson.xml InfoWorld.com, 000911
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. NET NEWS: The Beat of the Anti-Napster Drummers, AmEx Unveils "Disposable" Credit Card Numbers, Hack Your Way to 10 Grand, Granny Allergic to the Silicon Age
>The Beat of the Anti-Napster Drummers
The ante continues to be raised in the file-sharing wars: Twenty groups, lead by the Motion Picture Association of America, and including the White House itself, filed briefs in Court late Friday denouncing the popular online music-sharing service. http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article/0,2198,3531_456431,00.html SiliconValley.internet.com, 000911
>AmEx Unveils "Disposable" Credit Card Numbers
American Express announced a new suite of online security and privacy products, the first of which is a "disposable" credit card number for its members. Cardholders using the disposable credit card option will be able to log on to a secure Web site and receive a one-time-use credit card number to make purchases over the Internet. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-2718520.html News.com, 000907
>Hack Your Way to 10 Grand
In an attempt to enlist hackers to be on their side for a change, the Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) has issued a money- making challenge to test software that is designed to protect copyrighted material on the Net. In a nutshell, is if you can break it, you can get $10,000. http://www.internetnews.com/wd-news/article/0,,10_456811,00.html InternetNews.com, 000911
>Granny Allergic to the Silicon Age
Joan Stock of Saltford, U.K. can't go near a PC without experiencing terrible headaches. You might attribute this to the standard array of migraine-inducing computer problems: blue screens of death, hard drive failures, unrecoverable application errors and the like. But the 79-year-old isn't suffering from technofear. According to her doctor, she is officially allergic to silicon chips. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/13075.html TheRegister.co.uk, 000907
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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