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New this week on WebReference.com and the Web:
This week we look at speeding up your Web site with HTTP compression. Otherwise known as content encoding, HTTP compression can dramatically reduce the size of your HTML files (by a factor of 3 or more), speed display, and save bandwidth. Peter Cranstone gives us an overview of HTTP compression for the wired and wireless.
1. FEATURED ARTICLE: HTTP Compression Speeds up the Web 2. DHTML LAB: HierMenus 4: The External Arrays: Menu and Item Parameters 3. HTML WITH STYLE: The Care and Feeding of Hyperlinks, Part II 4. NEW LINKS: HTTP Compression, Java Resources, ASP Tutorials 5. OTHER VOICES: * The Usability Lifecycle * When Eye Candy Isn't Sweet * Debugging JavaScript * Building a Content Rich Website 6. NET NEWS: * Novell, Akamai Link To Accelerate Content Delivery * 3Com announces global Web poll * Skiing Down Everest
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. HTTP Compression Speeds up the Web
Peter Cranstone of Remote Communications gives us an overview of the underutilized world of HTTP compression to accelerate your Web site. HTTP compression (sometimes called content encoding) is supported by newer browsers, and utilizes gzip compression to reduce HTML files by a factor of three or more.
http://webreference.com/internet/software/servers/http/compression/
Also see our list of HTTP compressors at:
http://webreference.com/internet/software/servers/http/compression/links.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. DHTML LAB: HierMenus 4: The External Arrays: Menu and Item Parameters
Ask and ye shall receive. We're adding the best features you request to version 4 of our popular DHTML cascading menus. Peter demonstrates the new parameters that expand HM's versatility allowing you to create labeled menus, popup tooltips and descriptions, rollovers, you-are-here's and more.
http://webreference.com/dhtml/column38/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. HTML WITH STYLE: The Care and Feeding of Hyperlinks, Part II
To link or not to link? Links make the Web, learn how to use them wisely. In part two of our series, we examine the design and function of informational links. By Stephanos Piperoglou.
http://webreference.com/html/tutorial26/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. NEW LINKS: HTTP Compression, Java Resources, ASP Tutorials
>HTTP Compression
Accelerate your Web site with these HTTP/HTML compressors. http://webreference.com/internet/software/http/compression.html
>Java Resources
Java has stood the test of time to become a tried and true programming language. Need to brush up on your coding? Start with these sites.
http://webreference.com/programming/java/collections.html
>ASP Tutorials
With the popularity of database back-ends on the Web, Active Server Pages have become a standard in Web development. Whether you are new to ASP or an early adopter, check out our links and learn something new.
http://webreference.com/programming/asp/
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. OTHER VOICES: The Usability Lifecycle, When Eye Candy Isn't Sweet, Debugging JavaScript, Building a Content Rich Website
>The Usability Lifecycle
Jakob Nielsen says that the one thing that works for creating usable systems is a full usability engineering lifecycle that corrects the quality of the design at every single step of the way. http://www.developer.ibm.com/library/articles/nielsen3.html IBM Developer, Oct. 8, 2000
>When Eye Candy Isn't Sweet
ECandy executives were confident their Web site - featuring graphics of Gummi Bears, Swiss chocolate and other delicacies - would be a big hit when it launched in December. They were wrong. The problem: Search engines don't have a sweet tooth. They only recognize plain vanilla HTML text. http://www.internetwk.com/lead/lead100600.htm Internet Week, Oct. 6, 2000
>Debugging JavaScript
Web Review's Makiko Itoh shows how to troubleshoot JavaScript. (Ironically, loading their home pages gives me a JavaScript error on my Mac.) http://webreview.com/pub/2000/10/06/feature/index01.html Web Review, Oct. 6, 2000
>Building a Content Rich Website
How to write it, get it for free, and spec it to succeed. http://www.webmasterbase.com/article.php?aid=269&pid=0 WebmasterBase.com, Oct. 6, 2000
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. NET NEWS: Novell, Akamai Link To Accelerate Content Delivery, 3Com announces global Web poll, Skiing Down Everest
>Novell, Akamai Link To Accelerate Content Delivery
Novell, Inc. and Akamai Technologies, Inc. Monday announced a deal to enhance the delivery of Web content for mutual customers. http://www.internetnews.com/streaming-news/article/0,,8161_479431,00.html Internetnews.com, Oct. 9, 2000
>3Com announces global Web poll
3Com representatives wielding handheld computers will soon be asking residents from around the world about their religious beliefs and how they sleep at night. The experiment is designed to reach out using the Internet to gather data about the human race, and raise the public's awareness of 3Com. http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/10/09/3com.web.poll.idg/index.html CNN.com, Oct. 9, 2000
>Skiing Down Everest
In the hard to believe department.... Tired of skiing in crowded tourist resorts? A-Basin and Vail a bit too busy for you Bunky? Why not ski down Everest, where you can enjoy virgin snow and ski for 4,000 meters? Davo Karnicar from Slovenia claims to be the first to accomplish this monumental feat. http://www.everest.simobil.si http://slashdot.org/articles/00/10/07/1353233.shtml http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001007/wl/everest_skier_dc_1.html Slashdot/Yahoo, Oct. 7, 2000
That's it for this week, see you next time.
Andrew King Managing Editor, WebReference.com update@webreference.com
Catherine Levy Assistant Editor, WebReference.com clevy@internet.com
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