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This week Robert gazes into his (3D) crystal ball, Stephanos shows us the right way to create navigational links, and Wendy begins a new CorelDraw series. Try your luck with our new Signup & Win! contest, where you can win a bundle of new optimization software. The news brings a rash of search engine articles, are better searches around the corner?
New this week on WebReference.com and the Web:
1. 3D ANIMATION WORKSHOP: Second Generation 3D 2. HTML WITH STYLE: The Care and Feeding of Hyperlinks, Pt. III: Navigation 3. PRODUCTION GRAPHICS: CorelDraw 101 4. NEW CONTEST: Signup & Win Hot New Software! 5. NEW LINKS: Internet Magazines 6. OTHER VOICES: * Loudcloud's Early ASP Clients Give Their Verdict * A Better Way for Web Development * In Search of Intelligent Search * Next Generation P2P Will Help Portal Users Search One Another 7. NET NEWS: * U.S. nears deal with AOL, Time Warner * Abandoned Online Shopping Worth $3.8 Billion * Voice Gateway Ships * Lookin' For Liv In All The Wrong Places
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. 3D ANIMATION WORKSHOP: Second Generation 3D
New technologies are shaping the future of 3D graphics. Interactive 3D animation, facial animation, and 3D models from 2D photos highlight this week's installment by Robert Polevoi.
http://webreference.com/3d/lesson105/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. HTML WITH STYLE: The Care and Feeding of Hyperlinks, Pt. III: Navigation
Navbars and breadcrumbs and sitemaps oh my! All help us navigate this tangled Web we weave. Learn the right way to use navigational links and help put the hyper back in hypertext. By Stephanos Piperoglou.
http://webreference.com/html/tutorial27/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. PRODUCTION GRAPHICS: CorelDraw 101
We begin a new introductory series on CorelDraw. First up, logically enough, getting started. By Wendy Peck.
http://webreference.com/graphics/corel101/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. NEW CONTEST: Signup & Win, Submit & Win!
>New Signup & Win! Contest
Sign up for the Webreference Update newsletter today and you could win a killer bundle of optimization software from BoxTop and Insider Software. Each week we'll draw new winners from our new subscribers - you could be next. Already a subscriber? Not a problem - just fill out the form, and you'll be automatically entered to win. Tell your friends!
This week's winners of HoTMetal Pro are Terry Schultze of Barstow, CA, Joyce Conrod of Lakewood, CO, Urmas Alas of Juri, Estonia and Daniel Hidalgo of Naperville, IL. Congrats all, enjoy the software!
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>Submit & Win Adobe Photoshop 6!
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Internet Magazines
Looking for information on Internet technologies and events in bite-sized magazine form? Hop on over to our listings.
http://webreference.com/internet/magazines/internet.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. OTHER VOICES: Loudcloud's Early ASP Clients Give Their Verdict, A Better Way for Web Development, In Search of Intelligent Search, Next Generation P2P Will Help Portal Users Search One Another
>Loudcloud's Early ASP Clients Give Their Verdict
Four ASPs tell ASPnews what they've learned from their experiences of hosting with infrastructure services provider Loudcloud, the high-profile startup founded by ex-Netscape and AOL CTO Marc Andreessen. http://www.aspnews.com/news/trends/article/0,2350,4341_503991,00.html ASPnews.com, 001106
>A Better Way for Web Development
This Java servlet makes it possible to use XSLT and XML to separate logic and layout during Web development http://www.xmlmag.com/upload/free/features/xml/2000/04fal00/kj0004/kj0004.asp XML Magazine, 001106
>In Search of Intelligent Search
Most Web site search engines are lacking, but there are exceptions. http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2650018,00.html Interactive Week, 001106
>Next Generation P2P Will Help Portal Users Search One Another
Nicholas Mercader ponders a P2P search engine. http://www.traffick.com/story/11-2000/p2p.asp Traffick, 001106
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. NET NEWS: U.S. nears deal with AOL, Time Warner, Abandoned Online Shopping Worth $3.8 Billion, Voice Gateway Ships, Lookin' For Liv In All The Wrong Places
>U.S. nears deal with AOL, Time Warner
Companies eyeing an agreement that would force them to open high- speed cable lines to Internet competitors and speed along their merger. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2650336,00.html MSNBC.com, 001106
>Abandoned Online Shopping Worth $3.8 Billion
Online businesses are missing out on $3.8 billion of sales because consumers abort four out of five purchase attempts, a survey by A T Kearney found on Monday. http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,,3_133582_Ext,00.html Internetnews.com/Reuters, 001106
>Voice Gateway Ships
Motorola has started shipping its Voice Developer Gateway for creating voice-based Internet applications. http://www.allnetdevices.com/developer/news/2000/11/03/voice_gateway.html All Net Devices, 001103
>Lookin' For Liv In All The Wrong Places
The recent buzz on the Net has been how a porn site managed to get top rankings for terms such as "Liv Tyler nude" at Google, but don't count the popular search engine out yet. http://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/00/11-liv.html Search Engine Watch, 001103
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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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