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New this week on WebReference.com and the Web:
1. DHTML Diner: Using the Keypress Event 2. E-COMMERCE WATCH: E-Commerce Seals of Security and Trust 3. DOC JAVASCRIPT: PHARMACY: Cross-Browser Scripting 4. NEW LINKS: Web Authoring, Security, CGI, and Animation resources 5. NET NEWS: Alexa signs Netscape
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. DHTML Diner: Using the Keypress Event
Today's special shows how to enhance user interaction with your page by capturing and using client keyboard activity. Use keypresses for navigation, client responses and conditional script execution. By Peter Belesis.
http://www.webreference.com/dhtml/diner/keypress/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. E-COMMERCE WATCH: E-Commerce Seals of Security and Trust
These seals can give users the confidence they need to do business with you on the Web. Learn how and where to join progams which clearly identify your site as one of the growing number which keep their transactions secure and private. By Mark Merkow.
http://www.webreference.com/ecommerce/mm/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. DOC JAVASCRIPT's PHARMACY: Cross-Browser Scripting
Today's prescription: learn how to write cross-browser scripts with these three effective techniques. If you've been using cross-browser object references, be prepared for a surprise.
http://www.webreference.com/js/pharmacy/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. NEW LINKS: Web Authoring, Security, CGI, and Animation resources
>Web Authoring Collections
As if WebReference weren't good enough fer ya! Information abounds out there in cyberspace on Web development. Everything from Animation to Zcat right at your mouse tip. http://www.webreference.com/authoring/collections.html
>Security Resources
Ever since the Dawn of Time, hominids have sought greater security. Finally, it's here! Decrypt the best sources of security information on the Net, from firewalls to SATAN, and COAST to CERT. Good 'til quantum computers fly. http://www.webreference.com/internet/security.html
>CGI Resources
Whether you're looking to truly understand CGI or just want to rip some scripts from somewhere, you'll find what you're looking for in our resource list. http://www.webreference.com/programming/cgi.html
>Animation Resources
Now's the time to add a GIF animation or two to your Web page. Start out by taking a cue from a tutorial in our resource list. Then check out a few of the animation tools. http://www.webreference.com/authoring/graphics/animation.html http://www.hotwired.com/webmonkey/98/22/index3a.html?tw=html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. NET NEWS: Alexa signs Netscape
Brewster Kahle's done it again. Last week he signed up Netscape to include Alexa's technology within the next version of Netscape Communicator. Kahle has made a career out of making things easier to find on the Web. Old Net-timers will recall he created WAIS in the early 1990's (Wide Area Information Server) to search the Internet and subsequenty sold WAIS to AOL for millions. His newest project is Alexa, an archive/site recommendation service for the Web. By signing up Netscape, Kahle's brought Alexa into the mainstream.
Netscape's new "Smart Browsing" technology will include Internet Keywords, What's Related, and Netwatch. The What's Related button will use Alexa's technology to bring up a list of sites related to the one you're viewing.
If you've never used Alexa you're in for a treat. After installation of the Alexa client (available now for Windows, alpha for Macs on Ethernet) once you open your browser, an unobstrusive Net nav bar pops up. Once you go to a site, Alexa automatically shows you "Where you are" with details about the site like who owns it (from InterNIC), user and Yahoo site reviews, how popular it is (top 10,000 for instance), freshness, and the total number of pages.
The second area of the nav bar suggests "Where to go next" with the two most popular related sites displayed and a popup for ten related sites. This is the part of Alexa that the Netscape will use. Webmasters should note that these sites are sorted by popularity based on backlinks (Alexa calls them Backpointers, i.e., links that point back to your site) so to make the top two related links, you've got to have the most backlinks (not necessarily the most traffic).
What Alexa does differently from the search engines and directories is that users create the (meta) content, and play a part in rating and recommending potential related sites. It's a group surfing experience. By tracking your usage patterns and the site's popularity, plus suggestions from users on similar sites, Alexa automatically keeps up with the Web, a task impossible to do manually.
There's more to Alexa than related links, like a 500,000+ site archive of the Web (no 404 errors for unavailable sites), and a desktop reference from Encyclopedia Brittanica. For more details on Alexa and the Netscape deal see:
http://www.webreference.com/outlook/extra.html http://www.netscape.com/newsref/pr/newsrelease623.html http://www.alexa.com/company/inthenews/netscape.html http://www.alexa.com
That's it for this week, see you next time.
- Andrew King
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