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                          AUGUST 17, 1998

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New this week on WebReference.com and the Web:

1. DOC JAVASCRIPT: Internet Explorer 5.0 Review, Part II 2. E-COMMERCE WATCH: How Do I Pay Thee? Let Me Count The Ways 3. NEW LINKS: Graphics and VRML tutorials, Legal Resources, Chat/BBS Software, SGML Resources 4. NEW BOOKS: * Dynamic HTML - The Definitive Guide * PalmPilot - The Ultimate Guide 5. OTHER VOICES: Most Popular Sites, XML Files: Behaviors

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. DOC JAVASCRIPT: Internet Explorer 5.0 Review, Part II

Now that you've tasted Internet Explorer 5.0, we'll take you through a grand tour of DHTML Behaviors, the most significant new JavaScript feature of IE5. Learn while you play a classic Behavior-based board game. By Yehuda Shiran.

http://www.webreference.com/js/column23/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. E-COMMERCE WATCH: How Do I Pay Thee? Let Me Count The Ways

Merchant Server payment systems often trip up even the most savvy site operators. Learn how to stay on your feet as you search for the best solutions for your business. By Mark Merkow.

http://www.webreference.com/ecommerce/mm/column7/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. NEW LINKS: Graphics and VRML tutorials, Legal Resources, Chat/BBS Software, SGML Resources

>Graphics Tutorials

Test your mind's eye. Free the closeted artist in yourself. And make your Web pages snazzy looking in the process. All it takes is a little patience on your part and some of these fine tutorials here. After all, you gotta have art! http://www.webreference.com/authoring/graphics/tutorials.html

>Legal Resources

Have you been injured? Slip and fall? Were you hurt on the job? Well, we can't help you with that. However, if you need to know anything about the Internet, copyrights, and intellectual property, point your mouse this way. http://www.webreference.com/internet/legal.html

>VRML Tutorials

>Still want to learn VRML? It's not too late...for you or the language. Check out all the material available online and start your journey into virtual reality. http://www.webreference.com/authoring/languages/vrml/tutorials.html

>Chat and BBS Software

Pssst! Hey buddy! Come over here. Yeah, I'm talking to you. Why? Well, really the question should be "How?" You can find out here with our freshly updated list of chat scripts and applications. http://www.webreference.com/internet/discussion.html

>SGML Resources

If you want to know where you're going, you have to know where you've been. Check out our resources on SGML, the mother of HTML and XML. http://webreference.com/authoring/languages/sgml/index.html

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. NEW BOOKS: Dynamic HTML - The Definitive Guide, PalmPilot - The Ultimate Guide

>Dynamic HTML - The Definitive Guide

Finally, a tutorial/reference book for DHTML that shows how to create cross-browser/platform DHTML. Like O'Reilly's other fine "Definitive Guides," the bulk of this 1000+ page book consists of DHTML reference material (HTML 4, DOM, CSS1/2, and core JavaScript). The reference pages show syntax, attributes, and NS4/IE4/CSS1/2 support for every entity, a real time-saver.

The beginning chapters offer an excellent introduction to the components of DHTML, and include a section on how to create a cross-browser API for easier cross-browser scripting.

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dhtmlref/ http://www.dannyg.com

Dynamic HTML - The Definitive Guide by Danny Goodman, $39.95 O'Reilly, 1998 ISBN: 1-56592-494-0

>PalmPilot - The Ultimate Guide

For those of you with PalmPilots this book is a must have. The little 3Com product is really a Mac at heart, but with a 40K OS :) Users will like the nifty programs and "hacks" discussed and included on the CD, and developers will learn how to program the popular box with CodeWarrior Lite (included).

Most people have seen people hunkered over their PalmPilots, tapping away at their contacts, TTDs, and date books. But did you know you could transform the thing into a teleprompter, a flashlight/alarm clock, a 19.2Kbps wireless fax/email/telnet/Web browser (by adding a small modem), a pager, a mobile Global Positioning System, and enclose it in a titanium carrying case?

There's even talk of converting the thing into a universal remote control. There are over 900 programs included in the CD-ROM, plus Web URLs for most of the free software mentioned in the book. Pick and choose, customize and extend your Palm to your heart's content, or you can always use it as a $300 tip calculator.

http://palmpilot.oreilly.com http://palmpilot.3com.com

PalmPilot - The Ultimate Guide by David Pogue O'Reilly, 1998 ISBN: 1-56592-420-7

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. OTHER VOICES: Most Popular Sites, XML Files: Behaviors

>Statistics Toolbox: Most Popular Sites, June 1998

Media Metrix rankings show different leaders, depending on whether browsers are at home or at work. http://www.iw.com/daily/stats/1998/08/0813-homeoffice.html

>The XML Files: Time Out From Behaviors

When the standards don't stay still for more than a week at a time, what's a columnist to do? But things could be worse...imagine if you had to re-edit every <IMG> tag you ever wrote... By Nate Zelnick http://webdeveloper.com/xml/xml_080798_1.html

That's it for this week, see you next time.

Andrew King Managing Editor, WebReference.com update@webreference.com

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