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1. DOC JAVASCRIPT: JavaScript and Frames, Part II - Concentration 2. E-COMMERCE WATCH: Passfaces 3. 3D ANIMATION WORKSHOP: Puppet Master Plus 4. NEW LINKS: E-Commerce Payment Software, Animation Software, UNIX Resources and Tutorials 5. BOOK REVIEW: Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing 6. NEW SOFTWARE: ImageVice 2, GoLive 4 7. OTHER VOICES: * HotMetal Pro 5 Review - Intranet Design Magazine * Spotlight on XML - Builder.com * Optimizing Your Images - WebMonkey.com * Algamics - The Marginalization of Scarcity 8. NET NEWS: * Yahoo! Acquires Broadcast.com for $5.7 Billion * Yahoo! Responsible for Half of Search Referrals * Mozilla Evangelist Quits * The Net: Software's New 'Platform' * Melissa Virus Suspect Arrested * New Engine Closes Apache-Java Gap * Salon gets a full-body makeover * Network Solutions cracks down on strategic domain investors * More taxpayers filing electronically
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. DOC JAVASCRIPT: JavaScript and Frames, Part II - Concentration
Sit back, relax, and enjoy our new memory game, Concentration. Learn how to program a memory game in less than 200 lines of code and familiarize yourself with frames in the process. Be careful, though, the game tends to become addicting. By Dr. Yehuda Shiran.
http://www.webreference.com/js/column37/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. E-COMMERCE: Toss Out Your Passwords-Bring On Passfaces(tm) Instead!
An innovative alternative to passwords that helps eliminate many security threats related to traditional passwords. By Mark Merkow.
http://www.webreference.com/ecommerce/mm/column23/index.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. 3D ANIMATION WORKSHOP: Puppet Master Plus
We finish up a series of lessons on character animation using Puppet Master to create a convincing muscular look. Also, an advanced character setup with bones and Puppet Master together. By Robert Polevoi.
http://www.webreference.com/3d/lesson63/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. NEW LINKS: E-Commerce Payment Software, Animation Software, UNIX Resources and Tutorials
>E-Commerce Payment Software
What are the options when it comes to payment systems for e-commerce? Look no further, we searched the Web so you don't have to. http://www.webreference.com/ecommerce/payment.html
>Animation Software
So how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop? Okay so maybe there aren't *quite* that many animation packages out there. Take a gander at our ever growing list and pick the app that licks the competition. http://www.webreference.com/authoring/graphics/software/animation.html
>UNIX Resources and Tutorials
Get to the root of the problem with our freshly updated UNIX resources. Hey, the daemon made me do it. http://www.webreference.com/programming/unix/
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. BOOK REVIEW: Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing
A major upgrade of Greenspun's _Database Backed Web Sites_, this book shares what Philip learned while creating hundreds of Web sites, most with relational database management systems (RDBMS). The generic- sounding title belies the book's depth and breadth, this is a superb effort at demystifying the creation of RDBMS-backed Web sites and Web site design in general. There's lots of meat here for everyone, but the main premise seems to be: "If you want to do anything really interesting on the Web, you're going to need a relational database."
The book is a strange combination of photographs (Greenspun is the author of Travels with Samantha and an accomplished photographer) Web site design advise, and technical RDBMS/Tcl information. Greenspun himself calls it the "first coffee table Web book." The strange thing is, it all works. If, for some reason, you don't like the text you can always stare at the beautiful photographs.
Greenspun's focus is to spread the RDBMS gospel and show how Web services can replace desktop applications. He practices what he preaches too, on his photo.net site and his own startup Arsdigita offers free software and services that enable webmasters to add many of the collaborative services he talks about in the book.
The book is also fun to read, a real accomplishment for such a technical book. Greenspun's dry wit is evident throughout the book, often poking fun at conventional wisdom and prominent design gurus (David Siegel better hide in one of his tunnels). Here's a summary:
Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing
1. Envisioning a Site That Won't Be Featured in Suck.com - present multiple viewpoints, magnet content/collaborate, Web primary 2. So You Want to Join the World's Grubbiest Club: Internet Entrepreneurs
Four ways to make money on the Internet (from least to most lucrative): 1. Sites that provide traditional information 2. Sites that provide collaboratively created information 3. Sites that provide a service via a server-side program 4. Sites that define a standard enabling customers to seamlessly query multiple databases
Essential message here is don't work the edges but build applications for businesses. Web/db developers can make $200-250/hr.
3. Scalable Systems for Online Communities - Free software available at http://www.arsdigita.com 4. Static Site Development - Steps for conventional site devlopment 5. Learn to Program HTML in 21 Minutes - View Source 6. Adding Images to Your Site - PhotoCD + RDBMS 7. Publicizing Your Site (Without Irritating Everyone on the Net) - search engine placement, raise your relevance, lots of text 8. So You Want to Run Your Own Server - Unix/Mac/PC -> Unix vs. NT -> choosing server hardware/software - AOLServer vs. Apache vs. Microsoft IIS/ASP, connectivity 9. User Tracking - http://click-through.net + RDBMS, log analysis, unix shell commands 10. Sites That Are Really Programs - collaborative site = programming 11. Sites That Are Really Databases - develop data model, legal transactions, map to Web forms, avoid middleware 12. Database Management Systems - good intro to databases 13. Interfacing a Relational Database to the Web 14. Ecommerce 15. Case Studies 16. Better Living Through Chemistry 17. A Future So Bright You'll Need to Wear Sunglasses
As of today you can buy the 4-color book in print or you can read the entire book online at:
http://photo.net/wrt/thebook/ http://www.arsdigita.com
Highly recommended.
Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing Philip Greenspun Morgan Kaufman, 1999 $35.96 ISBN: 1558605347
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. NEW SOFTWARE: ImageVice 2, GoLive 4
>ImageVice 2
Easy to use color reduction filter for Photoshop that uses a unique adjustable run length increaser to increase compression efficiency in GIFs etc. "It's what happens when you put finger painting and graduate level math together." http://www.boxtopsoft.com
>GoLive 4
Cross platform DHTML/Web site editing ease. http://www.adobe.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. OTHER VOICES: HotMetal Pro 5 Review, Spotlight on XML, Optimizing Your Images, Algamics
>HotMetal Pro 5 Review
SoftQuad, Inc. was into SGML when the Web was just a gleam in Tim-Berners Lee's eye, and they loom large on the W3C's XML and DOM committees. Unfortunately that pedigree can't save SoftQuad's feature-rich HTML authoring tool, HoTMetaL Pro, from the bugs, interface screw-ups and poor support that IDM's reviewer uncovers. Ouch. http://idm.internet.com/reviews/hmpro50.shtml Intranet Design Magazine, Apr. 5, 1999
>Spotlight on XML
You may have heard that XML, the relatively new Extensible Markup Language, will revolutionize the Web, and that XML has the potential to reshape the way data is exchanged over the Internet. Before you abandon HTML, though, find out what XML really means for the future of Web building. http://www.builder.com/Authoring/XmlSpot/ Builder.com
>Optimizing Your Images
Are people getting tired of waiting for that 350-KB picture of Bea Arthur to load on your site? Never fear, Tim's here to help you cut the fat. http://www.hotwired.com/webmonkey/99/15/index0a.html WebMonkey.com, Apr. 5, 1999
>Algamics - The Marginalization of Scarcity
The study and practice of the production and allocation of non-scarce goods. http://agalmics.nu/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. NET NEWS: Yahoo! Acquires Broadcast.com for $5.7 Billion, Mozilla Evangelist Quits, Melissa Virus Suspect Arrested, Yahoo! Responsible for Half of Search Referrals, New Engine Closes Apache-Java Gap, The Net: Software's New 'Platform,' Salon gets a full-body makeover, Network Solutions cracks down on strategic domain investors, More taxpayers filing electronically
>Yahoo! Acquires Broadcast.com for $5.7 Billion
Yahoo!'s acquisition last week of broadband leader Broadcast.com gives the company over 60% reach on the Web, far ahead of the competition (50 million users/month plus 30 million/month from Broadcast.com). Tim Koogle, Yahoo's CEO, in a CNBC interview last Friday said that Broadcast.com's content will allow Yahoo! to deliver rich media in context for Yahoo surfers. Yahoo's new "turbo" service will no doubt include Broadcast.com's content. Yahoo!, the new Web TV network? http://www.thestandard.net/articles/display/0,1449,4043,00.html http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,1087,3_90621,00.html Internetnews.com, Apr. 1, 1999
>Yahoo! Responsible for Half of Search Referrals
According to Internet traffic analyzer WebSideStory, nearly half of all traffic generated from search engines to Web sites can be traced to Yahoo!. Conventional wisdom says that 50 to 75% of all Web site traffic comes from search engines, so a link on Yahoo's can mean all the difference.
1. Yahoo -- 45.92% 2. Excite -- 21.68% 3. Alta Vista -- 9.70% 4. Infoseek -- 5.32% 5. Web Crawler -- 3.35% 6. HotBot -- 3.42% 7. Snap -- 3.09% 8. MSN -- 2.32% 9. Lycos -- 1.83% 10. GoTo -- 1.69% http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,1087,3_90031,00.html Internetnews.com Mar. 31, 1999
>Mozilla Evangelist Quits
Jamie Zawinski, founder of Netscape's Mozilla open source project, quit last week, citing developer apathy and Netscape bureaucracy as his primary reasons for leaving. http://www.thestandard.net/articles/display/0,1449,4083,00.html The Industry Standard, Apr. 2, 1999
>The Net: Software's New 'Platform'
Hotshot programmers are showcasing their wares online and portals and the Web are threatening Windows to become the new PC platform for on-demand application delivery. See the book review above for a discussion of this trend. http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2232342,00.html Inter@ctive Week, Mar. 29, 1999
>Melissa Virus Suspect Arrested
Authorities have arrested and charged David L. Smith, suspected of creating the Melissa e-mail virus and unleashing it on the world from his apartment in a New Jersey shore town. Some reports say that the email about the email virus eclipse the email from the virus itself, so I'll stop right there. Copycat viruses like 'Papa' and 'Mad Cow' have already appeared. http://www.thestandard.net/articles/display/0,1449,4079,00.html The Industry Standard, Apr. 2, 1999
>New Engine Closes Apache-Java Gap
Open source code developers are adding a Java servlet engine to the Apache Web server, closing a gap that had been threatening to open between it and the popular Java programming language. http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2234115,00.html Inter@ctive Week, Mar. 30, 1999
>Salon gets a full-body makeover
Hair care and beauty professionals have been bumped to a new location on the Web, as Salon magazine today unveiled a host of changes to its site, including a new address: Salon.com. http://www.salon.com http://www.news.com/News/Item/Textonly/0,25,34631,00.html News.com, Apr. 5, 1999
>Network Solutions cracks down on strategic domain investors
Network Solutions Inc. recently purged 18,000 registrations it suspected were held by speculators, who typically register thousands of names at once. The company also restricted acces to "root zone" files which can alert speculators about when a domain name will become available. http://www.techserver.com/noframes/story/0,2294,34996-56368-412496-0,00.html Nando Media/AP, Apr. 5, 1999
>More taxpayers filing electronically
Electronic return filing up more than 16% from last year, according to Internal Revenue Service figures released Wednesday. http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/cte771.htm USAToday.com, Mar. 31, 1999
That's it for this week, see you next time.
Andrew King Managing Editor, WebReference.com update@webreference.com
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