New Accessible Web Design & Compliance Certificate

2008-05-06T20:20:00.001-05:00

Harper College's new Accessible Web Design & Compliance Certificate was just approved by the State of Illinois. There is an increased focus in the technology industry and in society on accessibility. Information technology (including web sites) is expected to provide accommodations in order to be accessible for all individuals. The certificate was added to address learning needs generated by the

New Adobe Photoshop Express Beta

2008-04-15T14:18:00.001-05:00

Adobe launched a new beta version of Adobe Photoshop Express. This Rich Internet Application (RIA) is free -- all you need to do is sign up! You'll be able to store up to 2GB of images, edit your images, and share them online.

WOW Technology Minute Podcast

2008-01-31T15:20:00.000-06:00

January 2008 is turning out to be quite a month... check out my one-minute podcast interview about web design best practices and accessibility at the WOW Technology Minute.

Outstanding e-Learning Faculty Award

2008-01-20T10:24:00.000-06:00

The Instructional Technology Council (ITC) recently announced the recipients of their 2008 Awards for Excellence. Harper College Associate Professor Terry Morris was named the recipient of the 2008 Outstanding e-Learning Faculty Award for Excellence. The ITC is a national organization that promotes effective use of technology to enhance distance learning. Member institutions may nominate an

Netscape's Demise

2008-01-07T07:36:00.000-06:00

AOL announced that support of the Netscape browser will end on February 1, 2008. Back in the days of Netscape Gold, this browser was considered the latest and greatest. Netscape made available an open-source build called Mozilla, which has grown in popularity as Mozilla Firefox.

A Preview of HTML 5

2007-12-04T06:52:00.000-06:00

Want a preview of the next new version of HTML and be the first on your block to know about the new

10 Future Web Trends

2007-09-07T05:55:00.000-05:00

Read/Write Web has posted a list of 10 Web trends to watch for. Some may be familiar to you but others may be new. The trends are: Semantic Web, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Worlds, Mobile, Attention Economy, Web Sites as Web Services, Online Video / Internet TV, Rich Internet Apps, International Web, and Personalization. Intrigued? Explore the post and its related links.

New Adobe CS3 Tutorials

2007-08-23T18:17:00.000-05:00

New tutorials are available for Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe Fireworks CS3, and Adobe Flash CS3. Each tutorial walks you through creating a logo banner for a web site. The Fireworks and Photoshop tutorials also introduce techniques for creating navigation buttons. The Flash tutorial introduces motion tweens, shape tweens, symbols, and behaviors.

The Rise of Ruby on Rails

2007-07-25T16:12:00.000-05:00

Ruby on Rails has been around for a few years as one of the open source server-side programming languages for the Web. With Microsoft's announcement of its own implementation, IronRuby, you can expect this language to get a lot of attention. Read eWeek's Rise of Ruby on Rails for an overview of where this technology is headed.

Apple Safari Browser for Windows

2007-06-12T08:50:00.000-05:00

Apple recently released a beta version of its Safari Browser for Windows. See http://www.apple.com/safari/ for a free download. Why should you consider using this browser? According to Apple, "The fastest web browser on any platform, Safari loads pages up to 2 times faster than Internet Explorer 7 and up to 1.6 times faster than Firefox 2. And it executes JavaScript up to 2.8 times faster than

HTML 5 - the next version of XHTML/HTML

2007-05-18T06:59:00.000-05:00

Back in March 2007 a previous post discussed the founding of the new HTML working group at the W3C. It's recently been resolved that "HTML 5" will be the name of the W3C's next HTML specification.

New! Flash Slideshow Tutorial

2007-04-29T12:19:00.000-05:00

Try out the new Flash Slideshow Tutorial. The slideshow uses Flash but you don't need to know how to develop in Flash to download and configure the slideshow to display your own images! That's because the slideshow utilizes an easy to edit text-based XML file to configure the file names of the images that it displays.

Adobe Dreamweaver CS3

2007-04-06T10:00:00.000-05:00

Adobe is releasing a new version of Dreamweaver called Dreamweaver CS3 in mid-April. Visit http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/features/ for an overview of what's new. Highlights include improved CSS and XML support. You may need to upgrade your computer before trying out this new software -- the Windows version requires Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista along with 1GB of RAM. The

The Next Version of XHTML May Be HTML 5

2007-03-23T09:08:00.001-06:00

An independent group, WHAT-WG (Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group), has been working outside of the official W3C since 2004 towards a new "version" of HTML. In March 2007 the W3C announced a new official HTML Working Group that is expected to build on and extend WHAT-WG's efforts. According to the W3C HTML Working Group's charter, their charge is to recommend a new standard that

The World, Technology, Education, and the Future

2007-03-19T08:24:00.000-06:00

What are the implications of this video to you, your family, your education, your career, your future?

At one time even books were a "new" technology

2007-03-19T08:21:00.000-06:00

A look at Web 2.0

2007-02-09T06:41:00.000-06:00

Play the video below for an enlightening perspective of the impact of Web 2.0. The video was created by Michael Wesch.

The Big Three Search Engines Agree!

2006-12-30T08:26:00.000-06:00

Google's SiteMap XML protocol provides a method for a web developer to publish a map of a site and submit it to Google. The purpose is to describe pages to be listed in the search engine. It's designed to let organizations guide Google's crawlers and should help get pages indexed more quickly and thoroughly. The big news is that now Microsoft and Yahoo! have agreed to also use this protocol!

EV SSL Certificates

2006-12-26T19:40:00.000-06:00

Verisign has issued the first Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificate to overstock.com. EV SSL is a new standardized validation process created by CA/Browser Forum, a voluntary organization of leading certification authorities and vendors of Internet browser software and other applications. EV SSL Certificates maximize consumer confidence when visiting Web sites by providing another visual cue

Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Released

2006-10-30T07:02:00.000-06:00

Mozilla recently announced the release of Firefox 2.0. Visit http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ for a free download. New features include improved tabbed browsing, session restore, "Live Titles", and more....

Internet Explorer 7 Released!

2006-10-23T09:48:00.000-05:00

Microsoft recently released a new version of its popular browser. Check out the at CNET review of IE7.

browsershots.org

2006-09-12T07:32:00.000-05:00

When testing your website it's a great idea to test in as many browsers and platforms as you can. Visit http://www.browsershots.org and submit your URL -- selecting the browsers and platforms for testing. Your request is placed in a queue and the (eventual) response will be a collection of browser screen shots. View a sample browsershots results page.

Just for fun: Popular URLs

2006-04-20T11:50:00.000-05:00

Visit http://www.popurls.com to explore links to a collection of popular content from a variety of sites including Digg, Furl, YouTube, Slashdot, Yahoo News, Flickr, Spurl, Del, etc. Have fun!

Enlightening Web Design Review

2006-04-18T06:33:00.000-05:00

Check out the article at Digital Web Magazine by McClurg-Genevese. The author analyzes various designs at CSS Zen Garden and discusses how the principles and elements of design were used to create these innovative and imaginative Web design compositions.

Firefox Browser 14% US Market Share

2005-11-07T09:23:00.000-06:00

A recent report by OneStat.com shows the Firefox Browser with a 14.07% market share in the US and an 11.51% global market share. Read the detailed report.