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23rd March 2001

eSake

“The first-ever information resource and web store to offer both in-depth English coverage of Japanese sake and online sales of premium Japanese nihonshu.”

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23rd March 2001

A Message in A Web Site

“How Students And Their Parents Receive (or Don’t) What Is Sent: This pilot study views the University Internet site as a text and through the perspectives of semiotics, audience and meaning making analyzes how well the message to one part of the audience, the prospective student and parent, gets through.”

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23rd March 2001

The Critical Project

“The Critical Project compilation of Web resources, knowledge fragments, and commentary, is the work of James R. Elkins, Professor of Law, West Virginia University.” Features all kinds of critical thinking resources.

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23rd March 2001

Links Want To Be Links

“This document explains why you, as a Web page author, should not try to prevent Web browsers from displaying textual links underlined and image links with borders around them. It also discusses common mistakes in setting (suggesting) colors for textual links. In special cases, it might actually help users if you ‘tailor’ link presentation; there are both HTML and CSS methods for that. The beauty of textual links is explained and compared with the drawbacks of non-textual links and pseudo-links like buttons. Finally we present various ways of ‘animating’ or otherwise enhancing links without destroying their natural beauty.”

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