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11th September 2003

Bad names to use for directories

“It’s not enough to use different browsers (or even BrowserCam) to check your site’s appearance. Back in May, I featured a company called Blackbaud, who makes software for non-profits. Their most important image — which talked about Blackbaud’s new 0% financing and ‘how easily you can afford the building blocks of success’ — wasn’t visible because they put it in a directory that was blocked by Norton Internet Security’s ad-blocking feature.”

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11th September 2003

Listamatic

“Can you take a simple list and use different Cascading Style Sheets to create radically different list options? The Listamatic shows the power of CSS when applied to one simple list using samples from Eric Meyer, ProjectSeven, SimpleBits, Jeffrey Zeldman and others.”

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11th September 2003

Interactive Visual Explainers — A Simple Classification

“Interactives are one of the first experiments in interactive journalism. They are brief Web-based interactive visual explainers. They are designed to explain complex concepts or ideas. Of late, they are usually created in Macromedia Flash or Macromedia Director. Since the practice is new, different names are used to describe it — ‘Flash Infographics,’ ‘Motion Graphics,’ and ‘Interaction Graphics’ are some we’ve come across. We like ‘Interactives’ because it embodies interaction — the building block of the Web — and thus does not bring across any preconceived notions from the print world.”

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11th September 2003

BBC - Audio Interviews

Listen to BBC audio interviews with ACTORS, ARCHITECTS, BROADCASTERS, CARTOONISTS, COMPOSERS, DANCERS, FILMMAKERS, MUSICIANS, PAINTERS, PHILOSOPHERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, PLAYWRIGHTS, POETS, POLITICAL ACTIVISTS, RELIGIOUS THINKERS, SCIENTISTS, SCULPTORS, SPORTS FIGURES and WRITERS.

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11th September 2003

Interactive Visual Explainers — A Simple Classification

“Interactives are one of the first experiments in interactive journalism. They are brief Web-based interactive visual explainers. They are designed to explain complex concepts or ideas. Of late, they are usually created in Macromedia Flash or Macromedia Director. Since the practice is new, different names are used to describe it — ‘Flash Infographics,’ ‘Motion Graphics,’ and ‘Interaction Graphics’ are some we’ve come across. We like ‘Interactives’ because it embodies interaction — the building block of the Web — and thus does not bring across any preconceived notions from the print world.”

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11th September 2003

Interactive Visual Explainers — A Simple Classification

“Interactives are one of the first experiments in interactive journalism. They are brief Web-based interactive visual explainers. They are designed to explain complex concepts or ideas. Of late, they are usually created in Macromedia Flash or Macromedia Director. Since the practice is new, different names are used to describe it — ‘Flash Infographics,’ ‘Motion Graphics,’ and ‘Interaction Graphics’ are some we’ve come across. We like ‘Interactives’ because it embodies interaction — the building block of the Web — and thus does not bring across any preconceived notions from the print world.”

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11th September 2003

Interactive Visual Explainers — A Simple Classification

“Interactives are one of the first experiments in interactive journalism. They are brief Web-based interactive visual explainers. They are designed to explain complex concepts or ideas. Of late, they are usually created in Macromedia Flash or Macromedia Director. Since the practice is new, different names are used to describe it — ‘Flash Infographics,’ ‘Motion Graphics,’ and ‘Interaction Graphics’ are some we’ve come across. We like ‘Interactives’ because it embodies interaction — the building block of the Web — and thus does not bring across any preconceived notions from the print world.”

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11th September 2003

Bad names to use for directories

“It’s not enough to use different browsers (or even BrowserCam) to check your site’s appearance. Back in May, I featured a company called Blackbaud, who makes software for non-profits. Their most important image — which talked about Blackbaud’s new 0% financing and ‘how easily you can afford the building blocks of success’ — wasn’t visible because they put it in a directory that was blocked by Norton Internet Security’s ad-blocking feature.”

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