[WSG] Content negotiated links: why so bad?

2007-02-28 Thread libwebdev
Hi folks, I followed a recent thread here on how people manage their links, and I made a request to our organisation's webmaster to allow MultiViews for my department's website (which I manage, and which is part of a large public organisation). I have a penchant for short, usable URLs that don't

Re: [WSG] Content negotiated links: why so bad?

2007-02-28 Thread libwebdev
I appreciate your comments, Breton, thank you. At 11:19 AM 1/03/2007 +1100, Breton Slivka wrote: Given the structure of the department site, I am not sure that there is any great advantage to be gained.' what special qualities of the site's structure is he talking about here? No special

[WSG] Talking about odd user behaviour (was Re: PopUp windows)

2007-03-08 Thread libwebdev
Hi folks, Someone wrote: One of my favourite stats is that 30% of browser activity involves using the Back button .Proceedings of the Third International World Wide Web Conference, Darmstadt, Germany (1995). To which someone else replied: and the web, users and people have changed a

[WSG] Cites Insights: conference edition

2007-05-30 Thread libwebdev
Hi folks, Walt Crawford's Cites Insights for June is out, and is a special issue dedicated to attending and/or speaking at conferences. Download it here: http://citesandinsights.info (hit current issue), or here is the pdf direct: http://citesandinsights.info/civ7i7.pdf It is written by a

Re: [WSG] BBC in Beta

2007-12-18 Thread libwebdev
Firefox: Yesterday it defaulted to lollipop green (*puke*), with coloured buttons. Today it's defaulting to black and white with NO coloured buttons; that whole div is just not there today. IE6: Defaults to black and white WITH coloured buttons. However the items showing and news stories are

Re: [WSG] hello

2008-02-12 Thread libwebdev
Kat wrote: Is Web 2.0 larger than the web itself? I don't know, but it's certainly *beyond* the web. Librarians around the world have been flapping their arms and gums about Library 2.0 for ages, which, imo, is even more ridiculous than Web 2.0. lib.

[WSG] Breadcrumbs showing organisational structure and usability

2008-06-06 Thread libwebdev
Hi folks, My organisation manages around 7000+ pages for 100s of departments, using a CMS. Mine is the only department outside the CMS, just because we can. We have been persuaded (read: bullied) to redesign our header to exactly match that of the parent organisation. I have no problem with that