Google+ marketing is a simple arrow
Google+ gets a big marketing push from the Google search home page. The simplicity of using a simple arrow is fascinating, though a colleague found it distracting. Tweet
Adobe Edge and the Future of Flash
Information Week has an article about Adobe’s new tool for animation with web standards development: Why Adobe Edge Says Nothing About Flash’s Future http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/webdev/231300020 I think “nothing” is a declarative statement that’s flawed. The title should be “Why Adobe Edge Says Nothing About Flash’s Immediate Future” to be more accurate and flexible to unpredictable developments. JavaScript has replaced a number of things people relied on Flash for, because JavaScript engines are a part of browsers that each browser development team has control of. Flash Player can’t be improved on by... Read full article →
Safari 4 supports HTML 5 features and CSS 3
No longer in Beta. http://www.apple.com/safari/what-is.html Nice to see advanced web design/development feature support. It’s nice to see a major computer company pushing innovation on the web. The browser wars wage on. Tweet
AOL to Lay Off 10 Percent of Staff, Cutting 700, Due to Ad Meltdown and a Refocusing on New Structure
I finally waned my mother-in-law off of thinking she needed AOL software on her computer to access the internet and e-mail. They’ve had to reinvent themselves several times since 2000. At this point, I’m surprised it was only 10%. Maybe their plans for mobile web apps will keep the rest of their staff busy.
Google changed their favicon again
A favicon is a small logo that appears in your browser’s address bar or tab, and the bookmarks/favorites drop-down menu. Here’s this year’s new multi-color version: Google blogged about how they came to the new favicon here: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/googles-new-favicon.html Here’s the original (still seen in the Firefox toolbar search box): The first change was last year’s little ‘g’: I still think last year’s change was a nice idea. The font has a fun feel to it, but they didn’t match it with the same blue that’s found in the Google logo,... Read full article →