Refenestration Daily.
As mentioned in the KDE 3.1 Beta accouncement, KDE apparently has a set of User Interface Guidelines (à la Apple’s now-famous user-interface guidelines).
I’m pleased to see such a development in the Unix world. After all, it's not that I really need yet-another utility to parse text files ;), but I think that a healthy dose of UI rediscovery could do wonders towards the acceptance of Linux and other Unices.
I was validating a page today when I got the error:
Error: element “input” not allowed here; possible cause is an inline element containing a block-level element
At first I was confused, but a Google search for that error message quickly pointed me in the right direction. Apparently, <form> must contain a block-level element. And, as <input> is just an inline element, directly enclosing it with a <form> tag wasn’t allowed.
So, I enclosed the tags within <form> by a <div>, and the page now validates as XHTML 1.1. Standards are good :).
Netscape 7 (final) has been released today. Compared with Netscape 6.2, this new version offers tabbed browsing, print preview, and full-screen mode (among other new features).
Of course, all of those features have been in Mozilla for ages ;). In fact, there’s little reason to try Netscape 7 (based on Mozilla 1.01) when Mozilla 1.1 is now available.
As mentioned on Politech, the RIAA website was cracked yesterday morning (screenshot). The text reads, in part:
As you are probably aware, the RIAA has been pursuing a policy of preventing this activity in recent months.
We have recently become aware that this approach is yielding only limited results and in some cases may in fact be harming sales and the artists' revenue stream.
The RIAA wishes to apologise for the heavy-handed manner in which the popular chinese site Listen4Ever was closed down, and would like to present the following items for free download as a token of its goodwill. […]
The crack is amusing in itself, especially since it uses the victim’s own site to parody its views. However, I’m most fascinated by the screenshot itself. I’m not sure which OS is running there (OSX, maybe?), but that anti-aliased text sure is beautiful.
New Architect Magazine has an article that they call “Making Mistakes Well” on offering contingency plans to increase revenue:
LandsEnd.com decided it could do more than just display the typical “out of stock” message for unavailable items. Instead, the site now presents an inventory alert feature that tells shoppers when an item will be available, offers to send email notification when the item arrives, and shows shoppers similar items that are available immediately. The conversion rate at LandsEnd.com is 11 percent, one of the highest among online apparel retailers. Site creators say that this sort of dedication to the customer is a major reason why.
37 Signals also has a white paper on contingency design.
