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Too Many Subscription Buttons

Everybody and their grandmother produces an easy to use subscription buttons so you can quickly add a Web site’s content to your iGoogle Web page or your My Yahoo! Homepage. When do you know that you are offering your readers or visitors too many options though?
Personally I don’t like seeing 200 different ways I can […]

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Lingr - Making Chat Cool Again?

I can not even remember the last time I was in a chat room filled with people. Maybe I have grown out of it? Maybe it is something that just is not as popular as it used to be. One new service out there is looking to turn that all around. […]

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Forgotten Links on Your Web Site

When it comes to planning a Web site, some folks out there remember the special toppings on the pizza, but forget the crust. There are a some real basics that every Web site must have, and it really does annoy me to no end when they do not. All of these can be […]

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To Ad or Not to Ad?

It is a question that every webmaster must ask him or herself. Should I be running ads on my Web site or not? Well I am not going to tell you ads are evil and stay away. I am also not going to tell you to sell your soul and make as […]

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Does Your Web Site Need An FAQ?

A good FAQ (or otherwise known as frequently asked questions) Web page can help you from having to answer a lot of general questions about yourself or your online business. I like to think of them as the first line of defense in customer service. Along with any help site that you might have, the […]

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Get an Alternate E-mail Address

How many E-mail addresses do you have? For the longest I guess I took it for granted that most people used multiple E-mail accounts but I guess I was wrong. Here lately, I seem to be getting more E-mails about people having problems because they can’t get E-mail out or contact their hosting […]

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YouTube Wannabes: Online Video Market Post GooTube

In truth, it’s the rule of first. And considering that YouTube has already dominated the marketshare for silly online video, I seriously question anyone else having a prayer in this arena.
Now that YouTube has been acquired for $1.65B by the hottest technology company on the planet, inevitably it will give rise to a whole new […]

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Warning. Your IE 6.0 Browser Will Self Destruct in 15 Seconds

Like it or not, here it comes! That is what a number of Windows users will likely be saying as the IE 7 upgrade makes its way onto their machines.
Remember when you booted up your computer and that friendly browser quietly appeared, ready to take you anywhere with no fuss?
Not anymore. Now, Microsoft is going […]

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How Hot Is the New Firefox Browser?

So how is Firefox doing with its latest revision? Thus far, things are looking pretty darn good.
The Mozilla Foundation, a spin-off of former Internet heavyweight Netscape, has released what many believe will be the final version Firefox 2.0, the chief competitor to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.
The version, called RC3 — short for Release Candidate 3 — […]

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Bandwidth Meter

Do you find yourself wanting a Firefox extension that displays your public IP address, displays your public domain name, and tests your speed and bandwidth with uploads and downloads? Sure, it is not a question I find myself with on a daily basis, but it is one that needs to be solved all the […]

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WebYep creates simple Web pages

It’s a cool idea, so it should be interesting to see how it does against other similar concepts already out there today.
Objective Development Software has released WebYep 1.1.10, a compact Web Content Management System for extremely simple creation of editable Web pages. The software focuses on Web developers whose primary concern is design, and reduces […]

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Browser failure

Yet, another friendly reminder of why it is so important to fully understand the Firefox extensions that you download and install.

Browser failure: I use Tab Mix Plus in Firefox to save tabbed windows in case of a crash. Unfortunately, crashing too often seems to crash this session manager too, and I’ve lost 75 tabs I’ve […]

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IE market share: What’s going on?

You have to admit, it is becoming more and more difficult to discern who is being completely forth write about the real marketshare of IE these days.
Recent high-profile security problems with Internet Explorer have done little to dent its market share - or maybe not, according to conflicting reports on web browser use.
Web analytics firm […]

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Portaga raises $5.8 million

Well it’s official, Web Services is the place to be! Seriously, just consider the follow “ka-ching” as real proof of concept.

The Web services company of Genesys Network, Portaga Inc. (formerly Realtime Enterprises, a DEMO@15 demonstrator), recently closed $5.8 million in new capital, led by Ascend Venture Group. Genesys Partners acted as venture development and financial […]

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JavaScript Intranet Scanner

True or not, the follow scenario paints a very frightening picture if I ever saw one. Hold on to your hats, kids!

In “Other Things” blog I’ve found a link to a PDF document which describes a […]

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MySpace: A Click Fraud Social Network?

While I agree completely with the following piece listed below, I found it sort of funny that the company that concern is being expressed over is host this individual’s website.

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UIE Virtual Seminar: The Visual Design of Web Applications

Virtual Seminars, they can be both immensely beneficial and in some cases , rather annoying. With the latest one on the design of web apps, I suspect that this will prove to be one of the more informative ones out there.

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Mobile Web Issues

We like to tell ourselves that the mobile web has arrived, but the reality is that it may not be as close as we might like to think.

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Kris Smith on Web Design for Podcasting

Is the web design that you use for your podcast important? Believe it or not, it can be depending on how everything is laid out.

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About Pioneers of the Inevitable

Still alive and kicking, Songbird is working to make the music side of browsing a lot less cumbersome and confusing.