September 2008 Archives

According to Mary Jo Foley ..

"From what admittedly little I had a chance to see, Windows 7 does not look or feel like a major departure from Windows Vista."

"While Gov. Palin is fairly new to the political scene nationwide, the Alaska native's stance on key topics may give clues into the policies she would support if she were elected Vice President."

BetaNews article

Download Google's new Chrome browser

I do see some issues with rollover links displaying properly on some of the sites I've built, but so far so GREAT!  How's it working for you? 

.. at least that's my experience.  Drop-down menus and graphics aren't fully displaying and Web pages are loading slowly. I'm making Firefox my default browser for the time being (sorry, Microsoft). Anyone else having issues with IE 8 Beta 2 running under Vista? 

According to this Computerworld article "IE8 is epically porcine," said Barth. "Microsoft has gone to epic levels of bloat." 

Microsoft's IE8 Beta 2 hogs memory, says researcher

The results of Jakob Nielsen's recent site map usability study as compared to one done 7 years ago suggests that while site maps have become more prevalent, most users don't use them.  Nonetheless, in his infinite Web usability wisdom he still thinks site maps are worth having on a professional site.  Here is his rationale in a nutshell:

• They don't hurt people who don't use them.
• They do help a few people.
• They incur very little cost.
  

Read this article to fully understand his rationale:  

Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, August 12, 2008, Site Map Usability