It appears Amazon has integrated RSS into its searches. This would allow you to be notified each time a new book, DVD, etc. came out--all this as you catch up with the latest posts and comments from other sites via an XML aggregator (FoF, NetNewsWire). Here is a sample search for "css" in the category books.

[news via a.wholelottanothing]

This reference was written for my own benefit, in response to a topic raised on the CSS-discuss mailing list. You may use it, quote it, complain about it, suggest improvements (constructive comments please) or ignore it--you choose.

General Guidelines

Commenting Guidelines

Organization Guidelines

Naming Guidelines

1. With lower case letters
2. With no numbers, underscores or hyphens
3. That are not named after a property they have, as in a future redesign they may not have the same properties (hat tip to Alex Jones)

With the abrupt, but not unexpected, demise of Netscape--coupled with the reformation of Mozilla--weblogers the world over have speculated on what will happen next. Personally I think that Anil's suggestion that Google should bankroll, or at least promote, the Mozilla Foundation is a great idea, although with a few flaws. Namely that Google is a company first and foremost and companies aim to look after themselves--to survive and make profit. Investing money does look like a shady option for Google as it would be gambling on Mozilla's success. Anil even raises this point himself, although I don't agree with his reasoning.

"What would be the business model? My mind tells me that a free, open-source browser with built-in hooks to Google services and APIs would be good enough to push increased usage of Google's revenue-generating services and advertising. Microsoft has publicly conceded that they're going for Google's market, and Yahoo threw more than a billion and a half dollars at the Google problem earlier this week. Against those challenges, I'd say the onus is on Google to embrace and extend with a free product that's better than anything the competition can offer: That's what works."

See also

1. The best search engine even has a sense of humour
2. Best of luck to the Mozilla Foundation (now accepting Paypal donations).
3. Ex-Mozilla workers.
4. Simon Willison talks over a "Google Browser".

As you may have noticed we have gone though another little redesign. That's it for the moment though. As always, comments appreciated. Edit: I forgot to say that I have added most of my old entries. Have fun reading them again.

"If you want something doing, do it yourself."

1. Technorati API. Find out who is linking to you, when, why etc. An extension to this could be in the form of RSS feeds that would be syndicated via an XML aggregator (FoF, NetNewsWire etc) so you can be notified of changes.
2. Referrers. Find out how users get to your site. This could also be extended in the same way as above.
3. User Agents. Should be able to identify all user agents including bots, XML aggregators and PDA/mobile browsers. Separating the user agents into groups eg. "Top 10 Aggregators" or "Top 5 Bots" etc could extend this further. Another extension could be information on browser trends. "Are IE6 users becoming more or less frequent?" etc.
4. Graph Statistical Data. Hits per hour, Unique hits per week etc.
5. Search Terms. It should show you what people are searching for, to find your site and also what your viewers are searching for within your site (if applicable).
6. Design. Pretty self-explanatory. I don't want to be ripping out my eyeballs as I look at the information whilst on the other hand it doesn't need to be drop-dead-gorgeous.

As you may have noticed zlog is going through some changes. Reload every few minutes for the latest. Update: Comments are now enabled and RSS is auto-generated.

Redesigning always takes longer than you expect. Most designs of mine are simple, but serve a purpose. At least that’s what I aim for. The designs, although simple, often cause problems when it comes to CSS. Yes you did hear right. The thing is, I want my design how I want my design. Not 6 pixels to the left, not just off centre and definitely not with “dotted” borders for WinIE. This often involves using CSS #8220;hacks” or writing bloated CSS–something I am prepared to pay, but Shouldn’t have to. During my latest redesign, I came across a few inevitable problems. Of course the usual suspects were there, IE‘s interpretation of PNG alpha channels, IE‘s “dotted” borders etc but I also came into problems with CSS. CSS positioning to be more precise. Was it really that hard to have a border all the way around two separate positioned columns? It did seem so. I would only work when the floated column was shorter than it’s partner. This could not always be guaranteed–something I wasn’t prepared to risk and shouldn’t have to. CSS has come along way since it emerged in late 1996, and hopefully it has a lot left to go. CSS 2.1 looks good and the suggestions for CSS 3 look very good. So lets see how things turn out as these versions become mainstream. Recommended Reading: Simon Willison and Tom Gilder. As the fully functionally debut of the new design draws nearer I am starting to wonder about a few things. Should I copy and paste my old posts into the new format? Should I I am going to use a weblog publisher like Moverable Type or Textpattern (which is currently awaiting its first milestone version). Should I allow comments? Would they add anything? Whould they be on topic? What do you think? For the moment comments can be sent to me at [email protected].

Mother, musician and web standards enthusiast, Shirley Kaiser finds time to be interviewed by myself.

The date is Febuary 2001, ALA headlines;

IN SIX MONTHS, a year, or two years at most, all websites will be designed with standards that separate structure from presentation.