April 18, 1999
SJ Mercury: Function over form will shape design of appliances.
Dan Gillmor. Someday, technology companies will stop designing their products for engineers and start making them for the rest of us.
Useit.Com: Stuck With Old Browsers Until 2003.
...but for the next four years it will be better to focus on improving content, information architecture, navigation, and search; all of which are independent of the browser.
NY Times: Despite a Passion for the Net, Many Online Volunteers Want Pay.
When does taking part in and enjoying a community transcend hobby status and become work?
NY Times: Internet Escrow Services Are Catching On.
...in terms of dollars and impact, the real electronic-commerce action these days is the business-to-business transactions quietly taking place among companies...
ClickZ: A Stranger In Town.
For those of us who work with web sites five days a week, familiarity with the territory blinds us to the real experiences of our visitors.
NY Times: The Net's Real Business Happens .Com to .Com.
...in recent months, Internet escrow services have gained a following in person-to-person selling circles.
ZDNN: 'Handicapped access' hits the Web.
The federal government, in an effort similar to that undertaken to open up access to public buildings and public transport systems through the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), is now focusing on the Internet.
Seattle Times: MIT's Oxygen: The computer as your lifeline.
Oxygen homes in on a significant element: the ability of the network to know where you are and what kind of a device you need to use, at any time.
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