October 10, 2001
Dan Bricklin: Copy Protection Robs The Future.
There are things happening that make me worry that the future may not be bright for preserving many of the works we create today. For example: Companies are preparing to produce music CDs that cannot be copied into many other formats (something allowed by law as "fair use").
Alan Cooper: Navigating isn't fun.
To the user, each successive screen is the equivalent of a new window or dialog in conventional software. My axiom is: "A window is another room. Have a good reason to go there." If the user is working on information on one screen, don't send her to another screen to work on that same information.
SF Gate: Microsoft's New Monopoly Play.
The high-tech industry hasn't stood still for the last two years, and neither has Microsoft. What's at stake now involves far more than just who has the winning Web browser, or whose operating system is found on the most desktops. Now they're playing for the whole ball of wax.
Web Reference: Making the World a Happier Place, One Web Site at a Time.
Q&A with Jakob Nielsen and Marie Tahir.Reviewing company websites and homepages is something we do a lot and we've discovered that there are many comments to make about it. We felt it would be a good idea to compile and publish information from our experiences for the world to see.
SJ Mercury: Software sought to expose terrorist cells.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is trying to design its own version of the software to uncover terrorist cells that are posing as legitimate groups and lying about such things as past employment, education and business affiliations.
News.Com: Amazon giving book browsers a peek inside.
Amazon.com now lets you do just that, at least to the extent that it is possible in cyberspace. The e-tailer, based here, introduced a "Look Inside the Book" feature on its site Wednesday that includes images of covers, flaps and actual pages for some 25,000 book titles.
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