I have it on good authority that the Revolution web plugin is coming along rather swimmingly.
 
Those testing the plugin on Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla FireFox running on Windows XP and Vista are reporting far fewer defects--almost none. There is also now a version for Safari and FireFox running under Mac OS X that has just entered the early stages of testing—so far met with good reviews.
 
It appears the Revolution development team is at the moment in the throes of perfecting the security architecture for the plugin. With all the attention the media and testing organizations place on web security, this will be crucial to the success of the plugin.
 
The one-click plugin installer for the Windows platform has also been met with great enthusiasm from testers. Anticipation for this technology among Revolutionistas runs high on both sides of the Atlantic and Pacific. There are no Rev web plugin release dates forthcoming at this time for either platform.

Check out this great little post by Ivan at Creative Bits site. Lists the ten essentials of Web Design in the year 2008. These are not necessarily eternal truths, but rather tips on how to make your site stand out and look like other professional sites today.

Click the image to see the article on Creative Bits. The above image is a thumbnail of a full sized piece of art for sale at Judaica Art.

Today there's an article in the New York Times that re-hashes the old intelligent agent / personal assistant software dream. However, this time there's a new wrinkle: using web services and possibly even EXISTING web services mashed up into a single user experience (app).

Using APIs for existent web services (like Basecamp, Backpack or iContact) is an approach we're now exploring within the Built-in-Rev Rev Mentor project.

Here's the money quote from the NYT article:

“This is the connective tissue that sits on top of the Web and brings you more than the sum of the parts,” he said. “I set out to deliver on the longstanding ‘holy grail of user-centric computing,’ a ‘personal Internet assistant.’”

He promises to bring together all of the discrete online services needed for business travel that are now separate — for starters, travel, airport parking, car services, dining reservations, entertainment tickets, package delivery and video conferences.

Click here or the image above to read the whole story.

I have to say I love John Gruber's implementation of footnotes in this article.

   

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Love_Grubers_footnotes_tag_des.zip (29 KB)

Today there's an article in the New York Times that re-hashes the old intelligent agent / personal assistant software dream. However, this time there's a new wrinkle: using web services and possibly even EXISTING web services mashed up into a single user experience (app).

Using APIs for existent web services (like Basecamp, Backpack or iContact) is an approach we're now exploring within the Built-in-Rev Rev Mentor project.

Here's the money quote from the NYT article:

“This is the connective tissue that sits on top of the Web and brings you more than the sum of the parts,” he said. “I set out to deliver on the longstanding ‘holy grail of user-centric computing,’ a ‘personal Internet assistant.’”

He promises to bring together all of the discrete online services needed for business travel that are now separate — for starters, travel, airport parking, car services, dining reservations, entertainment tickets, package delivery and video conferences.

Click here or the image above to read the whole story.