Big things for video in HTML 5
Ever tried to watch video / multimedia content online and been stopped by a prompt to download the latest plugin (Real Player, Windows Media Player, Flash Player, etc)?
It’s annoying, but new developments in HTML 5 are potentially exciting. New tags for and for certain browsers going forward might make the third-party player obscure (umm, maybe). This will be interesting to see how it affects a ubiquitous player like Flash.
HTML 101: superscripts and subscripts
If you’ve ever wanted to superscript something (perhaps a TM or registered mark), HTML offers the tags. And, for those looking to keep it on the “down low,” HTML offers the tags. Yes, it’s that simple.
Did You Know?
…putting the link reference to the style sheet in the HEAD tag area will likely help your page load faster. Why?
Because a web browser will load a page progressively if the stylesheet is in the HEAD of the document..
How we make websites
The interactive marketing juggernaut
The research says it all…interactive marketing is the new flavor to savor.
Forrester Research reports that by 2014, interactive marketing will make up 21% of our marketing spend (totaling $55 billion). That means less money on traditional media channels.
Technology is driving the bus here. New gadgets, gizmos and do-dads mean new ways to find the customer, and most importantly, the “influencers.”
…Different things to different enterprises, but keeping an eye on technology trends is where the “money’s at.”
Good tute on setting up a test server
http://www.adobe.com/newsletters/edge/december2009/articles/article2/index.html?trackingid=FBTRR
Some FREE basic CSS layout files…
I’ve posted some free, basic CSS layout files for anyone to download. Visit http://www.kevintheese.com/css
