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... draw a box around the text andthe image To draw a box with no fill, use the context.StrokeStyle() method to set a color forthe stroke (the border of the box), and then call the context.strokeRect() ... thank his mom and dad, plus his sisters, Mari and Carol for everything they taught us; and his uncle Richard and cousin John for all their love and support Also thanks to Sue, Morgan, and Lauren ... guess the letter of the alphabet the computer has chosen randomly The game keeps track of how many guesses the player has made, lists the letters he has already guessed, and tells the player whether...
... of theweb regrets the error HTTP stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol, and it’s the most common protocol for transferring web content from server to client The “S” on the end of HTTPS stands ... load and bind data, and transform and transition elements The transformation step is most important, as this is where the mapping happens D3 provides a structure for applying these transformations, ... try them all and decide what works best for you Rendering andthe Box Model Rendering is the process by which browsers, after parsing the HTML and generating the DOM, apply visual rules to the...
... cameras forthe professional from those forthe enthusiast? Then, to confound the situation, manufacturers have taken each of the various options that feature in most cameras and branded them; for ... entirely possible forthe tip of the nose to be twice as close to the camera as the person’s ears The sides of the head recede into the distance, while the nose looms larger in the foreground Figure ... indicates the shutter closed; the prism’s role is to turn the image the right way up (after the mirror inverts it) Figure 1.3 shows the light path with the shutter open Photography fortheWeb (www.sitepoint.com)...
... (DCMES).0 Metadata standards and subject indexing – Metadata standards forthe web: practical applications – page Dublin Core qualifiers These further qualifications take the form of either: • element ... schemes for other elements and their definitions are provided at: http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/dc/current-elements/ Metadata standards and subject indexing – Metadata standards forthe web: ... to register the new elements and qualifiers in a given namespace The DCMI is theThe DCMI is the Registration Registration authority for its authority for its elements and elements and qualifiers...
... about putting together Web pages As theWeb grew, page designers' aspirations grew as well, and their demand for greater control over the look of the page forced HTML to change and become more ... Appendix A, the color section in the back of the book) There are several other books on the market that that job admirably, and we list them at the end of this book, in Appendix D The difference ... Web pages using the HTML tag, with additional information specifying the applet When the browser sees the tag, it downloads the Java applet from the server, andthe applet then...
... reason The inventor of theWeb regrets the error HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol, and it’s the most common protocol for transferring web content from server to client The “S” on the ... load and bind data, and transform and transition elements The transformation step is most important, as this is where the mapping happens D3 provides a structure for applying these transformations, ... underlying the tool itself: the W3, or World Wide Web, or, today, simply the Web. ” D3’s primary author is the brilliant Mike Bostock, although there are a few other dedicated contributors The project...
... ppi Forthe web, 72 ppi is the standard Increasing the density is practical only for images intended for print and results in large file sizes which in turn result in longer download times The ... image files can and often contain other information depending on their use For instance, the author or creator of the image might be included, as well as the date and copyright information In addition, ... support, updates and tips for Photoshop An Internet connection is required Selection Tools Marquee Move Lasso Magic Wand Pen The Marquee, the Move, the Lasso, the Magic Wand, andthe Pen Tool make...
... on theweb 15 16 DESIGNINGFORTHE SOCIAL WEB As the power and reach of theweb became evident in the last part of the 1990s, designers started to refashion bulletin board systems forthe web, ... answering the question: What are the actions people perform on the objects, and which are important enough to support in theweb application? 23 24 DESIGNINGFORTHE SOCIAL WEB Focus on the Primary ... information, as well as forms for inputting information, turned web sites into web applications They were no longer read-only They were read/write Thus two-way conversation emerged on the web, ...
... These markets want to talk, just as they did forthe thousands of years that passed before market became a verb with us as its object.” — The Cluetrain Manifesto 42 DESIGNINGFORTHE SOCIAL WEB ... She and her husband made the decision to replace their aging TV with one of the HD TVs they heard about 29 30 DESIGNINGFORTHE SOCIAL WEBThe ethnographer might ask who Betsy heard about the ... the most important features, and keep the others on the back burner until they are truly necessary 39 40 DESIGNINGFORTHE SOCIAL WEB There is a great story about the building of iTunes that applies...
... was in the middle of a profound change brought about by theweb People were able to band together and talk to each other, whether or not the company was listening And in their confederacy, they ... notice the changes, and if the good ones stick, they’ll appreciate your ongoing efforts to improve The best teams not only design the changes, but design the process for introducing the change They ... awesome things I’m thankful for: Thanks forthe cheap prices Thanks forthe awful service Thanks forthe awful blog posts Thanks forthe awful customer service Thanks for having inappropriate images...
... on the service Their search feature works really well If one of my friends were considering signing up forthe service but wanted to know if I was already 81 82 DESIGNINGFORTHE SOCIAL WEB there, ... about what the person uses their software and hardware for. ) Figure 4.20 Apple’s case studies focus on how their products make sense forthe activity at hand, getting into some of the details ... about planning for these contingencies, asking “what questions people have?” and “have we provided answers for them?” So the answer to the manager would be: “How you think Netflix got to the point...
... progressive engagement in his book: Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks http:// www.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/webforms/ 93 94 DESIGNINGFORTHE SOCIAL WEB of the Wall Street Journal might be highly ... sign-up and then a gradual fade-away after that The fade continues until the person simply has no reason to come back They’ve added all their friends, their friends have added them, and that’s it There’s ... sense of efficacy, as they feel the urge to tell others about their experience so as to help them make a tough decision The key, then, is to identify the basic motivational model the two or three...
... decisions on the good of the group at the expense of the individual When Digg took away the Top Diggers feature, they made the system less valuable forthe Top Diggers but more valuable forthe larger ... properties (behavior among the possible properties) not obvious from the properties of the individual parts.”3 The interactions of the Top Diggers, andthe reactions of the others on the site, are an example ... written The more the person performs the primary activity on the site, the better their reputation is Ratings of reviews written How people have judged the reviews you’ve written: were they useful,...
... music and download the songs they liked As the group downloaded music over time, the download total for each song was calculated The key variable in the study was the information shown to users The ... into the system, thus helping to direct the presentation of the site themselves In creating these tools, we have to consider the dynamics of the relationship between the people andthe site, and ... page The home page is visited the most of any page, and therefore it garners the most attention from both site owners and readers More often The more content is displayed and repeated, the more...
... recognizing the icon, which may be difficult 153 154 DESIGNINGFORTHE SOCIAL WEB Sharers Use the Sharing Form The sharing form is the form people must fill out in order to specify with whom they wish ... on the other hand, asks for such information Figure 7.12 The sharing form on IBM.com suffers several problems, one of which is that it looks like a test 155 156 DESIGNINGFORTHE SOCIAL WEB There ... looked around for a while before I found them here, as their position in the right column separates them unexpectedly.) Unless readers are proactively looking for them, they may not see them Figure...