Archive for October, 2003
October 22, 2003
iTunes
I downloaded iTunes for Windows from Apple today. Really nice interface, easy to load new music from CD. I’m looking forward to putting together some playlists.
If only there were some way I could carry all these songs around with me….
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October 21, 2003
More on Personalization
This article by Gerry McGovern goes into a bit more detail on the Jupiter personalization report: Why personalization hasn’t worked. (Thanks to James Robertson for the link.)
Not surprisingly, the Jupiter report finds that personalized websites are four times more expensive to run. It also finds that personalized websites are twice as likely to attract visitors who will never pay for anything. Worse still, it finds that 25 percent of consumers actually avoid personalized websites because they fear that their personal information will be abused.
I contacted Jupiter about buying the report and they said it will be available for sale in about 8 weeks (I assume they are giving their subscribers a 2-month exclusive). It will show up on this site when it becomes available to the general, non-subscribing, public.
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October 15, 2003
Another CSS Workaround Technique for IE5.x/Win
the Mid Pass Filter is a filter which passes external style sheets to version 5.x Internet Explorer for Windows browsers, but not to earlier/older browsers, nor to newer / more modern browsers
The benefit of this approach is that you can isolate your IE5.x/Win CSS workarounds in a single stylesheet, keeping your main stylesheet for other browsers a little cleaner. Found via Zeldman.
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October 14, 2003
Jupiter Report on Personalization
This is interesting: Report slams Web personalization | CNET News.com.
The main point of the Jupiter report, according to the article, is that personalization is so expensive in terms of technology and human capital that it rarely pays off for organizations that implement it. The report recommends improving navigation and search as a better investment than personalization. Makes sense to me.
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