http://www.pagetoscreen.net/ On paper its one thing. On screen its another. en chris@pagetoscreen.net 2009-07-01T12:23:00+00:00 http://www.pagetoscreen.net/journal/tried_the_sony_ebook_reader/ Didn't like it. I mean why would would I want to carry around yet another device? But the two real reasons I didn't like it: First off, the text is justified and when you increase the zoom it can look 'orrible. You can't change the paragraph format. And then of course, it doesn't smell of books. Still I could try this. eBooks, Publishing, Technology Chris Jennings 2009-07-01T12:23:00+00:00 http://www.pagetoscreen.net/journal/rumor_barnes_and_noble_ereader_coming_soon_could_it_be_called_the_bnindle/ TheStreet has a juicy rumor that Barnes & Noble, a store where physical “books” in “paper” form are sold to “customers” who stand in line to pay with “cash” or “forms of credit” is working on an eBook reader, possibly in partnership with Verizon. Sourced at TechCrunch eBooks, Publishing Chris Jennings 2009-04-08T11:50:00+00:00 http://www.pagetoscreen.net/journal/worlds_first_colour_e_book_reader/ “Fujitsu launches the world’s first e-book reader with a colour display in Japan.” Read the whole thing here from The Sydney Morning Herald Technology Headlines eBooks, Publishing, Technology Chris Jennings 2009-03-20T14:37:00+00:00 http://www.pagetoscreen.net/journal/major_book_publishers_start_turning_to_scribd/ Online document sharing site Scribd has announced that it has partnered with a number of major publishers, including Random House, Simon & Schuster, Workman Publishing Co., Berrett-Koehler, Thomas Nelson, and Manning Publications, to legally offer some of their content to Scribd’s community free of charge.  Publishers have begun to add an array of content to Scribd’s library, including full-length novels as well as briefer teaser excerpts.Read the whole thing here from TechCrunch Publishing, Web Technology Chris Jennings 2009-03-18T09:36:11+00:00 http://www.pagetoscreen.net/journal/wiki_books_on_demand/ PediaBooks are now offering a service whereby Wiki pages (could be WikiPedia) can be gathered together and printed (POD) as a book. The book is printed POD by Lightning Source. Interesting that the book does not have an ISBN, because, I suppose this is a one-off unique item. Having said that, though, they do have a catalog of shared books, so you are likely to buy something that others have bought too. Books, Publishing, Web Technology Chris Jennings 2009-02-23T14:40:00+00:00 http://www.pagetoscreen.net/journal/norwegian_websites_declare_war_on_ie_6/ “Eyvind A. Larre writes ‘A large and rapidly growing campaign to get users to stop using IE6 is being implemented throughout Europe. Read the whole thing here from Slashdot Noticed, Web Technology Chris Jennings 2009-02-20T23:13:30+00:00 http://www.pagetoscreen.net/journal/marsedit_version_1_not_version_2/ After wasting a whole afternoon trying to get it to work properly with ExpressionEngine, I have now gone back to version 1! You would have thought that a newer version would have done the job better, but no. What went wrong and how have I configured it to work? Blogging Chris Jennings 2009-02-01T16:04:12+00:00 http://www.pagetoscreen.net/journal/validation_why_bother/ Smarten up your act. Validate your web pages so that web browsers know what they are getting and can interpret your HTML correctly. Validation is an important part of web site implementation because if a page validates it means that the main browsers will be getting well formed markup and (in theory) should be able to render your design as expected. Ideas, Web Technology Chris Jennings 2008-11-09T21:24:00+00:00 http://www.pagetoscreen.net/journal/start_of_the_page_navigation/ You will have seen ‘back to the Top’ or some such phrase used on web sites. I have always hated seeing that phrse, because ‘top’ doesn’t really make a lot of sense. Words lke this just distract from the real content. There are often times, though that pages become very long when lots of items (like in a blog) are listed, and it really does help if there is a quick way to get back to the navigation and menus etc. Here is what I am doing on a few sites. ExpressionEngine, How I do things, Ideas Chris Jennings 2008-07-08T12:25:00+00:00 http://www.pagetoscreen.net/journal/new_bbc_website_for_wider_display/ I think this looks really good. It really is just plain simple and the layout is not too busy. The best feature has to be the customisation. It is possible to change the colour scheme and choose alternative categories for the site.One important change; this is set up as fixed width - fitting into a 1024 pixel wide display. Most sites I work on are still kind to users with 800 pixel widths.You can find the BBC web site here. Noticed Chris Jennings 2008-04-09T17:44:01+00:00