The most-hated font in the world
Poor old misunderstood Comic Sans – created with the best intentions – but either hated or poorly used. Take a look at this story on Wall Street Journal about the font, and its creator Vincent Connare.
Taming trolls
Troll: someone who is deliberately aggressive or disruptive in a discussion.
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Websites still not up to standard
Computerworld discusses why even in 2009, 10 years after the Web Standards Project was founded, and after huge strides from all the browser makers (including Microsoft with the release of IE8), users still find that there are major problems using websites.
Monty Python find the Holy Grail
Due to the recession there has finally been a lot of recent discussion about the expectation and delivery of free content and services online. A recent high profile winner in this are the Monty Python team who placed clips of their work on YouTube and are now reaping a huge increase in their DVD sales. While the balance for copyright holders seems to be hard to find, for some being a bit more ‘relaxed’ about it all seems to be working.
(I’ve been out of action for quite a while, so I’ve been catching up on some interesting news from around the web and work we have been doing, therefore some of this stuff may be a bit old).