Languages 479-1, 579-1 Summer 1996 Syllabus Internet Authoring (excerpts from Edupage) NETOBJECTS UNVEILS DO-IT-YOURSELF WEB TOOLSNetObjects has developed a powerful new software program called Fusion that functions basically as a fill-in-the-blank Web site builder. Fusion includes prefabricated Web page designs and features, and "puts Web publishing in the hands of people who have access to information as opposed to putting it in the hands of programmers," says an IBM marketing VP. IBM plans on bundling Fusion with its DB2 database offerings, and Netscape has agreed to promote Fusion on its Web site in much the same manner that it has Sun Microsystems' JavaSoft unit. "The barrier today to building a cool Web site is probably a $50,000 contract to get someone to do a lot of custom work," says a partner in the venture capital firm that seeded Fusion's development. " NetObjects allows you to quickly get up and running and modify it on the fly for $500." (Wall Street Journal 26 Jul 96 B3)
Download a copy here WEB DESIGN IS "ATROCIOUS" Neville Brody, the graphics designer who worked on the movie "Mission: Impossible," says that "ninety-nine percent of Web sites are atrocious. They have bad design and even worse logic." Part of the problem is that "there's nothing worse than engineers designing things and the Internet is by and large designed by engineers. They can't see beyond technological advance. Communication often isn't part of the language of the Internet, which is something of a paradox." (The Guardian 7 Aug 96)
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Maurizio: June 24, 1996