Quand aurons-nous tous nos lunettes-écran?
On pourrait le prendre pour des lunettes soleil futuristes. De fait, il ressemble étrangement à celles qui redonnaient la vue à Geordi La Forge, le lieutenant aveugle de Star Trek : Next Generation. Le gadget américain Myvu est un téléviseur qui se porte sur le nez, avec écouteurs stéréo intégrés. Bienvenue dans l’ère du cinéma facial.
I will be in Las Vegas this week for Hostingcon 2006 and will be posting details about the event on blog.iweb.ca and probably here. If by any chance some of you will be there, let us know.
Ok, it’s old news, but some of you may not know yet and I think it’s interesting. AOL wants to bring its services available to the masses for free. Read more here : Motley Fool Business News: AOL Wants to Be Free - MSN Money
Allow me to do a little bit of self promotion ! We just posted a new video of iWeb’s datacenter #1 (iWEB-HD) and I like it a lot. I thought you might be interested in seeing it. The video is posted on iWeb’s blog here : iWeb Bla Bla Blog » Blog Archive » New Datacenter Video and New Datacenter Pictures. We are also planning a new video of the iWEB-CL datacenter that is a lot more impressive, I will post here when it will be released.
Un petit vidéo intéressant montrant certains concepts de ce que pourrait être le desktop des systèmes d’exploitation du futur. L’article BumpTop, peut être le desktop du futur est posté sur 2803.com, un blog intéressant que je viens tout juste de découvrir.
It’s dated March 2003 but I found a LOT of interesting concepts clearly presented in the Criteria For Optimal Web Design report from the Software Usability Reseach Laboratory. I think most of the concepts the document talks about still apply today.
Well, it looks like I have a lot to write about today ! Once again, if you are selling online or planning to sell something online, this WSJ article will surely be interesting for you. Sniffing Out Crooks Can Mean Survival Online outlines the difficulties with credit card fraud online retailers can face. The article talks about the specific case of an online jewelry store that had to deal with orders with stolen credit card and even complete identity thiefs.
I came accross a very good thread on WebmasterWorld here’s how it starts :
There is no need to prioritize this list, any one of the items listed below will make me abandon the checkout process and go elsewhere. I should add though, that I shop on the Web a lot. What about those new folks out there, or people that are less sure about the Web and CC purchases than I am? Or you are?Ask for too much information. Force me to fill in checkboxes yes/no that are unrelated to my purchase.
Don’t supply a format clue and then refuse my format. Phone #? 555-123-4567 REFUSED. Please, don’t add dashes.
Refuse my zip code. Don’t laugh, it’s happened twice with major airlines in the last two months.
Offer free shipping, right up until the CC authorization, then inform me that I need to spend X amount to get free shipping.
Require more than three pages of information. Sorry, more than three pages is like homework, I want to make a purchase.
500 server error. I’m gone.
Require my phone number. Sorry, I’m giving you my CC#, name, address and shipping info, you don’t need my phone number.
Tell me it’s a secured transaction yet the url shows http://
Show me ‘other offers’ before I can check out. (interstitials, pop-ups, etc)
Don’t save my information, then not provide a format clue, then make me re-enter ALL of my information.
Force me to choose a ‘unique’ user name, and then force me to enter more than two names.
Don’t allow for easy deletion of shopping cart items.
Or, force me to put all my info back in to add something to the cart.
Force me to provide a fax number.
Force me to provide day/evening phone #s, or worse, UNIQUE day/evening phone numbers.
Refuse my coupon code.
I’m sure there are more, this is just MY list. I haven’t even mentioned the aggravations…
Care to add to the list?
I think it’s a very good read for everyone that manages a shopping cart or that sells anything online. I have seen those errors too many times ! And it’s true that most of the times I closed my browser and stopped the buying process.
XHTMLized can take your photoshop design and build the CSS and HTML code to bring it to the web. Service looks profesionnal and it also has been reviewed on Techcrunch. I might try this service soon, I’ll post about it if I do. Visit the web site here : XHTMLized
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