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Should we shift? iWeb – the Features

October 21st, 2008 The BookWorm No comments

There was a recent blog post which said that Opera study: only 4.13% of the web is standards-compliant.
The blog also included a small bit of extra info which said that of the web pages that were available on the sites, those made with Adobe Dreamweaver were less than 4% compliant with the standards whereas those made with Apple iWeb had a compliance rate of a whopping 84%.

This prompted me to do a bit of research on iWeb. Now since I’m a Windows user, I haven’t experienced any of the features that have been mentioned here but I have tried to mention those features which Dreamweaver (as far as my knowledge goes) does not automatically do.

Let’s begin then. Have fun reading it.

Web widgets

With iWeb, it’s easy to add live content from other websites — like videos, stock tickers, and news headlines — directly into your web pages. So you can create pages that are informative, interesting, or just plain fun. Read more…

Geode – the Firefox add-on that knows where you are

October 11th, 2008 Jigish Thakar No comments

Mozilla’s virtual lab has unveiled an experimental browser add-on capable of identifying where you are. Give or take 20 meters.

Known as Geode, this Firefox 3 add-on leverages the new W3C Geolocation spec, a way for websites to request your physical location – and for you to oblige. If you feel like it. Read more…