25 posts tagged with advocacy
The IEC saga: an early warning to other national standards offenders
As a long time advocate for best practices in web design, W3C standards compliancy, and the open source movement, this quite simply blows my mind on so many different levels:
The Independent Electoral Commission will spend R3 million to fix its broken website as complaints mount.
Wow!
Allow me to first provide an overview of the events leading up to this latest … view full post
eThekwini chooses open source
eThekwini (Durban) municipality chooses open source for it’s internet and intranet services using Zope (Application Server) and Plone (CMS).
Via Tectonic:
Technical development of the portal was done by Cape Town-based
I’m melting!
It’s so hot (humid) in London today. [view the source of that page - server-side comments, ppl!]. So hot that the water in a glass I’ve refilled countless times already, evaporates faster than I can drink it. My packet of Malteasers melted into a chocolate/honeycomb hybrid … view full post
Mozilla downloads have surged
Via mozillaZine:
“Wired News is reporting that Mozilla downloads have surged following advice from the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) to avoid Internet Explorer for security reasons. Download numbers approximately doubled in the days following the US-CERT recommendation, which was
Firefox on the rise
I’m seeing an increasing number of web sites and individuals advocating the switch from Internet Explorer to an alternative, modern and more secure web browser – primarily Firefox.
Time to Dump Internet Explorer – SecurityFocus
Why You Should Dump Internet Explorer – Lockergnome
Three reasons to switch web browsers today – Joel on Software
Why You … view full post
Read News24.com content without subscribing
If you’re an International visitor like myself and have ever wanted to read a News24.com article without paying the subscription fee (monthly fee from US$2,95 or US$9.95 for the broadband package) – or if you can’t successfully subscribe because you don’t have the required web browser (yes, they’re linked to M-Not on Demand), here’s how.
Copy … view full post
Firebird becomes Firefox
The Mozilla Foundation announced yesterday the immediate availability of a new preview release of its next generation web browser: Mozilla Firefox – … view full post
Teamscience listed in CSS galleries
It’s nice to find that the Teamscience website which I completed almost a year ago, is listed on a couple of new sites among other XHTML/CSS-based, standards-compliant designs.
See: Well Done CSS, CSS Vault and … view full post
New Worm Spreads Via MSN Messenger
Another reason to discard your Microsoft bugware for *superior alternatives: New Worm Spreads Via MSN Messenger
Known as Jitux, the worm is self-propagating and contains a link to a Web site that automatically downloads an executable file named “jituxramon.exe” to the PC. Once the file runs, the worm begins sending out copies of itself
Madden Mozilla 2004 SSX
I recently commented on MozillaZine about the lack of consistency in the Mozilla brand and suggested that a branding guideline document be compiled. Steven Garrity has done just that with his proposal: Branding Mozilla: Towards Mozilla … view full post