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Web Essentials 2004 is a two day conference to inspire and motivate web developers, designers and decision makers in the corporate, government, non-government organisation and education sectors to embrace web standards and improve the way they meet their users' needs online. Incorporating and extending the key aspects of web standards: accessibility, markup (HTML/XHTML) and presentation (CSS), WE04 will not only teach hands on techniques but set a new standard to which we can all aspire.
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Following the success of the inaugural EIGF03, EIGF04 returns. Bigger & better EIGF04 will cover an even wider variety of subjects and offer a unique programme for gaming enthusiasts and industry personnel alike comprising of:
2 days of Conference Sessions: 12-13 August 2004
An all new series of Game Screenings: 11-14 August 2004. Personal presentations to the public, trade and press by some of the industry's leading games creators
A 2 week public gameplay exhibition, Go Play Games: 8-22 August 2004
In 2004, game creators and publishers from all over the world including the UK, Japan, USA and Canada are expected to attend and participate in this event.
Managed by a committee drawn from all areas of the business, including publishers, developers and two industry trade bodies; TIGA - the Independent Game Developers Association and the ELSPA - The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association the EIGF is financially supported by Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian.
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The Independent Games Festival (IGF) is now accepting entries for its 7th annual event. The festival honours innovative video games created by independent game developers and students. There are two sections in the event: the IGF Competition and the IGF Student Showcase.
IGF Competition
Who Is Eligible: Open to all independent game developers, including student teams.
Competing for: $40,000 in cash ($20,000 in two different competition categories), plus sponsor prizes.
Entry Fee: $100 ($50 for IGDA members).
Deadline: 1 September 2004.
IGF Student Showcase
Who Is Eligible: Student teams only.
Competing for: School pride! The Student Showcase is non competitive. Selected teams are invitated to display their games at the IGF, and receive passes to the Game Developers Conference. A $500 travel allowance is provided to each team.
Entry Fee: None.
Deadline: 12 November 2004.
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Web design skills are still in demand as poor sites abound. For a discipline that is at least 10 years old and is practised by millions of people, web design should be reaching maturity. Yet for the third year running the annual Interactive Bureau survey of the UK's top corporate websites has slammed FTSE 100 companies for lousy design, confusing navigation and basic technical flaws such as poor speed of loading and cross-browser compatibility.
The tools used in web design are cheap or free and the skills easy to acquire. The problem is with the way they are used - there is no substitute for professional training and experience.
Web usability guru Jakob Nielsen said that during the second half of the 1990s usability took second place to design and that bad design played a part in the collapse of dotcom companies because customers would not use difficult websites.
A good website design establishes an identity or brand, enables users to find what they want easily and provides the right balance of information on each page, requiring neither excessive scrolling nor excessive clicking. Websites will probably be linked to corporate data systems and may be used to capture information from customers, so they need to be responsive and secure.
Although many of the skills are similar to those in print design, websites are dy
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America Online this week launched AIM Relay Services, which allow users who are deaf, hard of hearing, or speech disabled to connect to a telecommunications relay service and place relay telephone calls right from their Buddy List.
The new service works both with any computer or wireless device using AOL Instant Messenger and Apple Computer's iChat software.
AOL has established partnerships with relay service providers including MCI's IP-RELAY.com service and Hands On Video Relay Service.
Telecommunications relay services enable deaf and speech disabled users to communicate with others over a telephone.
Normally, the disabled user inputs text using a TTY device attached to their telephone; a Relay Communications Assistant then places the phone call and reads that text to the person on the receiving end, typing their responses back to the disabled user.
This new service lets disabled users leverage instant messaging technology to do the same.
Users keep the relay service vendor's screen name in their Buddy List--"MyIPRelay " for IP-RELAY.com or "Hovrsim" for Hands On Video Relay Service--sending a message with the ten-digit phone number they wish to call.
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