Take a few minutes to learn about the experimental Firefox plugin Ubiquity. The ability to quickly and easily find information that is meaningful and relevant to you, simply by way of a few keystrokes, particularly from divergent sources, seems more like the function of a super-computer, rather than a mere web browser plug-in that allows a user to generate their own mashups. You're writing an email to invite a ... Read full entry

Zebra Striping: Does it Really Help? Jessica Enders challenges the notion that "zebra striping", that is applying faint shading to alternative lines of text or information, assists in better comprehending multiple rows of data, especially online. Her research revealed there was a 4 per cent difference in comprehension error rates when reading zebra striped data against non zebra striped information. Many believe that zebra stripes aid the reader by guiding the ... Read full entry