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David

David Strom is a networking and communications consultant based in Port Washington, NY. Along with Marshall Rose, he co-authored
Internet Messaging: From the Desktop to the Enterprise (Prentice Hall).


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Better design
In This Edition of Web Informant

      I still am amazed at how many poorly designed web sites I visit in the average day. It is easy to find garish color choices, odd jumbles of typography, important information misplaced off to the bottom or extreme right-hand sides of the screen. So here are a few suggestions.


Current Edition » Web Informant #201, 1 June 2000.


Web Informant Archives
05/26/00 Web Informant #200 - We need volunteers Go
05/19/00 Web Informant #199 - Lessons learned from the demise of Boo.com Go
05/12/00 Web Informant #198 - The auction is now open Go
05/01/00 Web Informant #197 - Surfing on company time Go
04/20/00 Web Informant #196 - The Big Blur Go
04/10/00 Web Informant #195 - Evaluating the new wireless Web applications . Go
04/05/00 Web Informant #194 - Appreciating the innovations of Palm and AOL Go
03/28/00 Web Informant #193 - A plea to return to single tasking. Go
03/20/00 Web Informant #192 - The hidden privacy hazards of HTML E-mail Go
03/13/00 Web Informant #191 - Learning from Napster. Go
02/28/00 Web Informant #190 - What becomes a location most? Go
02/18/00 Web Informant #189 - Desperately seeking broadband. Go
02/10/00 Web Informant #188 - A letter from Nepal. Go
02/04/00 Web Informant #187 - The DotCom People. Go
02/01/00 Web Informant #186 - My first firewall. Go
01/22/00 Web Informant #185 - Joining an affiliates network. Go
01/16/00 Web Informant #184 - Managing Web systems effectively. Go
01/09/00 Web Informant #183 - Getting Internet access when you travel. Go
01/01/00 Web Informant #182 - Buying a car online. Go
12/20/99 Web Informant #181 - The Shipping News, or when you absolutely, positively have to know. Go
12/06/99 Web Informant #180 - Measuring Web performance. Go
12/06/99 Web Informant #179 - Shopping on the Web, two days seems like an eternity. Go
12/01/99 Web Informant #178 - Internet groupware can give you competitive advantage. Go
11/21/99 Web Informant #177 - Keeping your contacts in sync. Go
11/15/99 Web Informant #176 - It's hard work protecting your family's PCs. Go
11/08/99 Web Informant #175 - Using email to effectively communicate with your customers. Go
11/01/99 Web Informant #174 - Son of (return of) push. Go
10/24/99 Web Informant #173 - E-mail paranoia. Go
10/18/99 Web Informant #172 - Preserving online archives. Go
10/11/99 Web Informant #171 - Don't let shoppers name their price. Go
10/04/99 Web Informant #170 - Attention loyal shoppers. Go
09/21/99 Web Informant #169 - Why search engines are clueless. Go
09/12/99 Web Informant #168 - You've Got (Hot) Mail. Go
09/07/99 Web Informant #167 - Using CNN for network management. Go
08/27/99 Web Informant #166 - Making Beautiful Music on Your PC. Go
08/20/99 Web Informant #165 - Recommended Reading. Go
08/15/99 Web Informant #164 - Picking the right fat pipe. Go
08/08/99 Web Informant #163 - The coming broadband congestion. Go
08/04/99 Web Informant #162 - When bad things happen to good PCs. Go
07/26/99 Web Informant #161 - Let the Instant Messaging Battles Begin. Go
07/15/99 Web Informant #160 - I've Been Hacked. Go
06/21/99 Web Informant #159 - A Teen-Eyed View of Moneyopolis. Go
06/14/99 Web Informant #158 - Slouching towards MyHardDisk.com. Go
06/01/99 Web Informant #157 - What is the real price of free PCs? Go
05/23/99 Web Informant #156 - More on how to start your own mailing list. Go
05/17/99 Web Informant #155 - What's in a (domain) name? Go
05/12/99 Web Informant #154 - Do you really want Windows CE on your TV? Go
05/04/99 Web Informant #153 - Thoughts on computers in the schools. Go
04/27/99 Web Informant #152 - Denial Is…not just a river in Egypt. Go
04/16/99 Web Informant #151 - How to spam your friends. Go
04/04/99 Web Informant #150 - Welcome to Update Planet. Go
03/29/99 Web Informant #149 - Beware of Microsoft's XML. Go
03/22/99 Web Informant #148 - Taking Credit for Inventing the Internet. Go
03/15/99 Web Informant #147 - Choosing the right pocket-sized gizmo for your e-mail needs. Go
03/10/99 Web Informant #146 - Figuring out home networking options. Go
03/05/99 Web Informant #145 - Home Networking Ain't Easy. Go
10/29/98 Web Informant #129 - Buy Internet service, get a free PC. Go
11/17/97 Web Informant #092 - Getting Your E-Mail on the Road. Go





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