Mind’s Eye software announced they are using a JavaScript widget to deny access to anyone running ad blockers. Without having a close look at this, I’d guess they are using JavaScript to look at the user agent and refusing to render the page if it’s one of the proxy-based blockers like Intermute. It would seem [...]
A Linux headlines site with a cool idea for the interface that could be nifty if redone using DHTML. Link
Delta Airlines recinded their plan to add a $2 surcharge to any ticket not purchased via the Web. I guess it was either that or make the site accessible. Link
A friend in the travel industry mentioned that Delta will charge anyone, including agents, a two dollar surcharge on any ticket not purchased through their Web site. This is the output of checking Delta’s site against the BOBBY accessiblity tool at CAST. It doesn’t pass muster. So if you’re blind or otherwise differently abled and [...]
Requires IE 5.0, sorry. “This is a web application that uses two pages. All the scripting is on the client side. No server scripting at all is used. It uses as its raw material some of Shakespeares plays marked up by Jon Bosak. The pages allow the building of a table of contents for each [...]
Plumb Design, who built the killer Java applet “Visual Thesarus,” has a new toy, built on the same base ‘Thinkmap‘ technology. Instead of plowing through words, you can dig through comics by similarities such as plots, age of comic, and types of characters. Unfortunately, the site’s an advertisement for Intel. If you’re using a Macintosh, [...]