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Firewalls for Access |
| Kim Robin Yeates considers how a firewall is almost universally seen as a Good Thing yet they often impede access to information services that should be available to bona fide external users of local authority services. Do firewalls pose a very real threat to the implementation of Government initiatives such the 'New Library' network or the National Grid for Learning? | |
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Waterstone's take a leaf out of Amazon's book |
| Dieter Loibner provides a case study of how his company Intershop Enterprise, in partnership with Nvision, were commissioned by Waterstone's to increase their competitiveness and to respond to the challenges of Amazon.com and other online booksellers. | |
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Designs on your money |
| The Multiple
Sclerosis Society needed to upgrade their web site. They sent tender
documents to eight web design companies for the design of a new
homepage, structure and templates into which information could easily
be added. Kelly Saini describes what happened next... |
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E-commerce for the uninitiated |
| The recent SOCITM-MAPIT survey of council web sites (see last issue) found less than a handful of examples of e-commerce facilities for the public. Is this because local government has nothing to sell? Or do they think it's too complicated or expensive to implement? Chris Barling, Managing Director of Actinic Software sets out the basics of that dreaded word 'e-commerce'. | |
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Is a website the best solution for e-commerce? |
| Peter Littke, MD of Naxt Ltd expounds the delights of Java for your e-commerce solution. | |
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Time for a formal information policy? |
| Legislation demands it, but, asks Terry Street, who will own it? | |
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Frames of reference |
| The website
design guidelines issued by CITU recently, recommended that all
government websites using HTML 'frames' should also offer 'frameless'
versions of the whole site. Some accessibility experts argue that
use of frames increases social exclusion and that the new Disability
Discrimination Act should apply to council websites. So...Mic Dover
asked some SPIN members for their attitudes towards use of HTML
frames.
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RNIB hints for designing accessible Websites |
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