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  1. We need to start dealing with this problem by CoffeePlease · · Score: 1 · on Web Heritage Could Be Lost

    This is fast becoming a huge issue, and not just for Britain. There are legal and permissions and privacy problems that have to be addressed or nearly all of our digital works will simply vanish, in the not too distant future. The wayback machine doesn't even begin to address the issue. Dynamic and web2.0 sites often have metadata and links that are only valid if the site is working as intended - a snapshot will not work to capture it. A lot of valuable information not available elsewhere is already lost as people stop paying for various freemium accounts or hosting fees or as companies go out of business. Sometimes that data gets saved (Netscape's javascript development site, saved by Mozilla.org, UseNet groups saved by Google) but many more times it does not. I've attempted to write up some of the issues here: Proposal: Advance Directives for our digital legacies http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000743.html

  2. It's not just a technical problem by CoffeePlease · · Score: 1 · on Avoiding a Digital Dark Age

    It's a legal and social issue as well. Unlike something written on paper, works on the web are prone to disappear when payments to the service involved stop. Proposal: Advance Directives for our digital legacies

  3. Re:We got hit by this by CoffeePlease · · Score: 5, Informative · on Image Searchers Snared By Malware

    If you run insecure web apps, they can use http injection to write to your .htaccess file. See my post on how I fixed my own site after one of these attacks. http://thedesignspace.net/MT2archives/000505.html

  4. I'm not sure I believe those numbers by CoffeePlease · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Bing Gains 10% Marketshare

    When I look at AWstats for my site:
    Google 18020 pages (linked to from Google)
    Google (Images) 976 pages
    Bing 226 pages


    And from Google Analytics:
    Top traffic sources:
    Google 26,738 visits 85.24%
    Yahoo 676 visits 2.16%
    Bing 346 visits 1.10%
    Admittedly the site is not about shopping or entertainment - it's mainly about technical topics which maybe colors the results.

  5. You change the things that matter by CoffeePlease · · Score: 1 · on Are There Affordable Low-DPI Large-Screen LCD Monitors?

    You change the things that matter, not the resolution. Change the font size, icon size, and widget sizes where possible. I wrote a post on making OS X usable for my father, but the same types of mods and more are possible on Windows. You just have to locate them all. For my own vision problems, I just insisted on a 30" monitor, set at its native HIGH resolution, and increase fonts and icon sizes as necessary. Get a pair of glasses set to the correct distance - in my case 26" from my face to the monitor. Making OS X more usable for seniors