Saw a report that Chinese will be the most common language on the Web by 2007. Are you ready to help students internationalize their Web sites? Here are some resources.
• Script Junkie article in Web Techniques
• Universal Currency Converter
• Research-It! Language Tools
• Localisation Industry Standard Association
• Dot-Com Builder: Internationalizing a Web Site
• Internationalizing Servlets from Web Developers Journal
• Jakob Nielson on the Global Web
• Why use ICU?
• Microsoft TechNet article on internationalizing a site
Category: UsefulLinks
HTML Goodies
HTML Goodies has plenty of useful information including tutorials, JavaScript primers, CSS information and more.
WML and Wireless Resources
Wireless Markup Language and the Wireless Application Protocol resources include:
• Ten Minutes to WML
• Nokia Mobile Internet Toolkit
• Openwave SDK
• Dreamweaver extensions for Nokia WML
• W3schools WAP tutorial
• W3schools WML Reference
• Big WAP Site tutorials
MIT OpenCourseware
MIT: OpenCourseware is the home page for the MIT effort to make virtually all of its courses available on the Web.
Using CSS for table formatting
Font identifier
MyFonts.com: WhatTheFont promises to tell you the name of your unknown font.
Typography Site
The FontSite provides information for type and graphics professionals, including an article on the Rules of Typography. Oh, yeah, they also sell fonts.