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Microsoft announces work flow, graphics tools

Moving further into the world of business processes, Microsoft this week announced a plan to build work flow management into many of its products. Read more »

JobWatch: IT jobs buck Christmas trend

Demand for IT skills continued to grow throughout November, bucking a general softening in employment growth as interest rates, and uncertainty surrounding the change of government begins to bite. Read more »

Ballmer: Microsoft can never be a one-trick pony

While some critics may chide Microsoft for losing focus over its desire to play in many markets, from desktop software to game consoles to mobile devices, the company's top guy says it's a necessary move to stay relevant in the market. Read more »

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Adobe to take wraps off Creative Suite 3

Adobe Systems has launched Creative Suite 3, a showcase for the company's merger with rival Macromedia that is designed to smoothly combine Web design with content creation. Read more »

Client-server apps 'next big thing' on Web: guru

Client-server style Internet applications will be the next big thing on the Internet, according to Macromedia's senior product evangelist Ben Forta. Read more »

Macromedia's Renaissance man

Kevin Lynch claims that when it comes to interactivity, Web application design is still in the Dark Ages - but there are innovations coming through which promise to drag web development into the 21st century. Read more »

Flash celebrates 10 years

Can '90s-era technology for cute Web animations lead a new generation of cutting-edge Web applications? Read more »

Adobe aquire Macromedia

With its US$3.4 billion acquisition of Macromedia, Adobe Systems is buying into a crucial battle to shape the next generation of Web application development. Read more »

Expression due in 2007

Microsoft's design and development tool suite should be with you under three months after Vista ships. Read more »

Microsoft offers early peek at designer tools

Microsoft on Tuesday released early versions of a new line of tools meant to lure illustrators and designers closer to Redmond's world. Read more »

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Seven aspects of a great user experience

The spotlight at this year's Web Directions South UX conference in Melbourne was on user experience. Andy Budd, a designer and developer at Clearleft in the UK, contributed to the theme of the day with his presentation -- "Designing the User Experience Curve". Read more »

Interview: Is SEO evil?

Continuing our Web Directions South build-up, we present an interview with Scott Gledhill. Scott is presenting a talk at the conference next week entitled "Is SEO Evil?" We talked to Scott to find out. Read more »

Winning the small business Web war

Many people have learnt from bitter experience just how difficult, and costly, it can be to get a Web site established for their small business. ZDNet Australia speaks to a local company that launched its Web efforts with minimal fuss and expenditure. Read more »

Working with 'Creatives'

Managing graphic designers on a Web project can present a few special challenges. These problem/solution scenarios illustrate some ways to deal with artistic temperament. Read more »

Value-based approach to Web site design - Part 2

Steve Baty continues his guide to helping Web developers answer business owners' demand to show a return on investment. Read more »

Assessment uncovers a consultant's incompetence

When one firm orders a business assessment, this consulting firm discovers a troubling history. Here's how the consulting firm tracked down the problems, including an IT consultant's blatant disregard for good business practices. Read more »

Value-based approach to Web site design - Part 3

Steve Baty rounds up his guide to helping Web developers answer business owners' demand to show return on investment. Read more »

Balancing Web Development Teams

How can you build a development team that makes compelling visual design backed by solid and reliable functionality and still talk to each other in the morning? The role of an information architect as mediator is crucial. Read more »

Seeing for the blind

Accessibility is not only about hardware. Software, such as Internet page design, should also be designed in a way to maximise the experience for the vision impaired. Read more »

Prove your worth with Macromedia certification

Developers have four certification options for earning Macromedia Certified Professional status. Find out what's covered by each of these certs and what it takes to pass the associated exams. Read more »

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MyPerfect.com.au has potential

[blogs:bootstrappr] -- Victorian Web start-up My Perfect has a strong story and rationale for why it will succeed. But it has to overcome some challenges and design flaws first. Read more »

Web survey confirms the obvious

Nick Gibson [blogs:byteclub] -- Web Design blog A List Apart has published the results of their first annual survey of web professionals, and the results should surprise absolutely nobody. I'll take this opportunity to break down the results (Warning: statistics ahead). Read more »

The Adobe lab's abode

Brendon Chase [blogs:codemonkeybusiness] -- You may want to take a look inside some of the latest releases from the Adobe Lab. Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

    Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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