The Online Training Content Journal

SyberWorks announces the launch of the Online Training Content Journal

Here is our official press release on the new blog.

SyberWorks announces the launch of the Online Training Content Journal

Dave Boggs, SyberWorks

Mouse hovers help discoverability

Bill Scott has an interesting article on how the mouse hover can give someone a clue to what is next.

Excerpt:"Now that interactions are even more dense, the hover has become our friend to discoverability. We are introducing new idioms to the web space. Things like drag and drop and inline editability are not immediately expected. The hover can provide vital clues to the behavior of an application at the moment the user is curious about it. Hovers are also the lightest event for the user (they just move the mouse.)"

And hopefully, in regards to web based training, learners are motivated to move the mouse.

Musing on Mouse Hover

Dana Fine
Senior Instructional Designer
SyberWorks

Why Standards Compliant HTML Matters

Jeffrey Zeldman is talking about it. He'll be giving his keynote speech about it at theWeb Design World Conference in Boston this December. Web standards is a hot topic lately and with good cause. In this article, by Raphael Mazoyer at Evolt, the author gives a solid argument for why standards are necessary. With the anticipated release of Internet Explorer 7, web developers need to continually be cognizant of browser issues so as not to marginalize potential users. The old days of developing for one browser (IE) are gone. There's more concern on delivering the same content on multiple platforms and browsers. Although there are better browser out there (Firefox, Opera, and Safari), we can't wait for the browser industry to solve all of the webs issues. It's time to be proactive.

Al Lemieux
Senior e-Learning Developer
SyberWorks

10 Reasons Why Clients Don't Care About Accessibility

A sad article about why client's don't agree with the government when it comes to Section 508 accessibility.

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Al Lemieux
Senior e-Learning Developer
SyberWorks

Microformats

Microformats is a fancy word for 'use semantic markup.' Adding meaning to your markup is not only good for the search engines, but for the developer as well.

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Al Lemieux
Senior e-Learning Developer
SyberWorks

Introducing one of our new hosts, Dana Fine, Senior Instructional Designer at SyberWorks

Hi,

I would like to introduce you to one of your new hosts for the Online Training Content Journal, Dana Fine (picture to the left).  Dana Fine is one of our Senior Instructional Designer here at SyberWorks and will alternate posting with me and another host on our new blog.

Dana has over 18 years experience in information technology, user interface design, programming, instructional design, and online custom course development.  Welcome Dana, we are glad to have you!

Dave Boggs, SyberWorks

No perceived correlation between actual download speed and the perceived download speed

Today is the first post of my new blog, The Online Training Content Journal.  The Online Training Content Journal will focus primarily on e-learning content development.  There seems to be many new developments that transpire week after week that refer specifically to this area of expertise, so I decided to start another blog that focuses primarily on this area.  Without any further adeau, let's get started....

Jared Spool's blog, Brain Sparks had a great tidbit about  page weights ,  "Thoughts on  Page Weights"

Excerpt:"Perceived download speed is far more related to task completion than to actual speed. If users are complaining about download times, you’re much better off focusing on improving task completion than doing anything about page weight."

Dave Boggs, SyberWorks