Good article on evolt.org explaining the naming conventions of the Gecko-based browsers (mainly Mozilla and Netscape 6+). Once you’ve read that, go to Netscape’s “Evangelism” site and find out how to “Recognize a New Family of Browsers.”

After that, celebrate Netscape 4’s fifth anniversary by upgrading your browser. When the browser was first released—June 11, 1997—Netscape launched its “The Great Internet Tune Up” campaign to encourage users to switch to its Communicator product. Funny, I don’t remember a “The Great Internet Tune Up” for Netscape 6…

In the “Perfect Timing” department (and as mentioned in my rant): the WaSP is back.

When I hear about books offering to show you how to write on the Web, I’m very skeptical. But after wandering though the extensive promo site for Hot Text: Web Writing That Works, I’m actually considering buying it. The site has downloadable Adobe Acrobat proofs from the book, with chapters covering the broad and specific details about online writing.

Yikes! Almost a quarter of a million Canadians stopped using the Internet last year. The “dropouts” were more likely to be working women without post-secondary education. This, and other signs, seem to suggest the digital divide may be growing not shrinking as many thought.