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Netflix discriminates against Mac users. Apparently they are offering premium services that Mac users must pay for as part of their regular monthly service fees. However the services are only available to those running Windows on a PC.
Marc Zeedar macopinion@designwrite.com of Macopinion comments on the new iTunes/AppleTV
Recently Netflix even announced they are expanding their own digital download service. Now subscribers get all the downloads they want for no additional fee!
I have no idea how Netflix can support this. Surely the bandwidth has a
cost and the studios would want a fee for each download (Apple
supposedly makes very little on downloads), so I can only assume that
Netflix is doing this at a loss to promote their download service and
keep customers from defecting to iTunes. The interesting twist is that
if the movie studios are cooperating with Netflix to offer flat-rate
viewing, then that is something Apple could negotiate as well.
Unfortunately Netflix’s “instant viewing” feature is only for
Windows users as Netflix foolishly built their system upon Microsoft’s
proprietary DRM. This is a kick-in-the-teeth for Mac users who pay the
same subscription fees but don’t benefit from the service.
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Wonderful new idea from Adobe. Just download the Adobe Air browser from http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air/ and begin searching for your favorite color pallets. Save them to your Adobe Illustrator CS3 >Presets >Swatches >Art History folder.
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November 9th, 2007
There’s been a lot of discussion over the past six months about the CSS Working Group and the pace of CSS3 development . Here are some of the highlights.
Just go back from the Voices that Matter Web Design Conference. It was one of the best conferences I’ve ever been to.
All the gurus were there; Eric Meyer, Andy Clarke, Jeremy Keith, Stephanie Sullivan, Charles Wyke-Smith, PPK, Robert Hoekman of Miskeeto and many more.
I’ve been reading a new book about CSS, it’s call Transcending CSS, the fine art of web design by Andy Clarke. Molly Holzschlag has provided the editing and a forward, and David Shea the preface. It’s not your ordinary beginning CSS book, in fact it’s not for beginners at all, which is one of the reasons I bought it.
In the first few pages I learned about styling attribute selectors (who knew), as in putting borders around images that have “alt” tags or coloring text with a “title” attribute. Not only that, it’s a beautifully designed book with lots of photos and color. It feels good in your hands, like a much loved and well read favorite.
More to come …