Conclusion: Cool graphics are nice, but they must not hinder access to content. Content is king.
Class overview
Take attendance for first class
Syllabus discussion
grading - Links, Navigation, Typography, Content, Organization, Design, Consistency, Concept
Projects assigned during the quarter
A personal web site
Redesign the College of Communication web site (http://www.cats.ohiou.edu/~commcoll/welcome.html)
Other
Give web address for class materials - http://132.325.108.73
Informational Survey
Students complete handout
ZIP disks and suggested backup disk for all class work
Discussion on what comprises the internet
millions of computers connected together
definition of server and client computer
servers run software programs that permit serving files to client computers
services (ftp, http, email, newsgroups and others)
Local Internet providers
DialNet (593-9426) OU Computer Network Services in Scott Quad
FrogNet (593-3764)
Eureka Net (593-5052)
Others - Compuserve, AOL, etc.
Short history but has tremendous growth each year
Businesses attempting to cash in on the potential market:
News
Pull news - CNN (http://www.cnn.com), MSNBC (http://www.msnbc.com/news/default.asp), NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com), etc
Push News - Pointcast, Microsoft Channels, etc.
Retail - Online ordering of consumer items
Music -CDNow (http://cdnow.com), Digital Music Network (http://www.dmn.com) (NOTE: This link appears to be gone).
Computer Software - Software.net (http://www.software.net), MacConnection (http://www.pcconnection.com), computer products price comparisons (http://www.uvision.com)
Computer Hardware - Dell Computer (http://www.dell.com)
Dell is doing over $1 million per day over the web, and its web business has been doubling every 6 months!
Discuss advantage and disadvantage of what was shown.
Conclusion: Cool graphics are nice, but they must not hinder access to content. Content is king.