Tuesday, March 1, 2005

Gmail in Plain HTML

Apparently Gmail now supports any browser with a “plain HTML” interface – no more snappy DHTML for those browser which can’t support it. I will post an update to this post after I tested Gmail on my Nokia 6600 Netfront browser (and I will post the update using the same Nokia). [Via Inside Google.]

Well, it didn’t work with my Nokia browser – it said there’s a cookies problem.

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Become the Next Web Hype

I wanted to title this post “All Your Tourist Guy Are Belong to Numa Numa Hamster Dance with the Star Wars Kid,” but then again, puns don’t work for microcontent (and I don’t want to break any RSS readers). But here’s the gist: Germany’s most popular online news source Spiegel.de started a “Numa Numa” contest. A mini FAQ:

• What’s Numa Numa? That’s the latest web hype – the guy who was singing “Dragostea Din Tei” sitting at his desk.
• What do I need to do? You need to perform a sitting dance video in the same spirit.
• How do I save the video file? As Flash, MPG, AVI, or REAL.
• Where do I send the file? You put the file on your own site and send a link to Frank Patalong at netzwelt@spiegel.de, subject “Besser als Brolsma”.
• Until when can I send my files? Until March 7th.
• What can I win? I don’t think you can win anything, though several of the best entries will be presented at Spiegel.de.
• Can you really force a web hype? I guess not; these memes take off by being unintentionally stupid. Spiegel.de is giving it a try anyway.
• Can we vote for the best entry? Spiegel.de often has votes, and you can delete your cookies to vote as often as you want to. (This will often result in silly races between two parties, both of which re-vote & delete cookies as often as they can.)

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