Latest Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox draws your attention to eye flow patterns. In the latest Jakob Nielson Alertbox newsletter he discusses the results of tests done on tracking eye movement over typical web pages. It is quite interesting and potentially very useful information for web site designers. The report can be seen at this link.
How is it that you can put an infrared filter on the front of effectively all digital cameras and get an IR image? In this article we set out to examine how this happens and how to interpret the results. All digital image sensors are sensitive to more than visible light. They have extended sensitivity …
How much difference does 10MP vs. 8MP really make. This very informal test is the start of a deeper look at resolution issues. There was a lot of disappointment that the 20D replacement, the 30D wasn’t a 10 or 12MP camera. But just how significant is 10MP compared to 8MP? Well, while I have a …
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A musing on what is digital fine art. This is a question that keeps popping up and is usually answered badly, in my opinion, from missing some of the areas of digital or from misunderstandings. Even worse are the endless discussions of ‘Is there a Digital Aesthetic?’. I used to engage with these discussions but …
In response to questions, we get some answers from Canon about ink going stale Following on from the earlier article about Epson ink use by dates and ink going stale, we contacted Canon for their angle. Their response is below: From Canon’s experience, they have not encountered issues with useby dates on cartridges. Cartridges are …
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Questions have been asked about ink going stale. I asked Epson about this. In response to some questions floating around on the internet about whether inkjet ink can go stale, I put the following questions to Epson: Does Epson’s inkjet ink have a ‘useby date’ before it goes stale, both for unopened cartridges and for …
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WatchMouse research shows that 71% of IBEX websites availability is below industry standards Press Release Of the top 35 funds listed on the Bolsa de Madrid (IBEX), 25 havewebsites with poor to dramatically poor availability. Many of the sitesare badly accessible or unavailable for more than an hour per month. The worst site, that of …
Epson has released new lightfastness ratings from testing done for them by the Wilhelm Instutute. Below are the latest figures from Epson on expected display life oftheir inks and papers. All the new R series printers with the HQ inkssit in the second column. Media 6 color Photo 825, 925, 960, 1280 6 color HQ …
E Ink Corporation makes electronic paper display devices Photos and the press releases later in this article supplied by E Ink Corporation. E Ink is the company probably furthest along in the alternativedisplay/print technology area, in terms of getting real products intothe marketplace, at least. Electronic Ink is a clever use of existingtechnology rather than …
Third quarter financial results are not positive for Kodak In the third quarter Kodak sales went up by 5%. However, it getsinteresting when you examine the breakdown. Digital products andservices rose by 47%, which is a great result. However traditionalproduct revenue fell by 20% in the quarter. In total, Kodak lostUS$1.029 Billion in the quarter. …