AOL News moves to HTML
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AOL News has a new publishing system and is now publishing for the first time in HTML, which means that subscribers can access AOL News on the Web as well as through its proprietary software, AOL News Director Gary Kebbel tells CyberJournalist.net. Previously, AOL News was published in a proprietary system called Rainman."A nice side effect of our HTML publishing is that our editors' work now is available on MyAOL and AOL Search for members at work, who sign in with their screen name," he said. "This is a big change for us because most business, education and government computers don't allow the AOL client to be downloaded on them. Now, we can get around that by providing AOL News in HTML via MyAOL and AOL Search to members at work."
Here's a screenshot of the new AOL News.
"More than just a redesign, this was a paradigm shift that required the creation of an entirely new publishing process and publishing tool," Kebbel said. "We also had to modify our work processes to adapt to our new environment. One of the strengths of AOL's proprietary Rainman pages is that they are very light and easy to download on a 28.8 modem. We agonized over the page weight and HTML code to optimize it for competitively fast downloads."
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2 comments about 'AOL News moves to HTML'Would it be possible to see more infomation on Education Reform for America's children, or at the very least new information on up and coming cutting edge alternative schooling for advanced science and math study.
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Posted by Dottie Lewis at April 14, 2004 7:13 AM
I think it is totally irresponsible to use the heading RADICAL CLERIC BACKS DOWN when shite leader agrees to peace proposal would have been a lot less inflammatory. Dallas News had the good sense not to use words that could result in a reversal of progress. I can't believe you people are so insensitive to the need to keep things as calm as possible for our troops.
Posted by laurel anderson at August 18, 2004 1:10 PM
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