Module 4: Search Engine Task

I always used Google as my internet search engine. I used the word “Netiquette” to research my task.

The first result that appeared with Google was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netiquette
Netiquette, a portmanteau of "network etiquette", is a set of social conventions that facilitate interaction over networks, ranging from Usenet and mailing lists to blogs and forums.

These are the results when I used Google Search
Results 1 - 10 of about 6,400,000 for netiquette [definition]. (0.06 seconds).

Netiquette - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Netiquette, a portmanteau of "network etiquette", is a set of social conventions that facilitate interaction over networks, ranging from Usenet and mailing ...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netiquette - 40k - Cached - Similar pages

Netiquette Home Page -- A Service of Albion.com
This page is dedicated to the topic of network etiquette.www.albion.com/netiquette/ - 10k - Cached - Similar pages

The Core Rules of Netiquette -- Excerpted from Netiquette by ...
The Core Rules of Netiquette are excerpted from the book Netiquette by Virginia Shea. Click on each rule for elaboration. ...www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html - 8k - Cached - Similar pagesMore results from www.albion.com »

Internet Netiquette
Gives a summary of the important points of e-mail, mailing list, USENET, and chat etiquette.www.albury.net.au/new-users/netiquet.htm - 6k - Cached - Similar pages

What is netiquette? NetAlert
Netiquette describes the rules for online behaviour especially in newsgroups, forums and chat rooms. It is derived from the two words Internet and etiquette ...www.netalert.gov.au/advice/behaviour/netiquette_emoticons/What_is_netiquette.html - 17k - Cached - Similar pages

Email Etiquette (Netiquette)
David Tuffley, ICT, Griffith Univ. Australia. A general guide for writing and sending email. Email that does not irritate and/offend the recipient is more ...www.cit.gu.edu.au/~davidt/email_etiquette.htm - 14k - Cached - Similar pages

Student Guide: Netiquette
Online Participation Guidelines: Netiquette. For many of you this will be your first experience of participating in tutorials and discussion groups through ...online.mq.edu.au/docs/neti.html - 5k - Cached - Similar pages

RFC 1855: Netiquette Guidelines
This document provides a minimum set of guidelines for Network Etiquette (Netiquette) which organizations may take and adapt for their own use. ...www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html - 44k - Cached - Similar pages

RFC 1855 - Netiquette Guidelines
FYI: 28 October 1995 Category: Informational Netiquette Guidelines Status of This Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. ...www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt - 46k - Cached - Similar pagesby N Guidelines - Related articles - All 83 versions

RFC 1855 (rfc1855) - Netiquette Guidelines
RFC 1855 - Netiquette Guidelines. ... FYI: 28 October 1995 Category: Informational Netiquette Guidelines Status of This Memo This memo provides information ...www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html - 51k - Cached - Similar pages

META-SEARCH
Next I used Copernic meta-search.
The results are here:

Some of the results are similar with Google search. But the results that appeared in Meta search only 35 results. I think maybe I used the Copernic agent basic one, that’s why it’s only appeared 35 results. Don’t know what happen if I upgrade it to the professional one.
I like to use Google Search, Google search gave me the most promising results. Don't need to spend money and save my money as well :)

Module 4: Tools for using the Web

For this module 4 task, I have chosen to explore bookmark managers and Media Player. I decided on Windows Media Player as a Media Player and del.icio.us as bookmark manager. It is very easy to install windows media player. After downloaded this media player, I realize that windows media player can do a lot of things more than just play audio and video files. The Player has lots of new features that expand your entertainment. I like to see video files and listen to music and song, that’s why I have chosen to install windows media player. Windows media player got library feature, you use this feature to organize your favourite media types you’ve downloaded or created with Rip. As you download and create music, Media Player automatically creates album and artist information for audio and video content. You also can view content by type and by genre. Windows Media Player still have a lot of features such as Burn, Rip, Sync and Urge/Online stores----à the online stores enables you to purchase media online or select from a variety of online content.

What is Delicious?
Delicious is a social bookmarking service that allows you to tag, save, manage and share Web pages all in one place. Delicious greatly improves how people discover, remember and share on the internet. I’ve got no problem to install del.icio.us. Just follow step by step and you can install the very popular bookmark manager. With this I will be able to put notes to different bookmarks; this is a great feature as you can take information in many ways.

Module 3: Web 2.0

Web 2.0 is a period used to express many recently popularized web applications such as YouTube, del.icio.us, and Flickr. While the slogan does not have a remarkable permission explanation, there are little characteristics associated with web 2.0 applications. Web 2.0 applications:
Are generally aimed towards online collaboration or sharing of information.
Are said to be perpetually changing and updating.
Solicit active participation or content creation from users. User-created content improves Web 2.0 applications.
Are often accessed using a web browser, meaning that no specialized software is needed for use.

Blinklist
A social bookmarking service allowing users to save, share, and search favourite websites via the internet.
Using Web 2.0 technology

HTML
Using Web 1.0
Mostly static pages with limited user interactions.
Typical webpage, hard to navigate (sometimes) and just not very friendly for the user or bandwith.
I definitely prefer with the new technology Web 2.0. Web2.0 is the website of the future that will allow user to login from any computer. It is interactive growing list and much more interesting than the older version

Module 3: W3C Validator and Copyright

W3C Validator: This is a standards organizations www.w3.org for testing the validity of webpage. I have used this webpage to test validate my first webpage but it didn’t match, I’m not sure why this is happen. I guessed it might because to the tags on the picture that I used which caused the trouble. The troubles seem to be relating to display.

About copyright: The law of copyright seem to be everywhere nowadays; you must reference everything which is make difficulties to the students as they can face of charges for copyright. This copyright made me confused, because I had used Curtin Logo for my first webpage, as I read on the discussion, some of fellow students said it’s alright if we used the logo for our task and we need to delete it after finishing the course. Last I have changed my mind I didn’t use the logo, only the text CURTIN. Because I read on the webpage: http://www.muresk.curtin.edu.au/local/docs/vhconditions.doc about “Advertising and Use of Curtin logo. We have to ask authorisation and release of the Logo. The Logo as a registered trademark is protected from unauthorised use. The Logo may only be released for use by another agency, upon approval of the Director, University Marketing.
Requests for the use of the Logo must be addressed to the Director, University Marketing in writing. In making a case the applicant for the use of the Logo must state:
the purpose of the use of the Logo,
the proposed format of the use of the Logo,
The date(s) or periods when the Logo will be used.
Permission to use the Logo is usually granted within two days of lodging the request. The Director University Marketing must sight and approve the artwork where the Logo is to be applied. Approval or further requests for alteration is usually granted within two days of lodging the artwork.” http://www.muresk.curtin.edu.au/local/docs/vhconditions.doc

Module 3: Blogging Task

The first time I created and using a blog was for blog NET 11. It was very easy to create and maintain. Before created mine, I knew a friend who has blog and she is a web graphic designer. She told me before to create a blog, but I didn’t have any interest about it until I took this NET 11.

Blog is a website in which items are posted on a regular basis and displayed in reverse chronological order. Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is call ‘blogging’. It is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is ‘blogging’ and someone who keeps a blog is a blogger. Blogs are typically updated daily using software that allows people with little or no technical background to update and maintain the blog. Through blogging People can relay experiences, interesting thoughts, comments, photos, web links, and plenty of other information that people find interesting. You can use it as educational purposes as well, like what I am doing now with my NET 11 where I record my tasks and reflections.

Module 3: WWW Standards

5 most important rules for writing online:

1. Be clear and concise.
Don’t waste your time with blurbs or marketing texts. Keep it short and to the point. On the other hand, don’t be afraid to elaborate on the point if need be.
2. Use simple language.
No marketing or technical lingo­­, write in a way that will be easy for them to understand.
3. Use Meaningful links
Particularly important for screen readers, a link that says `Click Here` is generic and doesn’t have a meaning. Use links that indicate where they lead you. The links you provide support and authenticate your arguments.
4. Use clear writing and easy to understand titles, headings and toolbars.
This will help the user become aware of exactly what your webpage is about.
5. Pay attention to layout.
Making the most of your layout is especially important when you’re writing short copy. The right blend of emphasis and information is the best way to attract viewers. Don’t underestimate the effectiveness of bolding, italics, underlining, color and white space.

The advice in Nielsen’s page is certainly still relevant and right after all this year. He also advise you should be conscious, the reader wants in terms of literacy levels and not include words or sentences that are to hard to understand. "Our study suggests that scannable, concise, and objective writing styles each make a positive difference in Web users' performance and subjective satisfaction. Promotional writing, which is the style most commonly found on the Web today, had much lower scores on virtually all usability measures."
J. Morkes, J. Nielsen (1997). Concise, Scannable, and Objective: How to Write for the Web. Retrieved February 24, 2008, from
http://www.useit.com/papers/webwriting/writing.html

Module 3: HTML tags

I like this task of creating my own webpage. This is quite interesting to edit and code the page. At the first I found it difficulties and made me confused. But after a few times learning I found it quite easy. The tutorial webpage was so helpful and without it, I think I can’t make the webpage. I knew I can search the tutorial through the net, I had tried, but I found this webpage tutorial is the easiest to understand. I’m happy that I can make my first webpage.
Now I can see the differences between html and blog.
Blogging is like a journal or diary that is broken up by dates, usually the most recent entry is on top. No coding knowledge necessary, there are many choices of blog software out there to choose from that eliminates the need for coding knowledge. In blogging, we are focus to the content.
In HTML (Hypertext Mark up Language) we need to know the knowledge in coding.
The language relies on tags to tell web browsers how to display a page on screen. HTML more complicated. But I like it.
I like both of them. I know blogging is much easier, but when I reached my achievement to make a webpage I felt satisfaction. I liked the challenge of learning a new language. Even sometime they made me frustrated.