Readability scores for Google Docs; W3C Widget specs
Posted by Jacque on July 22nd, 2007
Google Docs word count enhancements
A helpful feature especially for anyone creating content whose reading level is important – Google Docs now includes the “Flesch Reading Ease” value a “Flesch-Kinkaid Grade Level,” as well as an “Automated Readability Index.” These scores help you know the reading difficulty and understandability level of what you have written.
Google Blogoscoped includes examples to illustrate the concept, which also show the word count and average words per sentence features of Google Docs.
W3C working draft — Widgets 1.0 requirements
From iLibrarian we learn that W3C has come out with a “very raw” spec for widgets. The hope is to standardize how widgets are scripted, digitally signed, secured, packaged and deployed in a way that is device independent, follows W3C principles, and is as interoperable as possible. The spec is mostly based on desktop widgets rather than those that are web-based.
