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More white space, more scrolling, better colors, neater typography, less contrast. What's your opinion?

Thanks for the pic to chanian. Via: mashable.

Facebook introduced a new button that allows you to forward a specific page to your Facebook friends. Here is how Facebook explains it:

The mouse and keyboard were invented before the Internet even existed. Since then, countless technological advancements have allowed for much more efficient human computer interaction. Why then do we continue to use outdated technology? Introducing Gmail Motion -- now you can control Gmail with your body.

Another Google service launched this week: Google +1. In short it allows you to "+1" search results or web pages and these recommendations will show up for your friends when they perform searches. Read more on Google's blog.

Adapted from Clout: The Art and Science of Influential Web Content (New Riders)

By Colleen Jones

The ancient Greeks knew more than how to wear a toga. They introduced principles of rhetoric, such as persuasive appeals, identification, repetition, and seizing the opportune moment. These principles will help your web content influence results.

From to foreword of 20 things I learned about Browsers and the Web, a beautifully illustrated web book from Google:

The new Chrome 10 Beta for OSX is even faster than before. According to various tests speed improvements can be between 30-60% thanks to an updated javascript engine.

Wirify is a bookmarklet that lets you turn any web page into a wireframe in one click. It’s lightweight and works in many modern browsers. To use Wirify drag the link with the green arrow on Wirify's page to your Bookmarks toolbar.

The new HTML5 logo stands strong and true, resilient and universal as the markup you write. It shines as bright and as bold as the forward-thinking, dedicated web developers you are. It's the standard's standard, a pennant for progress. And it certainly doesn't use tables for layout.

W3C presents the new HTML5 logo.