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Monday, 24 March 2008
Here’s proof that sometimes software designers make really, really stupid decisions.
Like a lot of other web development professionals who use Linux for their development environment but also need access to MS Windows applications, I run VMware Server to access the corporate MS Office applications, including email.
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Monday, 10 March 2008
Good news for standards based developers. Microsoft have now decided that IE8 will comply with web standards by default.
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Monday, 28 January 2008
This is how not to display images in your online store or product catalogue:
If you’re going to offer a clickable link entitled “larger image”, then you should actually offer a larger image of the product you’re trying to flog. Otherwise you’re running the risk of wasting your customers time and increasing their aggravation.
Which might just cost you money in lost sales.
Monday, 21 January 2008
So says the slogan on most of the product pages at Getprice, the Aussie online comparison shopping resource. Their contact page event tells us that:
“Our online merchants display their products with us so that you don’t need to visit various sites to compare and price what you need. Getprice does this for you making shopping easier, cheaper, and safer than ever before.”
Which is all very nice, except that if their software is too dumb or their online merchants deliberately or accidentally pollute the data they supply to Getprice, then it doesn’t make that service very “safe” or “easier”, does it? Take this example, for instance:
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Monday, 24 December 2007
Jacob Nielsen has a free gift for all web designers, business analysts, information architects and usability evangelists. Finally, something interesting to read at the beach.
We’re taking a few weeks off and have no intention of going anywhere near a computer for a while. Enjoy your time off, whatever that may amount to!
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