08.04.11
David
If you have an unhealthy interest in design, detail and delivery we’d like to hear from you as we’re currently looking to hire a full-time front-end developer. You must have a minimum of two years’ experience working on websites for both corporate and consumer clients. Read the rest of this entry »
19.05.10
Matt
Adobe and Apple have been at each other’s necks in a sort of corporate, well-mannered wrestling match – and it’s all over Adobe’s ubiquitous Flash plug-in. Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs has gone on record saying that the iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad will never support Flash, citing the abilities of HTML5/CSS3 as well as the closed nature of Flash as reasons why it’s is on its way out. Adobe’s founders, John Warnock and Chuck Geschke countered with their open letter on open markets. So we know what they all think. But what do I think? Read the rest of this entry »
23.10.08
Matt
I love a good buzzword. Two of the more recent ones in web design are these multi-syllabic beauties. Graceful Degradation and Progressive Enhancement. They both address the issue of the unknown quantity of the end-user’s browsing technology. Are they using the latest, greatest shiny browsers or are they keeping it retro (whether out of choice or not)? Are they on their mobile phone or on their Xbox 360 attached to a 50″ HD screen? How your site appears and functions on these various technologies depends, in part, on these two techniques. Read the rest of this entry »
08.06.07
Jamie
No surprise here with Google announcing another new product. Google Gears is an open source browser extension that lets developers create web applications that can run offline. Gears allows users to cache and serve application resources (HTML, JavaScript, images, etc.) locally. There is also functionality to store data locally in a fully-searchable relational database. I’ve had a test drive and it looks great.
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12.04.07
Jamie
One of the drawbacks of web 2.0 apps is that the limitations of (X)HTML can cause usability and accessibility problems. The W3C’s standards draft for Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) looks to address those limitations. Read the rest of this entry »
