Posts in Development
The battle of modern day browsers
According to a recent article in the Daily Telegraph, something extraordinary happened recently in the world of web browsers; Google’s Chrome overtook Mozilla’s Firefox in market share for the first time. This by no means spells the end for Firefox, indeed both browsers currently lag far behind Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and this isn’t likely to change for at least the time being. For a while now Google have been effectively sponsoring Firefox, backing them financially in exchange for integration of their search engine within the browser, and this deal was recently renewed to guarantee Firefox’s survival for at least the …
Making Websites Accessible
It’s all too easy sometimes to take for granted some of the wonders of the technological world in which we live. Like being able to effortlessly browse the web, talk instantly to people thousands of miles away, watch cute videos of pandas and download the new Rihanna song all at the same time. Simply put, we’re rather spoilt when you consider how recently and quickly this technology revolution thing has come about. Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the internet (as opposed to Al Gore), has long argued in favour of Net Neutrality, whereby access to the web without interference from …
A/B Testing Explained
If you want to maximise sales from your website it is important that you fully understand A/B Testing. It’s pretty simple and a great way to find out what works well on your site and what doesn’t. It gives you key information about customer behaviours so you can fine tune content and increase your conversion rate. A/B Testing (also known as Split Testing) shows that sometimes, even making a small change can make a significant improvement. Contrast and compare It works like this; for your site you simply create two versions of a page or a function within a page. …
Responsive Web Design Explained
Imagine, if you will, that the whole internet is a gigantic flowing waterfall of information, perpetually cascading into a constantly growing pool of other information. Imagine that each web user is standing at the side of the waterfall on, oh I don’t know, let’s say some sort of observation deck, holding a glass that can be filled with a small amount of this information at any given time. This glass can be emptied, and then replenished again with new information ad infinitum, just by leaning over the barrier and dipping it into the waterfall. Imagine that these glasses all have …
Lee’s everyday and favourite mac apps
Mac app round-ups are pretty common across the internet, however the problem with most of them is that they aren’t written by people who actually use them on a daily basis. Therefore I have compiled a short list of applications and services that I rely on day to day to produce web applications that just work. 1: Terminal Terminal is the bread and butter application for any developer, whether you use it navigate your remote servers or to automate local tasks. 2: Sublime Text 2 Although sublime is currently in beta it stands up against all of its more mature brothers. …