Back in November I predicted that with the release of IE7 in the automatic Windows Update, we would see a significant move from Internet Explorer 6 to version 7. It seems that based on new numbers from January 2007 that this is definitely happening. Internet Explorer 6 – 58.16% to 44.86% Internet Explorer 7 – [...]
For some time I’ve been experiencing major issues when trying to access certain international websites. Even worse was the fact that it was seemingly random – NZ sites worked just fine, but when trying to access Apple, Amazon, BMW International, Brietbart (great news wire, and one of Drudge’s favorites), MySpace and others, it was like [...]
They say that, as a rule, you should design web applications for use by the lowest common denominator – the morons, cretins etc – so as not to have your call centre inundated with people wanting to know which one is the ‘any’ key. When I went to renew my car registration online yesterday I [...]
Quite a good report from the BBC that I stumbled across this morning. I’m not sure, but I think that New Zealand’s accessibility laws are pretty slack, whilst I know that the States and the UK have quite strict laws, as is mentioned in this article. Worth the watch i’d say.
As of October 2006 this is how the distribution of browsers looks: Source: http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp This is sure to dramatically change once Microsoft release IE 7 as a “High Priority Update” via the automatic Windows Update service as announced on their IE Blog. Users will have the option to not install this, but in reality many [...]
Fact: Canola oil is non-conductive of electricity. Fact: Computer cpus routinely operate in the 90-100 degree celcius range. Question: Can you use your computer to make french fries? Answer: Yes!
This is a great post by Richard McManus at ZDNet relaying his phone interview with Microsoft’s Chris Wilson, the Group Program Manager for IE. Many bloggers, including me, claim that IE 7 is NOT compliant with CSS standards. Here are some of Wilson’s comments, which are a little disturbing: “In IE7 we really are trying [...]
This I want. Yesterday.Though I’m loathe to compare things to other things, think Minority Report. Apparently this project, called “TouchLight” has been developed by Microsoft. It makes use of different cameras positioned behind a holographic projection material screen. While I wish that they’d show some more traditional interaction using this new system, the image resizing [...]
Take a look at this site.
Housingmaps – a wonderful example of directory convergence with the combination of craigslist and Google Maps. As someone who has been using NZ real estate websites over the past couple months this site demonstrates some of the possibilities if site owners only stopped and thought more about the user.