Archive for April, 2007
April 20, 2007 at 4:44 pm · Filed under Software
So, the dust has settled and on the whole, Vista has failed to make any big waves. In fact, reception has been so lukewarm Dell has been forced to resurrect XP.
This is surprising in some ways but no so much on others. Surprising in that people generally want to the latest and greatest when it comes to technology but with so many people now relying heavily on their computers for their everyday lives, I’m not surprised that people don’t like the upheaval of an unfamiliar OS.
Its taken Microsoft so long to get to the stage where XP is relatively stable and works well with the majority of 3rd party software including peripherals such as phones and cameras (commonplace in every household in the country these days) that the task of disrupting this bliss to to have to find new drivers etc is something people don’t particularly relish.
Like wearing in a pair of new shoes, if you want to benefit from Vista, you’re going to have to stick through the transition period. However, it seems that many, including myself at the minute, are just as happy to slip into the old XP slippers…
April 7, 2007 at 9:21 pm · Filed under Blog Development
You may have noticed I have ad-ed Adsense… I did this out of curiosity moreso than anything else, I heard so much about it and wanted to see how easy it would be to implement. Typically, like all of Google’s fantastic apps/service, it was a cinch, I had it up and going in 20 minutes once I was allowed to use it (I had to wait until I was verified to use it which took 3 days!)
Although I thought I may as well add some subtle advertising I was very aware of not to overdo the thing…my personal hate is a site overladen with screaming ads and the last thing I wanted was to add my site to that list. So, I have used them sparingly on this blog and on the main site, I have stuck to just using a referrer which has the added bonus of promoting the king of browser, Firefox.
The problem with using Adsense on my main site is that, as it chooses to displayed ads relevant to the page they are being placed on, Adsense displays adverts for other web design companies which is kinda shooting myself in the foot to an extent…
Adsense is never going to make me my first million, on this site anyway, but if over the course of a year, it manages to pay for even half my hosting, it’ll be well worth it…
April 3, 2007 at 11:31 pm · Filed under Strange World
In order to promote accessibility and web standards Dustin Diaz is trying to strip the Internet of stylesheets on 5th April 2007 by declaring it Get Naked day. This blog shall be showing its support by being laid bare, has your website got the <tags>??!
April 1, 2007 at 8:04 pm · Filed under Miscellaneous
Seems like an interesting concept to say the least…
www.google.com/tisp
:P
April 1, 2007 at 5:02 pm · Filed under Web Design
I only recently looked into sIFR. I know, I know, its been around for a while but I can be a Johhny come lately at times and although I had a yellow post it beside my computer for months, I only really got down and dirty with it last week…
sIFR (scalable Inman Flash Replacement) is not a new technology; it’s a new technique that marries existing technologies – Flash, JavaScript and CSS – to improve web-based typography where mainstream techniques, such as CSS image replacement…
…and its really quite easy to implement! Much of these ease is due to Mike Davidson’s release pack, which really does all the donkey work.
I managed to get sIFR going so I can now integrate this into my h1 and h2s in my site. SIFR uses Flash, JavaScript and CSS to allow designers to use custom fonts in web pages regardless of whether that font is installed on the clients machine or not. The reason I want to use it in my major project is because I can follow through with my brand identity throughout my design while still being fully accessible and adhering to the W3C guidelines…exciting stuff, I’m sure you’ll agree, check out my test page.
