02 February 2010 at 12:54
When we look at sites which we haven't developed it's quite common for us to delve deeper into the source code and check out how the website we're looking at is designed and built.
Looking at the CSS, Design and Build Quality of other people's websites helps us hone our development techniques. Sometimes we spot other coder's quirks and it makes us chuckle a little.
I was taking a quick look at the Home-Start South Hams website developed by a company called Fear of Mice and on inspecting their code we got a good idea on their thought of Internet Explorer 7 and even IE6...
Basically they're saying, "Load some extra styles if you're using IE6 or IE7." Older versions of Internet Explorer definitely have their quirks, that's for sure. Even Google have made the grand step of no longer supporting IE6, and how much longer do we carry on supporting the out of date browser which has been around for over 10 years now.
Even if you try and build a website to the highest web standards compliance, it is likely there will still be layout issues in IE6, so why on earth is anyone still using it or even supporting it?
Tags: Internet Explorer | Source Code | CSS | Design | Layout
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23 October 2009 at 09:19
Now this is funny, take a look at the following screenshot that we found whilst browsing the web this week. It shows a problem you might encounter if you include a live feed on your website without proper scrutiny.
Seeing this caused us to laugh out loud but we soon realised that this is a classic example of the potential problem with incorrectly managed social media in business.
While Twitter is a great system for informing, keeping up to date and keeping touch. Is the business communities keenness to adopt it as a marketing tool misplaced? Actually, I don't think so. Similar to everything else, it has its place and, if used correctly, its a handy tool to keep in your marketing toolbox; a great way of keeping in touch with your customer ('fan'?) base. It is widely known that if you fail to keep near the front of you potential customer's minds you are likely to lose out to those Companies that do.
This type of mishap probably disappeared as quickly as it appeared but for a busy site, some damage may already have been done. Our advice. Use the social networking tools - they can be beneficial - but make sure you keep a close eye on things and don't expect them to run themsleves. Like any aspect of a business it only works if properly managed.
Tags: Twitter | Marketing | Social Media
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