Mark Newton
As you may know I am interested in user interfaces, not just web based but any interaction with the user. User interface design isn’t just about a single application, the whole operating system interacts with the user as do everyday objects. What makes an enjoyable user experience? Sometimes it is the small details that can […]
Farmville is the biggest web application out there today Whilst we are talking of technology which at first glance seems to have little use let’s take a look at Facebook and more importantly the popular games on it like Farmville, Fishville and Mafia Wars. Why is this important? Well this column is about web applications […]
Whilst talking about previous issues, many months ago in issue 176 I wrote about the problem when searching for solutions to technical problems. You have probably experienced the irritation of finding the same article or forum postings on multiple websites. Now sometimes this is because the author posts the question to multiple sites, but when […]
Customise your email shots or loose customers Mother’s day has come and gone along with the usual bombardment of emails suggesting the multitude of things one could buy one’s mother. Every year this is just a reminder to those of us who don’t have a mother who is alive. I have yet to come across […]
Whilst doing a lot of development work recently, I had needed to search the web for help on one or two problems. I was amazed with how many different forums the same question came up on. I don’t mean the same topic of question; I mean EXACTLY the same question with the same answers! This […]
With the advent of the internet the idea of ‘living’ in a virtual world became a possibility. Now it seems to be here, with the dominance of social media. The popular people and companies on the social media are often called for their views by conventional media and even by our politicians. The perceived power […]
There comes a time in many relationships when they come to an end. This article is about how to end your relationship with your ISP and move to a new and better featured ISP. As with any such parting of the ways things will go much more smoothly if you can stay on speaking terms […]
I expressed concern previously about large companies adding open source code to their chargeable products and then claiming that this added functionally is the reason for the chargeable upgrade. Adobe did this trick recently with PhoneGap the mobile phone emulation software and also with Typekit the technology that promises to make multiple fonts usable on […]
Advertising on the Internet in the UK now comes under the ASA Anyone placing adverts or making claims about their products or services via the internet will from the 1st of March have to follow the advertising guidelines set out by the Advertising Standards Authority ( ASA ). Previously Internet based adverts have not come […]
I have just finished a web application for a client and one of the final stages of this meant giving them a simple way of updating the database on the web server with the latest information. This particular web application allowed users to search in a variety of ways the client’s stock list and request […]