WhiteDust has been revamped for the new year. The new look and feel is quite nice, but some people have found issues with it. Running it through something like SiteVista would help to squash those bugs :) I ran it through the w3c validator and found that although it did throw errors most of them could be easily rectified. All in all it looks well and I hope the content in 2007 … [Read more...] about Whitedust.net Revamped
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Egovernment Failing?
If people cannot access online services due to accessibility issues, then it would be fairly safe to say that egovernment is not succeeding - it's probably failing. Richard Hearne has done a fascinating analysis of over 40 Irish government and political party websites with a view to assessing their accessibility and the results are quite worrying: Government Department … [Read more...] about Egovernment Failing?
Web Design Annoyances – Flash
Don't get me wrong - I actually like Flash if it's used properly. However I would expect a Flash powered site to warn me that I need the Flash plugin if I don't have it installed or need a newer version. Not so with Magico! If you visit their site without Flash or without a recent version (not sure which was my case.. ) you end up with a great big black square on the page where … [Read more...] about Web Design Annoyances – Flash
Google Uses Bad Markup
There's been quite a bit of chatter in the Irish blogosphere over the last couple of weeks in relation to web standards. Unfortunately not even Google seem to give a damn about standards compliance. The main page of Google.ie has 47 errors, including no DOCTYPE! … [Read more...] about Google Uses Bad Markup
Experts vs Amateurs – Irish Web Industry
When you take your car into the garage you expect certain things. You do not need to explicitly ask for them, nor would you expect them to be actually verbalised. What would you expect? Well, naturally, you would expect your car to be serviced to an acceptable standard. If the tyres need to be pumped, for example, then you would expect them to be pumped to the pressure that … [Read more...] about Experts vs Amateurs – Irish Web Industry