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
Web Design
Snap Site Previews
I've been asked by website owners about displaying previews / screencaps on browse.ie in the past, but I couldn't find an alternative to thumbshots et al which are a bit limited in their range of site previews. A lot of smaller sites aren't available, so it isn't overly helpful to use their service. The other day, however, I came across a free service that seems to rectify the … [Read more...] about Snap Site Previews
Irish Webmaster Forum in Alexa Top 100
I don't pay much attention to Alexa ranking, but I know other people do... Anyhow I see that the Irish webmaster forum is in the top 100 for Ireland, which is more than can be said for a number of Irish sites that seem to think that Alexa actually matters.... … [Read more...] about Irish Webmaster Forum in Alexa Top 100
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?
AIB Business Banking Now For Firefox
AIB's online business banking will soon be accessible by Firefox users and linux users: From their site: iBB Requirements * A Business Account with AIB * The following Operating System and browser combinations: Operating System Browser Windows 2000 or Windows XP Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and above, Mozilla Firefox 1.5 and above Suse Linux 10.0 Mozilla Firefox 1.5 and … [Read more...] about AIB Business Banking Now For Firefox