Just got the opera mini app for the iphone a few days ago and its not bad. Its considerably faster than the safari on iphone. There are a few things I didn’t like such as how I could barely read anything unless I zoom all the way in. Strangely, the text width looks squished when viewing my website. Safari on the iphone definitely does a better job at rendering the zoomed-out pages as there’s a major difference in the ability to read the text zoomed out compared to the opera.
Read More »I was slightly amused at the comparison Gerry McGovern made in his article, “The Best Websites are Useful and Ugly” about the Grand Canyon and how it would be inaccessible to a person who decides to live there. The Canyon is definitely a beautiful place to look at, and people can definitely spends hours just [...]
Read More »One of the more informative articles I’ve read thus far was one that centered around what is known as Information Architecture and the role it plays in site redesigns. I’ve taken a class on information architecture a few years ago and this was a nice refresher course on just how critical it is to think about the long-term sustainability for a site your planning on rebuilding. Building a website without first gathering data (personas, site maps, wire frames, etc.) and creating the blueprint of what is regarded as a solid framework of the site cannot be stressed enough.
Read More »Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to check out some new reading material that enlightened me on the importance of web standardization, along with several other interesting tidbits. One of the articles I was given as a suggestion to read through was on improving web quality and our overall user experience. It makes note of the fact that most websites out there on the web are not validated. The article provides a list of what some webmasters, web developers, and html users thought about making their websites standard-complaint…
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