Apologies for the lack of updates recently, I’ve let it slide a bit too much for my liking. Whilst I’ve been away I’ve been busy learning new things both at University and at home.
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Another wee update
December 2, 2008 by GraemeComments (0)
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Software Freedom Day
September 21, 2008 by GraemeComments (2)
Yesterday I visited the local Software Freedom Day event here in Dundee, and I was impressed with what was available. I think that the whole web industry is moving towards open source software, and went along to see what things were on offer. We all know that the biggest and most common instance of open source software within the internet industry is Mozilla Firefox, but there is so much other items of software available.
It was interesting to see the wide range of software packages available, which ranged from graphics packages to office software and everything in between. The most interesting outcome of the day for me was when I received a Linux Ubuntu disk, as I’ve very little experience of that particular operating system. I’ve seen people use it and have obviously read about it over the years but I’ve little personal experience. One technique I picked up was to install it using a Virtual Box, which enables the new system to be installed on a machine virtually so that it doesn’t affect the original operating system. This seems like a good way of trying out Linux knowing that I can always revert back without too much risk.
What do the current Linux users think? Should I jump over from Windows?
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Internet Explorer 6
September 15, 2008 by adminComments (0)
It is now over seven years since the 6th version of Microsoft’s Web Browser was launched, and it is still popular today for some reason, although this is mainly with large organisations and some education centres. With the recent release of Firefox 3 it is plain to see how far browsers have progressed in the past seven years, and with Google now joining the party with their Chrome release there is much to be said for the browser business today.
As any web developer will know, trying to create aesthetically pleasing sites which fit into all these browsers is a challenge, with Internet Explorer 6 being the worst of the lot due to the way that it handles code and styles. As a beginner, I’ve had little experience of altering a site specifically in order to suit Internet Explorer 6 (lucky me!). Large organisations are often the last to change software due to perceived security issues but I feel that the time has come for us to help them along by refusing to cater for IE 6 users anymore, and if the majority of developers do likewise then slowly but surely Internet Explorer 6’s market share will begin to drop completely.
Do you support Internet Explorer 6?
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New Design
September 13, 2008 by adminComments (0)
Well as promised a few weeks ago, I have completed the new design of the site. It is a bit different from the previous “working desk” design, but I hope that you like it. There will no doubt be a few tweaks still to do, and as we all know everything we do in in Web Design and Development is a work in progress, so feel free to make suggestions.
The new design co-incides with my starting University and I will be posting a lot more often as I have let that slip recently with all that has been happening.
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Twitter
August 8, 2008 by adminComments (2)Now, there has probably been thousands of blog posts about Twitter, with the majority of them concentrating on the frequent downtimes that Twitter suffers. There’s even been the odd blessay on the subject, such as the ones by Elliot Jay Stocks.
Now you’re probably expecting me to launch into a rant and rave about the downtime and other problems about the social network, but you’d be wrong! My problem with Twitter is getting the background image on my twitter page to change. I follow the steps meticulously and conform to the image sizes, but when I press save the background goes to all white!
The image is within the correct file size and type - actually it is a JPG sized at 166 KB which is well within the 800KB limit but it just will not show at all. I think the main reason I’m wanting to change the background is so that it reflects the look and feel of this site in order to provide a consistent web presence for myself. It’s not a huge issue as it is not affecting the functionality of my twitter but is one of those annoying wee quirks that exist on the interweb which bug me from time to time.
If anyone has any suggestions on how to get this working, I will be eternally grateful!
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