Everyone knows of Microsoft, and just as many know of Word its flagship Word Processor that comes bundled with the Microsoft Office suite. For many businesses if information doesn’t fit in an Excel spreadsheet it goes into Word. But many that use Word don’t know the frustrations it can cause to web professionals.
New Bronco and David Naylor Websites
After a few months of planning, designing and building we (that being Bronco) have finally launched the new Bronco and David Naylor websites and if it wasn’t for a recent holiday in Spain I’d be looking to get in some time off to rest. Launching your own website can always be a little stressful but even more so as in this case these websites are my responsibility so feel like my websites but then not quite.
As Senior Designer at Bronco it’s been my job to design our personal websites. These new sites would be the third Bronco and fourth David Naylor site I’ve designed and built while working for Bronco. Usually the sites get a bit of a facelift once a year, though usually at different points of the year so it’s easier to slot them in around client work. This year they both came together, the reason being our new branding.
Google Redesigned
Many a designer has mentioned the lack of design in the Google homepage and at FOWD Tour Leeds last week it was fleetingly mentioned again. This time however it lit a spark and I thought it might be a fun experiment to see what I could do.
Lay off IE6
This may get me in hot water but to be honest I’m getting pissed off with the constant hatred for IE6 from web professionals and the double standards this creates.
Users, users, users
So many professionals will talk about the user till they’re blue in the face, which is only right as we work in an industry where pleasing the user is the primary goal. But when IE6 is involved all this stuff just doesn’t seem to matter anymore.
Unfortunately many web developers have taken a strong stance against IE6, conducting what can only be called a witch hunt against the aging browser. Some of this mob arm themselves with morally questionable update messages or simply lock down a site to anyone using IE6. These are aggressive actions to take aimed firmly at the best interests of the developer and not the user.