“Choosing a content management system can be tricky. Without a clearly defined set of requirements, you will be seduced by fancy functionality that you will never use. What then should you look for in a CMS” – Paul Boag.
Starting on or about the third week of April, users still running IE6 or IE7 on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2008 will get will get a notification through Automatic Update about IE8. This rollout will start with a narrow audience and expand over time to the entire user base. On Windows XP and Server 2003, the update will be High-Priority. On Windows Vista and Server 2008 it will be Important. IE8 will not automatically install on machines. Users must opt-in to install IE8
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For the second year in a row A List Apart has produced a web design survey and the 2008 survey has been packaged for your consumption, there’s some interesting finds; There’s more freelance web designers than ever, and the average designers working week is 40 – 49 hours.
View the Web Design Survey 2008
You better pay your designers or else they may buy your domain name and discredit you on the web.
I’m not condoning this name and shame tactic but I can understand the web designer’s anguish.
Visit Prince Green does not pay his web design invoices
Dear Google Docs user, (this cant be good!)
We wanted to let you know about a recent issue with your Google Docs account. We’ve identified and fixed a bug which may have caused you to share some of your documents without your knowledge (ok, it better not be my emails!).
This inadvertent sharing was limited to people with whom you, or a collaborator with sharing rights, had previously shared a document (So much for the surprise Bday party Mum!).
I have just downloaded Apples Safari 4 web browser for PC and have given it a good test run to check out the features. The shiny metallic theme has disappeared in favor of a more traditional Windows theme, which is a real shame as I liked the uncluttered interface on Safari 3.
Check out a great article on Joomla vs WordPress Usability from Playing With Wire. I agree with what they have to say, WordPress user experience is second to none and Joomla is playing catch up in this department, but in other areas Joomla shines brightly. Here’s a quick comparison:
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Microsoft’s future technology vision expressed in this video, thanks to T.Magic for this one:
Box UK are developing a Website Checklist that could be very useful. Launching a website is always a nervous time and hopefully this can take some of the stress out of it, its also available to download as a PDF.
Themeslice.com has slashed its prices for a PSD to WordPress Theme service. You can now get your mock up sliced into a WordPress Theme for £320 and its great quality, I know as I’m one of the coders.