I am front-end developer and webdesigner living and working in Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
Usability: The basics, some tips & tools
News, Usability / August 16, 2011
In general, usability refers to how well users can learn and use a product (in this case a website) to achieve their goals and how satisfied they are with this. So usability is an important fact while building and maintaining a website. Despite this common knowledge among web-designers and web-masters, not all websites are living up to the standards of today.
Is this done on purpose? Just maybe when there is a tight budget and/or a deadline. But most of the time web-master make the most common mistake that the visitors know the website as well as he/she does. When you develop or maintain a website you know the website from top to bottom and inside out, and by this you can overlook things. What may be clear and easy to you could be a hard task for a first time visitor. Read More
Turning point: web vs newspapers
News, marketing / December 22, 2010
In the U.S., for the first time, more money goes to online advertising channels than to printed newspapers. The downward trend is probably going to continue.
Consumers in America spent on a day as much time online as they watch television. The media consumption behavior is changing and the advertisers are in pursuit. Research firm eMarketer shows how printed newspapers see their sales decline in favor of online spending. Read More
xhtml and target _blank
Development, jQuery, javascript / July 13, 2010
99% of the website that I code are in XHTML 1.0 Strict. And as many of you will know this sharpens the rules of what tags and attributes you can use
in your XHTML document. One of the things that isn’t allowed in the strict version is the target _blank attribute.
For those who don’t know, when using target _blank inside a link the link will open in a new window.
It’s Alive!
Random / July 13, 2010
Finally, the launch of my own website. It has taken a while (way to long), but the website is up and running. There are still alot of things to do, so its actually just in beta fase, but it is good for now.
I hope i’ll get the remaining issues fixed before the end of the year. Next to that, from now on i need to make myself some time to actually write some blog posts. Think that is going to be the biggest issue, but time will tell. Read More