During a conversation with an web design client about the number of competing web pages in their given business sector, they asked: "So how many web pages are actually out there in total?" I had to be honest and say that I could not quote an exact figure and that, even if I could, it would be significantly out of date within a week! However, it prompted me to see what Google had to say about … [Read more...]
The Speed Race Is On
If you live in some parts of the UK, especially rural areas, you might be suffering just a tad of frustration when you want to view a website and seem to be waiting ages for the content to download. To be fair to the website owners and their web designers, it probably is not because of file sizes being too large to download but more likely to be the internet speed accessible by your desktop pc, … [Read more...]
Real-Time Translated Conversation On Skype
When we first started out in the web design business, creating foreign language web content as an English speaker was an exciting challenge. I remember writing my first web copy in French and German for a client who was selling ice machines and because I had studied both languages I was excited at being able to type the content straight into Dreamweaver. However, when the client expanded into new … [Read more...]