Recently I wrote about a company who designed their website solely for users of Internet Explorer. Most research shows that on a typical day 20% to 25% of all web visits occur with another browser (Firefox, Chrome, or Safari for example). And not allowing your site to be viewable in other browsers, is just like it not allowing a customer in your store because of the type of car they drive. Interesting research is being shown, that more and more users have multiple browsers installed on their … [Read more...]
posted on September 16, 2009 by
Would you send away 1 in 5 customers?
What would you do if you found out one of your best sales people was randomly turning away 1 out of every 5 people? People who might have bought from you, but the salesperson turned them away because of their own prejudices. Recently I was on a conference call with a client, and one of the services he was using. We were trying to work through some issues and during the discussion one of the issues that came up was that the services site was designed to run in Internet Explorer only. I … [Read more...]
posted on May 1, 2009 by
How Fast Is Your Website?
Image by zerok via Flickr Yahoo recently updated one of their tools for grading and optimizing websites. It's called YSlow, and it checks your site for several different decisions and tools which you (or your web designer) may have implemented. YSlow is an add on to the Firebug tool which is a Firefox extension - so at this point, you can't run it in any other browser, however both Firefox and Firebug are free tools so there is no cost to you other than time. YSlow is nice because it … [Read more...]
posted on June 23, 2008 by
Firefox Blocks Attack Site
Recently I downloaded the Firefox 3 web browser as part of the download day. I've been using Firefox since version 1, and have always like it. I find it is generally faster and more consistent than Internet Explorer, and also has fewer security holes. This screen shot came up the day after I installed it. A link that I had followed from a trusted site took me to a site which apparently had been compromised. Just another reason I enjoy using Firefox. … [Read more...]