The Browser Wars

Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Other. Which browser do you use?

Everyone has a favourite. Have you ever stopped to think about why? Everyone has their own opinion, I hope it's more than just "Cause it's not Microsoft".

Because of inconsistencies in the different browser implementations every site renders the HTML differently. So for the exact same HTML Firefox might look different to...


Feature Creep

I ride my bike to work everyday and, unfortunately, punctures are a regular hazard. In fact, it seems like I am forever buying new tubes. To try to mitigate this in future I have now bought myself...

5 Steps to a great website!

STEP 1: The Brief.

The briefing process is one of the most important processes that a client and developer can go through. The brief is the basis of the project and can make or break the...


Posted by Narelle

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication!

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication” (Leonardo Da Vinci). I have this quote on my office wall and refer to it often during my day.

In a world where we seem to be constantly trying to...


Posted by Vanessa

What you want verses what you ask for.

One of the most frustrating parts of programming is misinterpretation. When we get asked to create software for clients the briefs can be very small and the expectations can be very large.

It is...


Posted by Dominique

Dom's 3 Stage Budget Campaign

What do Clinton, Obama, Rudd and Howard have in common (apart from the obvious – They are political figures)? They all chose to use the internet as a campaign marketing scheme and had great...


Posted by Mark

Does your website do PDF?

A lot of website owners can answer "Yes" to this question. But how far does their PDF integration go? Do they only have downloadable but static PDF documents or does their website generate PDF...


Posted by David

The elusive DIV

Well this will be my first blog post with Ireckon. I’ve been pondering on what would be my most insightful topic as a web designer in my first few weeks at Ireckon.

After some thought, the...


Andy's New Toy: PHP Taint Checking

To help pickup possible SQL Injection issues (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sql_injection) in our PHP code I've been messing about with a modified version of PHP that supplies taint checking.

If...


Breaking Wine Glasses - How To

As I have recently proven – it’s quite simple to break a wine glass. Glass goes on uneven surface, or out of view, glass is knocked and falls to the floor. Easy. What’s not so easy is cleaning up...


Posted by Aidan

Blog Entry: What the heck is a HTML? Return of the jargon.

My last blog entry was an attempt to describe a few of the technologies that enable we simple humans to work with and use the Internet and WWW. This time I will attempt to describe a few more...


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