Web Design Belfast

DPS Pumps install Water Pumps for ESBI

admin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:19:09 +0000

Congratulations to our friends at dpsPumps.com who recently helped ESBI in Dublin install a new KSB Amacan water pumps into one of their land drainage stations in Galway ( Portumna ). As well as this, three of the stations were also fitted out with three new 110kw soft start control panels, supplied by Drilling and pumping and fabricated by R+R Engineering

Specialising in Dab Pumps, Gareth and the lads down at DPS really know their stuff when it comes to providing submersible water pumps and Jet Pumps.

A special thanks to all at ESB who proved more than friendly, very helpful and where who were very pleased with the results

Takeaway NI provide Fast Food Outlets at your Fingertips

admin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:31:55 +0000

New Takeaway Directory For Northern Ireland Launched

TakeawayNI.com is the take away menu directory for Northern Ireland.

Providing contact details for Takeaway Northern Ireland outlets, TakeawayNI is a fast, effective way to access the Takeaway menus you desire without having to rummage though drawers for that menu that came through the door a few weeks ago!

Are you living in a ‘Filter Bubble?’

admin — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 07:37:46 +0000

What is the ‘Filter Bubble’?

Well, its the term used to describe the behaviour of many top web search services and web sites to ‘Personalise’ your experience and the information presented to you.

Google, Facebook and many others now use a range of factors to assess the relevance of the results and commercial suggestions they present to you. The results and content you see can be very different to those seen by others for the same subject search.

Every year, thousands of entrepreneurs, change-makers, innovators and scientists gather in Long Beach, California for TED, the world’s leading thought conference. In 2011, the audience included executives from Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and many other Silicon Valley startups.

Eli Pariser explained the filter bubble concept and then called on them from the main stage to change how they do business, it wasn’t at all clear how they’d react…

DuckDuckGo

One new search engine gaining popularity is www.duckduckgo.com. DuckDuckGo is operated by one individual, but is attracting some attention in the geek world.

Not least because of its fanatical support for the privacy of its users. There’s a great explanation of how Google tracks your use of the Internet and how Google filters your results and experiences on the web.

Use of smartphones to access web increases in the UK

admin — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:37:23 +0000

Ofcom, the UK telecoms regulator, has reported that a third of UK adults are now regularly using smartphones to access the Internet and Social Media services.

The most visited web site to be accessed by handheld devices was Facebook. Some 43 million hours were spent on it, via smartphones in December 2010.

“Addicted”

The report said that 58% of adult males owned a smartphone compared to 42% of females. Among teenagers the trend was reversed with 52% of girls using smartphones against 48% of boys.

And the trend for using smartphones to access the web is likely to keep increasing as 37% of adults and 60% of teenagers described themselves as “addicted” to their smartphone!

With the Apple iPhone, Blackberry and Android based devices leading the way, UK internet browsing is set to significantly move away from the computer desktop to the handheld device very rapidly.

Make your site Smartphone friendly

Many web sites where built before the arrival of smartphones. Perhaps its time to look at your site to see if it needs a make over to being smartphone friendly?

Is Internet Explorer only for the stupid?

admin — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:20:15 +0000

The internet news sites have been having a right old go at Internet Explorer, Microsoft’s browser software.

Many sites have reported this morning that a survey, carried out by AptiQuant, concluded that people who use Internet Explorer tend to have lower Intelligence Quota than users of competitive browsers.

However, this now appears to be an elaborate hoax and, possibly, a brilliant marketing ploy by AptiQuant.

Mind you, the logic of why the users of alternative browsers might have a higher IQ, appears sound….

“Those with lower levels of IT literacy do not know what a browser is and will simply use whatever application is installed on their PC. In most cases, that will be Internet Explorer. Similarly, power users and developers will investigate different options and actively keep their software up-to-date. It’s logical then that Opera — a lesser-known browser with a steeper learning curve — attracts users with a higher IQ.”

Hoax or not, I’ve always advise my clients to move away from Internet Explorer.

Those who are even slightly technical, use Firefox, Chrome or Opera. Those who aren’t technical, SHOULD! – Seamus Clarke, Web Designer and Client Satisfaction Guarantor.

Simply, this is becuase the other browsers conform to a higher level of shared standards, robustness and security. And as a web designer, I do like standards that make my job easier and keep my clients happy.

So, whether you’re technical or not… why not try out some of the great alternatives to Microsoft Internet Explorer?

Mozilla Firefox | Google Chrome | Opera | Apple Safari