Archive for the ‘Development’ Category

Dries Buytaert Speaking at MIT 10/26

Great news to the WebPub folks: Drupal project founder and Acquia CTO/co-founder Dries Buytaert will be speaking at MIT’s Stata Center next Monday, October 26, 2009 at 5pm. Dries will talk about Drupal 7, where Drupal is headed and more. There’s no need to register and this even is open to all! Location: MIT Stata Center, Building 32 Kirsch Auditorium-32-123 and Student Street reception area Special Thanks to Susan MacPhee for giving us the heads-up on this great event!  [read more]

YouTube’s Usability Testing

Developing a seamless web experience is one of the most challenging parts of website design and development. Not only does a website have to be attractive to end-users, but the interface must be intuitive for the users to find what they need or to discover what you, as a content provider, want them to discover. This key question of “What Goes Where?” is the focus of usability testing. YouTube offered insight to their extensive usability process in the redesign of their “Watch” page (the page you see when viewing an actual video). Youtube’s user research revealed... [read more]

The Browser Wars Continue

Computerworld shared a story today about Web metrics company Net Applications browser statistics for the month of August. The article describes how Internet Explorer is losing ground to Firefox and how Google’s Chrome is rapidly gaining on Apple’s Safari browser. It’s important to see what browsers people are viewing your sites on! Read more of the article here: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137358/IE_tumbles_Firefox_regains_market_share_mojo  [read more]

Video demos of Google Chrome Browser

Google has some nice and short demos of what Chrome browser can do (Windows only for now). Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.  [read more]

Google SEO Guidelines

For those who don’t already have it, here’s guidelines that will help Google find, index, and rank your site. Google Webmaster Guidelines  [read more]