Archive for the ‘Web Development’ Category

What makes a legal website good?

In preparing to speak to a number of marketing managers and directors from professional services firms (law firms, accountants and insolvency practitioners) I carried out an interesting piece of research into the homepages of the UK’s top 25 law firms.
I collected data on each site’s features and layout as well as scoring their design and [...]

June 26, 2009 • Posted in: Design, Web Development • Posted by: David Sealey • Comments

How Does a Good Idea Become a Great User Experience?

You might be aware that last weekend marked the 25th anniversary of the creation of the puzzle video game Tetris. This event has given me cause to reminisce on my own experiences with the game.
I was bought a Nintendo Game Boy as a seven year old, and I played Tetris a lot in the years [...]

June 8, 2009 • Posted in: Blog, Web Development • Posted by: Nick Higgs • Comments

How Do Accessibility Issues Affect Online Business?

As the web has progressed, the level of skill and investment necessary to make content and functionality accessible to all users has increased dramatically. However, if businesses choose to ignore accessibility issues, not only will they be denying many users access to their site, they may also be denying themselves access to a signification part [...]

June 1, 2009 • Tags:  • Posted in: Blog, Web Development • Posted by: Nick Higgs • Comments