Looking to hire a web designer or developer in the Austin area? Are you a web designer or developer looking for work in the Austin area? I’ve posted a few helpful resources after the jump.
Web Application Development: the Changing Battlefield of Web Design
Apple’s supporting HTML5 for video over Flash players. Google has a browser-based OS coming out and leveraging HTML5 makes a lot of sense there as well. That’s a shot directly at Microsoft. Frankly, if the club being used is an open standard, I’m okay with that, but larger questions are being raised…
IE Compatibility VPC Images
For years Microsoft has made VPC images available that designers and developers could install using virtualization solutions like VirtualBox, VMWare or Parallels. Sometime around August 2009 they broke those images, requiring activation. This meant that, in order to test in various versions of Microsoft’s operating system and with various versions of Internet Explorer, you had to purchase an expensive license for each copy. This of course completely negated the purpose of having the images to begin with.
Quick Tip: Pay Attention
If you have a website you should be keeping track of who’s visiting it and what they’re doing while they’re there. Google Analytics is a great tool for doing just that. If your site is built with WordPress, like mine is, you can also install a plugin like Site Stats, which will create a new page for your dashboard full of useful information.