Windows 7 – Save the Date

Posted by Beth Still on October, 13th 2009

The buzz among the web design community and those who have had the privilege of playing with beta versions of Windows 7, is that it is a vast improvement on Vista (okay, not too hard to accomplish) and even has the potential to win XP lovers over. Microsoft has apparently worked out a lot of the bugs that were prevalent in Vista and makes it look all pretty to boot.

Some enhancements of note:

• Improved search functions (faster, more accurate)
• Speed of programs and internet browsers
• Photoshop editing software
• New ways to manage and organize applications, open documents, and Web pages
• System stability
• 40 new fonts

In the U.K., users will have to choose which Internet browser they want to use via a “browser ballot” screen. This has all come about because of a lawsuit in the EU brought By Opera against Microsoft; they purport that the bundling [...]

Web Design Nottingham – Number One

Posted by Dave Wiltshire on October, 11th 2009

Juno have done a lot of work in the search engines over the last few years targeting various searches. We have just gone number one for the search term ‘Web Design Nottingham‘ which is where we are and what we do… so right that we should win it. We have coveted this search phrase for over 3 years since we started, so it is quite special to have finally taken it. Its a constant jostle up there for the top spots so lets see how long it lasts!

We offer SEO as a service and hold the top spots for a range of clients in a wide range of industries. If you want to find out more about our web design or SEO services then please call us on 0115 941 8122 and arrange a meeting.

Agile v Waterfall Method of Software Development

Posted by Beth Still on October, 11th 2009

For a long time, developers have followed the “waterfall” method of software development in various forms. The “waterfall” method is a chronological software development method in which progress is viewed as flowing progressively downward (like a waterfall) through the phases of conception → initiation → analysis of requirements → web design → development/coding → testing → installation → maintenance. Each phase must be completed and signed off on before proceeding to the next step. The theory behind the waterfall method of development is that it is easier to fix bugs in, for example, the design phase rather than in a later phase. It also assumes that by the time the project reaches the developers, it is pretty much perfect and ready to be coded as written.

In 2001, Agile came up with a different way of looking at projects in an effort to deal [...]

Twitter – What is it Good For?

Posted by Beth Still on October, 8th 2009

When I first started hearing of “Twitter”, I wondered who in the world would (a) be interested in what I was doing every second of the day, and (b) take the time to blog up-to-but-no-more-than 140 characters about what they were doing every second. First I started hearing of celebrities (admittedly “B” and “C” list) who were tweeting to their fans who signed up as “followers” and apparently WERE interested in the minutiae of their favorite celebs’ lives. And by minutiae, I mean things like “I have a rash that is driving me crazy”, or “I am about to eat a tuna fish sandwich and maybe a couple of chips”.

I still couldn’t wrap my mind around the concept. Still couldn’t see it catching on. I now see that I couldn’t have been more wrong. Admittedly, I use Facebook’s “What’s on your mind?” application occasionally and am [...]

Opera Browser 10.0

Posted by Beth Still on October, 5th 2009

My curiosity about the Opera Browser has been piqued by the buzz about the release of Opera 10.0, released this month. So I decided to investigate it myself and see if it lives up to the hype. It is billed as “the smallest and fastest browser in the world” and is a product of Opera Software in Oslo, Norway. In this article I’m going to discuss the buzz, the specs, and the press releases. After I have used Opera for awhile, I’ll be writing about how it differs from other browsers and giving my opinion on it.

The licensing fees and banner ads have been removed, and Opera is now a free download. Per the web design W3Schools, the newest features are:

• Opera Turbo – Enables fast browsing on slow connections
• New visual tabs and sleek design – Opera introduces a resizable tab bar [...]

Web Design Jobs

Posted by Beth Still on October, 2nd 2009

If you are both artsy and a bit of a computer geek, you may have a future in web design. Web design jobs can be very lucrative if you commit yourself to learning the tools of the trade. So what tools and skills do you need to get a web design job? One is creativity and basic artistic ability; some design schools require students to take basic art classes before ever touching programs such as Photoshop and Illustrator.

Many people in web design jobs know some programming languages like HTML, C, Perl, PGP, Java, Flash, and/or ColdFusion. The Adobe software suite is the most widely used, so take the time to learn these applications. Take classes, read books, do whatever it takes for you to learn how to use Adobe. Dreamweaver is also an industry standard in web [...]