Category: Web Tech

Online sales can be problematic for companies who rely on a network of distributors. On one hand, business owners want to reach new customers, and an online store is a perfect opportunity. But on the other hand, opening an online store could anger their distributors, appearing to competing with them (or not just appearing, but actually competing). So nothing gets done. But this isn't a happy ending. Is there another way?

A new solution

Working on a recent project for a client company called Tail Tamer showed me another way. This retailer...

Choosing what font to use in web design is somewhat like going to the same restaurant every day, and there's 3-4  items to choose from. Helvetica's good, it's popular item... but you had it so many times. Arial isn't any better, tastes almost the same. Trebuchet seemed really spicy for a while, but now... you get the idea. If you want to use fonts and text on your web pages (and for usability, SEO, and accessibliity, you really should), you're stuck with a few choices. And that really hasn't changed for the past 10 years. There are a few options, however, that may help....

Looks like Firefox may be the comeback kid, taking up more and more marketshare of browser's use from Internet Explorer. Interesting to see, considering Firefox arose from the ashes of Netscape. It could read like a  dramatic plot, the son avenging the father.

Personally, I would prefer everyone use Firefox or Safari, given the inconsistent way Explorer handles website CSS styling on the sites I build. But Explorer version 8 promises to help resolves those issues. Could take years for that to be dominant version is use, however, since Explorer 6 is still widely used, and that...