Microsoft have developed a Future Visions series to provide some insight into where technology is headed, and how it will help people. If you are looking to anticipate the needs of your customers, rather than simply play catch-up, the series provides some very thought provoking ideas. Here is the montage video, exploring different concepts in…
Jakob Nielsen, often considered one of the world’s leading thinkers on usability, has discussed the mobile web in his latest Alertbox monthly update, equalling the state of mobile websites today as similar to the state of the desktop internet in 1998. I tend to agree that for many organisations this is the case, with Nielsen’s…
Often those of us within government, and those on the outside, can form an impression that the process of change, innovation and the adoption of new ideas in government can be very slow. However sometimes it is worth a reality check – while the world appears to be moving extremely fast, in some ways really…
WebAim is currently conducting a survey looking at the usage of screen readers and the personal experiences of their users. If you’re a user of a screen reader, or are interested in accessibility for vision-impaired people and use of screen readers (as all government web and intranet managers should be), the survey is available from…
Fresh+New, a blog written by Seb Chan from the Powerhouse Museum, has brought to my attention Aza Raskin’s Ubiquity, a very interested look at the possible web of the future, using semantic browsers to provide a more connected experience. More details are in Seb’s post, More powerful browsers – Mozilla Labs Ubiquity, or on Aza’s…
CNET has published what looks to be the first picture of the Google Chrome browser in an article, Google Chrome update: First screenshot, and live-blog alert. The release looks to be scheduled for 11am US Pacific time.
Google is releasing the beta of its first web browser on Tuesday 2 September – US time, and if the media information Google has released is accurate, the product could reshape the face of web browsing over the next few years.Google Chrome is the company’s first foray into the web browsing market – but represents…
My team’s web designer forwarded me the article Good Designers Redesign, Great Designers Realign from A List Apart earlier this week. It looks at the justification behind design decisions – whether to change the design, layout and information architecture of a website or product – dividing it into two camps. Redesigners – who base their…
In the good old days (around 1995), choosing a display resolution for a website was easy. Everyone had 640×480 monitors, so that’s what we designed for. By 1998 it was a little harder – many, but not all, people had upgraded to 800×600 screens. So if you wanted to target early adopters you could aim…
In Australia website usability is important, but accessibility is law. While most government agencies are extremely diligent about meeting accessibility requirements it is also important to look at the accessibility of any online tools they use that affect their customers or clients. For example, my agency uses a third-party email marketing system, Vision6 for electronic…
This archive mirrors the original eGov AU blog — Craig’s professional commentary on AI, digital government and technology in public life, running since 2006.
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