First pic of Google Chrome
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.
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Ready for the Google Chrome web browser?
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…
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Use the right online metrics for the job
One of my mantras in professional life is ‘you can’t manage what you don’t measure‘. Therefore it always worries me when I encounter organisations or individuals with a less than firm grasp on how to measure the success or failure of their online properties. Depending on the type of web property, different metrics are most…
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Lessons to be learnt from the Grocery choice website
The last few days have seen a number of media reports criticising the new Federal government Grocery choice website. Amidst the noise there are several key takeaways for public sector website managers. Note that I’m not involved with the Grocery choice website or program. I’m commenting from the perspective of a public sector web manager…
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How well does government secure customer information online?
Privacy Awareness week is coming up later this month (as is the Security in Government conference), but as I mentioned to a colleague on Thursday, every week needs to be privacy week at a government agency. Privacy is a sticky problems for all organisations. No security system is perfect and, to-date, as technology has advanced…
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Is a busy website really that bad?
A theme I often hear in Australian web design circles is “make the website less crowded”. It’s accepted wisdom that a website should have plenty of white space, clearly separated parts – and as little text as possible – particularly on the homepage. Similar to Google’s 28 word limit, Australian communicators seem to consider the…
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Why do some local councils in the UK have better websites than some Commonwealth agencies in Australia?
The question in my title is of course a little provocative – who is to say whether a website is better or worse? The answer, in my view, is our users. For some reason in Australian we have never, to my knowledge, asked our citizens to compare government websites against universal categories such as awareness,…
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Do government communications discriminate against – or for – the visually impaired?
I was reading a very interesting blog post the other day regarding the experiences of someone who is colourblind, Confessions of a colourblind man. It raised a number of accessibility issues with printed material, moving images and websites that the author had experienced during their life. Despite the requirement for government in Australia to ensure…
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Participate in the World Usability Challenge – 1 August 2008
This is a very worthwhile event with a simple theme. As described on its website, what you need to do on 1 August 2008 is: Find a usability problem – it could be a poorly designed toaster, a confusing or redundant letter from your bank, or even a problem with your experience boarding, flying and…
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Why should government care – how many people use Firefox/Safari/Opera anyway?
I’ve noticed a tendency in Australia for government agencies to focus on having their websites work perfectly in Microsoft Internet Explorer, but not always quite so well in Firefox, Safari, Opera or other web browsers. This isn’t limited to the public sector, private sector organisations face the same issue of cross-browser compatibility. On one hand…