Tag: microsoft
The forced downgrade: going back to Visio for web prototyping
What happens when you have to drop your fancy prototyping software and go back to Office apps?
Accessibility may affect feasibility of Sharepoint intranet
Microsoft’s Office Sharepoint Server 2007 packs some cosmetic improvements to accessibility, but considerable development will be needed to resolve out-of-the-box problems.
The brown noses of the BBC
Just over a week ago, I indirectly criticised the BBC for running away to the the Jade Goody media circus. A bad case of overexposure if ever there was one! Now they’re at it again and this time the Beeb is cosying up to our old friends from Redmond: Spot the overexposed product! You see, …
Flash is 10
Love it or hate it, after a decade of design Flash is still with us and with impressive video support, it’s still relevant.
Smart clients dress in grey
I’ve been working on several .NET Smart Clients recently. A Smart Client is a hybrid application in that the user runs it from the desktop, but its data is provided by a Web Service. I tend to avoid the dull marketing speak that Microsoft churns out. This kind of output is often a gloopy porridge …
Microsoft takes on Adobe / Macromedia
Microsoft are pissing in a small pond with new design tool Expression. But will it turn the water a funny colour?
IE7: worth the wait?
I’ve been roadtesting the beta 1 of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7, which was released to a limited audience (though I gatecrashed myself a copy). How’s it been? Well, I started this item already but it crashed, so that’s a bad start! Fans of Redmond’s finest (not counting Milt’s Barbecue, of course) have been made to …
More IE woes: the curved corner DIV
Rendering CSS rounded corners is still surprisingly difficult thanks to inconsistent applied browser standards.
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
Lakes with the Lads
A jaunt around the Lake District. Rubbish weather and gorgeous scenery. …
- Originally published: 11 Aug 2007 in UK
Marche of the Beez
A walk in Wallonie with two places of interest differently affected by the French Revolution. …
- Originally published: 11 Apr 2010 in Walking
Monschau and Vogelsang
Enchantment and evil: a fairytale town and a Nazi training camp in Germany's Westwall. …
- Originally published: 16 Nov 2008 in Europe
Southport and the Peaks
A visit to the west coast: the last time I was in Southport was probably 1993. …
- Originally published: 24 Sep 2006 in UK
Ennio Morricone in London
A unique musical experience worth going down to London for. …
- Originally published: 3 Dec 2006 in Concerts
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Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not the Princeton curator, the US senatorial candidate, the Kentuckian pastor or the journalist from Arizona. In fact, I work as a consultant in User Experience and Information Design.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Brussels, Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Ellezelloise Hercule.