We are updating our privacy policy. This is important.
Respecting visitor privacy is core to what Connected are about and in a rapidly changing field we’re adapting our own internal policies to make privacy more robust, clearer and in-line with the industry. You might have seen Google and others currently reviewing their privacy policies at the moment. We are no different. Key headlines We [...]
Countdown to new EU regulations
On the 25th of May this year, new EU regulations come into force regarding the use of cookies. It is, potentially, one of the biggest changes to affect how web-sites operate in over a decade. Since the last privacy ruling in 2003 the key change is: OLD : You must provide the option for users [...]
Skinny is better, sadly
It’s not just the modelling world that seems to prefer skinny things, so does the average the Internet visitor. Page load speed matters, and it is time to get serious about it. According to Strangeloop Networks reducing load time increases performance and therefore slower page load hurts conversion rate: 57% of visitors will abandon a [...]
Browser support changes
From January 1st 2012 Connected will no longer support or test browser compatibility on the following supported browsers; Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 3.5 and Safari 3. Ongoing efforts by the major browser providers has seen the population of those old browsers decline sharply in the last year. These older browsers greatly restrict functionality, specifically HTML5, [...]
Avoiding brief creep
Have you ever had an unreasonable client? Most companies have, and will reel off numerous examples! Many people mistakenly believe that contracts are only useful in the event of a dispute, but this is not true. A good contract can save you time, money, stress, and even improve your sales opportunities and your brand image. Oftentimes, [...]
Give HTML5 a big hug
The release of Internet Explorer 9 comes with a wave of relief and panic. Panic because in some development cases, this means we now have four (yes, four) versions of one browser to test website in which I’m not particularly looking forward to doing. The silver lining here is the better implementation of emerging standards [...]
Everyone is Irish on March 17th
To celebrate the greatest official drinking day in the world the Halifax office have all changed their names so we are now known as Sam Murphy, Doug Kelly, Martin O’Dower, Steve Ryan, Tim O’Lingard, Nick Byrne, Andy Fitzpatrick & Jerry Adams. To carry on this ancient tradition some of the group will be drinking until green [...]
A co-operative, of sorts
GiffGaff (Wiki-entry)has been around now for over year. If you’ve never heard of the name then don’t worry, they spend £0 on marketing, about £50 on branding and £0 on sponsorship. The basic idea is brilliant, take a product or a service that has lots of consumers and a continual or long buying cycle (GiffGaff is [...]
Real world A/B testing
Widely used since the 18th Century, AB testing is now one of the primary sources of web-site improvement but it’s also nice to see the conventional (ycrta: old) world embracing testing so it was interesting to see a US charity magazine (MotherJones) doing exactly that by testing two different covers to it’s February issue. They [...]
Avoid re-inventing the wheel
If you are thinking of re-designing your web-site then here are a couple of useful tips that could save you a load of development cost, reduce the hassle and speed up delivery. Just because you’re re-creating or re-building your site that is no reason to build the whole thing from scratch. Most of your visitors [...]
