July 2010 posts

Building Perfect Council Websites ‘10 conference

By Pete Broadbent on 15 July 2010

Yesterday I had the pleasure of chairing a discussion attended by representatives from 10 different councils at theĀ Building Perfect Council Websites ‘10 conference at Olympia.

I spent a few minutes headlining the findings from our 2010 council report The Devil Is in the Detail and then opened up the discussion. The overwhelming consensus was that all … Read more about ‘Building Perfect Council Websites ‘10 conference’


New report: Council websites are getting slightly worse

By Claire Savage on 14 July 2010

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Using websites is now second nature to over 80% of the UK population, with web users going online to browse, shop, book tickets etc. So why is it in our latest annual council usability report, looking at the top 20 council websites, that there’s been a slight dip in the usability of council sites?

Leading councils … Read more about ‘New report: Council websites are getting slightly worse’


Guest blog - Speech recognition: things you might not know

By Rhodri Buttrick on 5 July 2010

You can use Speech Recognition Software with almost any application
If you have difficulty manipulating a mouse because of a physical disability, you might find browsing the Internet difficult. Dragon labels each of the hyperlinks with a number so all you have to do is call out the number and it clicks on the link for … Read more about ‘Guest blog - Speech recognition: things you might not know’


The new console battleground

By Alistair Gray on 2 July 2010

The dust has settled after another year’s E3. All the big games companies were there, announcing/confirming all manner of shiny projects.

As a result it’s clear where the new battleground in the console war is going to take place - motion control. Both Sony (Move) and Microsoft (Kinect) have released more details on their differing attempts … Read more about ‘The new console battleground’


What’s happening at Webcredible

By Trenton Moss on 1 July 2010

As we’re roll into July I’m looking out from the Webcredible offices into the beautiful sunshine. It’s been a pretty consistent view weather-wise this past month as we’ve had a lot of sunny days, and apparently the driest 6 months in 80 years.

Aside from looking at the sunshine, I seem to have spent a lot … Read more about ‘What’s happening at Webcredible’