Archive for April 25th, 2006

Internet Explorer 7 BETA 2

Published by
peter
at April 25, 2006 in Internet Security and User Interface Design.

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Microsoft have just announced Beta V2 of their IE web browser. Details on their official site.

IE7

There is an emphasis on RSS feeds, tabbed browsing, improved print handling, search and of course, security, for end users while web designers and developers should notice improved handling and implementation of web standards.

First impressions just from the screenshots are (and this is purely aesthetic) that the new GUI (Graphical User Interface) is a little busy. But this is only a BETA.

There’s some nice design work going on over on the site too. Microsoft seem to have upped the stakes for their web design department. Nice work.
Great IE 7 blog too. Wonder who does their PR :O)

Checking it out or checking out?

Published by
peter
at April 25, 2006 in Design - Understand your customers, Design General, Marketing and Uncategorized.

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Internet marketing needs to learn lessons from already extablished bricks and mortar industries so they can draw upon decades of experience and not have to make unnecessary mistakes.

Data snatchers

This email newsletter caught me eye this morning. I subscribe to a lot of newsletters and it’s great to see something come in that is pitched perfectly at their audience and has a creative theme applied to this message. I love the what they’ve done with the main banner (above). It’s creative, well executed, appeals to their audience and is refreshingly humorous.
But there’s one big problem…

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