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Is Your Website Smartphone Friendly?

July 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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As smartphones become more popular, businesses can expect more of their customers to reach their websites from mobile devices. This presents a challenge that businesses must face to remain competitive: not all websites function as well on smartphones as desktop and laptop computers. You should, therefore, think of ways to revamp your site that will make it smartphone friendly.

Keep Your Design Simple for Easy Navigation

Smartphones have smaller screens that can make websites look cluttered and indecipherable. Keep your site’s design simple so that smartphone users can browse it without frustration. Consider relying on smaller graphics, HTML and sparse layouts that make navigation simple.

Focus on Usability

Many smartphone users have found that they get the best service from pre-paid plans such as those offered by Cricket Wireless. That means they want to use transmit as little information as possible without sacrificing the usefulness of websites.

You can make your website more useful to mobile viewers by relying on images and files that do not take up a lot of space. Plus, smaller sites can load more quickly. The fewer megabytes you use, the happier smartphone users are when they visit your site.

Make Buying Easy

You want your customers to buy products and services from your website with ease. Make sure that your website offers a shopping cart and ordering process that works well on mobile devices. That way, more of your customers will rely on your site to make purchases.

When in doubt, pull out your own smartphone to test your website. If you find a problem, then others will too.

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The Most Commonly Used Operating Systems

July 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The amount of people who use computers has grown drastically over the past couple of decades. Twenty years ago, it was somewhat uncommon to find a computer within a private residence. However, now, just about every middle-class home has at least one computer, while many have multiple.

Through this growth, software developers have thrived in creating various applications that we depend on while using the computer. The most important of these software applications is the operating system in which the entire computer functions. Below are some of the most widely used operating systems.

Windows

Most people are familiar with Microsoft and their Windows operating system. While there is much more of a competitive market now compared to a decade ago, Windows is still a dominant entity in the operating system industry. Due to this fact, software developers place an emphasis on ensuring their software is compatible with Windows-based systems over others.

MAC OS

MAC OS is the operating system developed by Apple, and thus used on their products. This operating system is becoming more popular as more people are preferring MACs over Windows computers. However, one drawback still exists that pertains to the lack of software available to MACs when compared to Windows-based systems. While in fact many software developers place an emphasis on creating multiple versions of their software for multiple operating systems, online interfaces such as those used in online college courses are still incompatible on a MAC occasionally.

Linux

Linux is an open-source operating system that is mostly popular among people who are technology proficient. It has a small but loyal following.

 

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Enhance Your Site with Widgets

July 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment

No matter what your website is about, you can always improve on its interactivity with a set of widgets. A widget is a dynamic content code that will allow you to add an enhanced dimension to your site.

For example, if you need your site to stream in information from popular sites you follow, you will find a widget online to do that for you. Should you want to see who is visiting your site and from where in real time, there are widgets to help you with that too.

There are several such widgets to be found online. Depending on your needs, all you have to do is conduct an Internet search to find the thing that best suits you. Sites such as KISS Insights will help you find something that will work best for you.

Some unique widgets need to be paid for and there are several ways in which you can get a good deal for yourself. Finding cheap widgets is not all that difficult as there are several aggregator websites that will put together all the information for you.

Widgets can also be created if you have some knowledge in coding. You could use the help of readymade codes that are available online to create something unique for yourself. This can work out rather cheap and will be effective since it caters exclusively to your site.

Widgets improve with each leap in technology. Existing ones are constantly upgraded giving huge room for improvement in the code as well as in its application.

 

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