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Opinion Pieces

As time allows, we write-up our opinions on ecommerce/IT in papers, varying from a few paragraphs to several chapters.

Until recently, we simply used them to stimulate internal discussion and thinking. One such discussion, however, caused us to consider the benefits of direct web `publishing':

Sharper focus, by potential public embarrassment.
Timeliness, by public deadlines/references.
Demonstrate our use of the transparency and `connectedness' afforded by new media technologies.
Demonstrate our intellectual capabilities, especially our distance from the mundane `me-too-ism' which passes for strategic analysis in IT.
Introduce a few original ideas into such analyses.

We thought that made sense, so we decided to go ahead. To avoid confusion, we have attempted to separate the following opinion pieces from the case studies and technical analyses elsewhere on the site. So, here are our opinions, most recent first:

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CSS/XSLT/XHTML Design at The Register

GBdirect staff recently completed an overhaul of the content management system (CMS) and website design for The Register.

Every user should notice the aesthetic improvements, but we hope that most will also experience significant improvements in usability and performance as a result of the shift to open standards compliant HTML, CSS and XSLT. A brief description of the technologies involved is available and you may be interested in this rather approving account from The Web Standards Project.

Journalists and editors are already noticing a dramatic improvement in the usability of the content management system.

If you are interested in a similarly high usability, standards compliant, website design please contact our development team at development@gbdirect.co.uk.

If you would like to learn how to do something similar yourself, take a look at our website design training course and our Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) training course.

West Yorkshire Office

GBdirect Ltd
Bradford Design Exchange
34 Peckover Street
BRADFORD
BD1 5BD
West Yorkshire
United Kingdom

info@gbdirect.co.uk

Training: 0800 651 0338
General: +44 (0)870 200 7273
Finance: +44 (0)1353 615 174

Please call between 0900 and 1700 (UK time) on Monday to Friday

South East Regional Office

GBdirect Ltd
18 Lynn Rd
ELY
CB6 1DA
Cambridgeshire
United Kingdom

info@gbdirect.co.uk

Training: 0800 651 0338
General: +44 (0)870 200 7273
Finance: +44 (0)1353 615 174

Please call between 0900 and 1700 (UK time) on Monday to Friday

Please note:
Non-training enquiries should be directed, initially, to our UK national office in Bradford (West Yorkshire), even if the enquiry concerns services delivered in London or South/East England. Clients in London and the South East will typically be handled by staff working in the London or Cambridge areas.