We have recently began submitting forms via AJAX rather than the traditional full page load approach. It is working very well. The challenge now though is to make this approach as accessible as possible and set focus correctly when the returned markup is rendered. So much to consider! But rather than discuss accessibility here, I thought I’d offer for general consumption some AJAX activity loaders for use in your next wizz bang application. (more…)

It’s been 3 months since the release (via automatic updates) of Internet Explorer 7 (IE7). 21% of visitors to our client sites are using the new browser version.

It is a slow take up in my mind. Clearly lots of people have automatic updates turned off. The recent release of vista will improve the take up. If you are a developer, be prepared to program for both IE6 and IE7 for some time to come.

General penetration statistics:

• IE6 61%
• IE7 21%
• Firefox 11%
• Safari 4%
• Netscape 1%
• Opera 0.5%
• Other (Mozilla, Camino etc) 1.5%

Note: these statistics are based on website traffic to several highly trafficked commercial / retail sites (more…)