20 years ago today the first World Wide Web page went live to the public, an event that passed most people by unless they were deep into the world of networked computers or computer engineering.
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the global internet body responsible for the creation of new website domain suffixes, has decided to allow a major change to domain names from 2012.
Google have announced that from August 1 they will phase out older web browser support for some of their products. This means that if you are still using Firefox 3.5, IE7 or Safari 3, and any of their predecessors, then you're going to find some functionality loss after Aug 1.
First thing to say is that Flash websites can look really... well... flash. Animations and all sorts of special effects can make your website look expensive and professional. So are Flash websites desirable?
.com, .ca, .org, .net, .biz... even .xxx now. To some people the choice of domain name extension is bewildering, to others it's a veritable smörgåsbord of dot whatevers.
Well for a start, how often do you upgrade your entire system because the latest PC, Mac or laptop is faster, you can't run the newest Microsoft offering on your old one, the new one comes with some cool freebies or a great looking body etc etc.
It's something clients ask us about on a regular basis, "I've just received a renewal notice from Domain Registry of Canada do I renew my domain with them?"
