Occasional editorial and news from the Invent Partners team is posted to our website here.
24/06/2011
This is an interesting little "bug" which I've found in the first release of Firefox 5.: If the server sends a "Location:" header without a "Pragma: no-cache" header, then Firefox 5 will interpret this redirect as permanent and cacheable.
24/05/2011
For the past few weeks, we have been working on a time lapse recording of the installation of Cornelia Parker's "Thirty Pieces of Silver" at York St Marys. The work is on loan from the Tate to York Museums Trust.
The video was shot over the course of a three week long install, then edited together with sound recordings and original music written and recorded for the video.
23/11/2010
The Paul Chambers "Twitter Joke Trial" story as it has become known, is a complex and difficult one for people to get their heads around. There are several important nuances to this case which are at the very core of the judgement and the subsequent appeals.
12/11/2010
We don't normally do politics on our site. But here is Invent Partners director Matt Bradley's response to the recent judgment in the infamous "Twitter Joke Trial" appeal.
23/08/2010
If you're going to the Leeds Festival 2010, you can see what's on next throughout the festival by pointing your phone's browser at our Leeds Festival 2010 performance times mobile website.
30/07/2010
A petition on the HMG.gov.uk website recently asked the government to upgrade away for IE6, and make sure that all its browser software was patched to the latest version of IE8. The government has responded to say they won't be upgrading from IE6, and have issued a fairly lamentable statement explaining why they won't. Here's our response to that response.
10/05/2010
One of the really lovely features that social sites like Twitter and Facebook give to users is a nice friendly way of displaying relative dates and times. Here's a free PHP class to help you do that in your application.
29/01/2010
Is Apple's iPad a game changing device? It certainly shows the way. But maybe it is more of a milestone on the way, rather than a final destination.
13/01/2010
In light of the recent earthquake in Haiti, we have decided to launch the Hands Of Hope website early, despite some elements still being incomplete.
12/01/2010
"May our tongues be gentle, our e-mails be simple and our websites be accessible," prays Canon Parrott at St Lawrence Jewry in the City of London .
Amen to that.
11/11/2009
We've just had a personal visit from Cima Racing in the Invent Partners liveried car. It was lovely, and they took away some of our mountain of chocolate, too!
09/11/2009
An elderly white Audi is currently travelling the land with the Invent Partner's company logo emblazoned on its bonnet. And it's all for charity.
This geriatric gas guzzler has to make an epic journey over the next few days, and its anybody guess whether it's aging constitution can survive the journey. We've got our fingers crossed!
06/11/2009
We've just taken delivery of a MOUNTAIN of chocolate. How lovely. If we eat all this we're going to be very ill.
05/11/2009
With so many impassioned voices speaking for and against open source software platforms, any article which opens with the above title is bound to be a little controversial in some circles.
However, let me try to explain why I think sometimes, you get what you pay for.
30/10/2009
When choosing a web host, make sure that you include scheduled backups in your criteria. A disk failure on your web hosting server can be catastrophic.
14/10/2009
Invent Partners are supporting a motor racing team!
We're very proud to be supporting Cima Racing's fundraising efforts for BEN in the Bangers4BEN rally event.
13/10/2009
Don't say we're never good to you! Today's free treat is a nice simple to use form processor with server AND client side required field validation. Sweet.
02/09/2009
Getting extended character sets to display correctly in HTML is a bit of a minefield. There are lots of things which can trip you up on this journey, but getting it right doesn't take long
19/08/2009
W3C have finally managed to sort out the existing HTML 4.01 shortcomings of the <a> element in the new HTML 5 specification. A fix which was long overdue.
14/08/2009
Lester William Polsfuss (Les Paul) - inventor of the solid body electric guitar, pioneer of multitrack recording, and arguably one of the most important and influential figures in modern culture died yesterday at the age of 94
Les Paul was a talented musician and a fiercely creative engineer / inventor. We'd like to say thank you for everything Les. Thank you.
07/08/2009
Internet Explorer is business as usual from a Microsoft browser: odd inexplicable rendering bugs that only appear on a wet Tuesday, and can only be fixed by spinning around three times chanting 'W3C' whilst clutch a hank of horse hair (probably).
This particular rendering bug makes top margins on <div> disappear.
06/08/2009
Internet Explorer rendering CSS better than Firefox? A rare occurrence for sure, but it does happen.
23/07/2009
Wakefield, West Yorkshire businesses could innovate with their website and online services, with the help of The Wakefield Investment Grant: offering grants of up to £5,000.
25/03/2009
Google’s visual design leader has left Google on Friday expressing frustration with Google's reliance on performance data to inform design decisions.
09/03/2009
As Internet Explorer usage continues to tumble, we ask: have you tested your website in other web browsers?
07/03/2009
Your website can be a great way to generate new business, but before you can start converting your visitors into sales, you need to get those visitors into your website.
19/02/2009
Microsoft's newest version of its web browser software, Internet Explorer 8 is expected to be released in early / mid 2009, but it might break your website. Is your website ready for Internet Explorer 8?
03/09/2008
Wondering why your website doesn't look quite right, or work properly in Google Chrome or Firefox? We can help you find out why.