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Rapid Grails App for Swisscom Open Workbox
We just completed a reservation site for the OpenWorkbox prototypes Swisscom is testing. In just 7 days, we managed to design and produce both a regular website and one tailored for mobile phones (using input from an existing Swisscom prototype). Groovy on Grails allowed us to concentrate on creating a compelling user experience as opposed to miles of configuration files.
Check out the application here:
https://www.openworkbox.ch/
More information on the Open Workbox:
http://www.swisscom.com/IT/content/Angebote/Open_WorkBox/
Author: Alan Fehr
Posted on 11 March 2011 | 4:54 pm
SEO Compliance Checking for Drupal
The SEO Compliance Checker is a module for Drupal that hooks into the process of creating and editing nodes and informs the author about the compliance of his texts with the most commonly known SEO rules. To do this, the checker analyses the texts entered by the author and shows a feedback in form of a result table showing each SEO rule with its status - passed or failed.
The module is mainly used on websites whose content is managed by multiple publishers who are not experienced in the area of search engine optimization. Publishers can optionally be forced to modify their text until it complies with all the enabled SEO rules.
The Modul is maintained by UFirst Group and is currently used on more than 1500 websites.
Author: Michael Ruoss
Posted on 20 September 2010 | 9:28 am
UFirst is Magento Partner
UFirst has recently attained Magento Professional Partner status. We are thrilled that our expertise and experience now carry a Label!
Magento Partner
Author: Alan Fehr
Posted on 17 September 2010 | 3:41 pm
Alfresco Google Docs
Alfresco has been working on integrating Google Docs into their Document Management System, allowing users to check out and edit Office documents completely online! The new features are due to be released with the 3.3 Community edition but you can see a screencast demo now here. Imagine having all the opportunities for online editing and collaboration that Docs provide without losing Alfresco's DMS features like versioning, auditing and locking.
Author: Alan Fehr
Posted on 26 May 2010 | 2:29 pm
A/B Testing
Through A / B testing, design strategies can be tested for efficiency. In our UX methodology, A/B testing is an integrated part. In eCommerce projects, the results of the improvements made based on A/B testing where especially stunning. We recommend using A/B testing as early as possible in your project, a lighter version can be applied to the prototype phase.
Author: Patrick Petzold
Posted on 10 May 2010 | 4:31 pm
Agile Design Process
UFirst takes agile development seriously and integrates it into their UX methodology as agile design.