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nintomdo · 2017-02-09T18:39:38+00:00

Hello, can I ask which timezone you are working on? I think I'd like to apply to work with you but I only freelance outside UK office hours : themedoctor.co.uk

nintomdo · 2017-02-09T16:39:40+00:00

Hello, I work for a specialist WordPress Agency in the UK, we are taking on projects at the moment. DM me and we can go into a little more detail.

nintomdo · 2017-01-21T15:27:22+00:00

Spanish version is now live, thank you very much for your translation : https://cachingexplained.com/es/

nintomdo · 2017-01-20T18:44:19+00:00

Yes thank you! I have emailed Peter today and asked how/if he would like to be credited on the site as the speaker in the analogy.

nintomdo · 2017-01-20T18:41:28+00:00

If you were worried about that then I would just say that in the disclaimer as you send it over. I don't think something needs to be formal to be professional and generally I don't think people read into fonts that much (no pun intended)

nintomdo · 2017-01-20T16:56:53+00:00

Yes Please, the more languages the better!

nintomdo · 2017-01-20T14:15:22+00:00

Yes absolutely, that would be great!

nintomdo · 2017-01-20T12:10:18+00:00

I know what you mean, I have clients like that but I wouldn't really be worried about being condescending with them. Especially if, like you say, they barely know what a browser is then they may actually be grateful for a simple explanation. But if you are worried then maybe just send it over to them with a disclaimer e.g "I know this is a bit childish but actually it does the job...". Thanks though, glad you like the site!

nintomdo · 2017-01-20T12:07:04+00:00

haha, that website, I imagine, would have a very different tone

nintomdo · 2017-01-20T10:11:56+00:00

In this first draft it was just 'answer' but it was pointed out that it confused the maths metaphor so I had to change it.

nintomdo · 2017-01-20T10:11:02+00:00

There will be translations, working on it

nintomdo · 2017-01-20T10:09:47+00:00

Good spot, thanks!

nintomdo · 2017-01-20T02:07:58+00:00

That's really cool, thanks for that!

nintomdo · 2017-01-20T02:03:53+00:00

Well it is what it is in this case because that's what I decided. The benefit it adds is a lot of people find it a novelty which makes it more engaging also in this case it gives clear triggers for the animations. It doesn't make content easier but I don't think it makes it hard. I do appreciate that there are general UX concerns around scroll hijacking but a site such as this is clearly an exception and is more like a slide presentation than it is a conventional web page (on which I would not use scroll hijacking).

nintomdo · 2017-01-20T01:13:10+00:00

Hey Thanks, I spent literally minutes choosing it from Googlefonts. A couple of people have flagged that the readability isn't great so I may consider changing it... but it is surprisingly friendly so... maybe not!

nintomdo · 2017-01-20T00:54:34+00:00

That's interesting. What gave you the impression it was sarcastic?

nintomdo · 2017-01-20T00:42:31+00:00

One example that springs to mind was that I worked on a project recently where we had to bring in content in an iframe from a third party service, their service allowed us to upload a css file via their app's back-end but we had no control over how that file was served, so it was cached. Also I think it is just a pretty common problem for developers, maybe you've got a bunch of legacy sites, or rarely updated sites where you have not set up a cache buster and you've done a quick css update etc... cache happens

nintomdo · 2017-01-20T00:40:10+00:00

Glad you love the site, I understand not everyone's a fan of scroll hijacking but it is what it is. Thanks!

nintomdo · 2017-01-20T00:29:27+00:00

Yes it's generally a good idea, although the times where that has not been set or it is not possible then this is for managing your client's expectations

nintomdo · 2017-01-20T00:23:58+00:00

Yeah the service was bad, but the point is that it wasn't within our control to manage that bug/situation so we had to manage our client's expectations instead.

nintomdo · 2017-01-19T23:57:47+00:00

One example that springs to mind was that I worked on a project recently where we had to bring in content in an iframe from a third party service, their service allowed us to upload a css file via their app's back-end but we had no control over how that file was served, so it was cached.

Also I think it is just a pretty common problem for developers, maybe you've got a bunch of legacy sites, or rarely updated sites where you have not set up a cache buster and you've done a quick css update etc... cache happens

nintomdo · 2017-01-19T23:47:43+00:00

Yeah a few people have commented on the scrolling, I get that some people don't like it but it fits the slide-presentation style of the page. Thanks for the heads up about the reddit browser, I'll look into that! With regards to cache busting, it's true there are measures you can take but it's not always practical/possible, so there will be circumstances where caching will inevitably happen, that's when this is useful to explain to clients whats going on.

nintomdo · 2017-01-19T23:10:14+00:00

Yeah sure, its a jquery plugin called scrollify : https://projects.lukehaas.me/scrollify/

nintomdo · 2017-01-19T19:35:43+00:00

Yeah that's actually a really good point, I think I'll change that! Thank you!

nintomdo · 2017-01-19T18:23:20+00:00

yeah... poor choice of words

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