Twelve Seas Web Design

HTML5 Support on Browsers

admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:05:35 +0000

With the advantages of HTML5 offering a completly new method of accessing the web, developers are faced with the task of determining how applciations can be best suited for the web market.

Often times, developers who want to build interactive applications are required to build for specific platforms, be it the iPhone, Android, iPad, or in Flash. But with HTML5 offering the a similar user experience from within supported browsers, it will be possible to build the same, rich application once, and have it available for any device which supports HTML5.

Now I use the term ’similar user experience’ because there will be features offered on some platforms which will not be supported in HTML5.

We are starting to see the Android platform offered on future tablets, and I always ask the question, will we have to build two versions of the same app, one for the iPad and one for the Android Tablet? Or will it be possible to build one application on HTML5 and have it supported across both tablets?

Complete Accounting

admin — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:17:18 +0000

Complete Accounting Solutions specializes in personal accounting, business accounting and corporate cccounting. They are currently serving Langley, Abbotsford, Surrey and Vancouver and the Lower Mainland in BC Canada.

Complete Accounting Solutions required a website for their accounting business. Twelve Seas was able to design them an easy to use and self-administrable website where employees can log in and make their own news updates and changes to the site. Twelve Seas created an identity for Complete Accounting by designing the logo and website to match each other.

Visit: Complete Accounting Solutions – Chartered Accountants

CorWest Builders

admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:50:53 +0000

CorWest is a regional leader in construction for residential, commercial and institutional buildings. CorWest’s residential expertise ranges from custom homes to large-scale multi-family townhouses, condominiums and apartment buildings in the British Columbia Interior region.

CorWest also has extensive experience in commercial, institutional, recreational and mixed-use buildings in the Interior region of British Columbia and beyond, completing numerous business suites, storage centers and university buildings at UBCO in Kelowna within the past 5 years.

CorWest came to TwelveSeas Web Design with the need for a website for their internet presence. Twelve Seas was more than happy to help CorWest by utilizing their existing color them and logo to create a website to compliment their marketing material.

Visit: CorWest Builders Kelowna

Twelve Seas develops interactive touch display for West Harbour

admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:18:08 +0000

We are pleased to announce the development of a touch display application for the West Harbour development in Kelowna, BC. The touch display is a creative approach for visitors to the downtown sales center. This interactive method allows for a great visual display of the featured development, and invites visitors to preview the development as never seen before.

Adobe abandoning Flash on iPhone

admin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:47:20 +0000

Adobe announced that it will not be continuing it’s efforts to develop an application which allows users to create apps for the iPhone in Flash.

This was huge news last year when designers who were frustrated with Apple and its development limitations could move to another platform. Web design will not have to incorporate this into the design of websites. The decision to include flash in a website will be made by the target platform.

Following industry standards is always a good move, as HTML 5 will be providing much of the features Flash offers.

Here are some comments from Adobe:

We will still be shipping the ability to target the iPhone and iPad in Flash CS5. However, we are not currently planning any additional investments in that feature…. [Apple wants] to tie developers down to their platform, and restrict their options to make it difficult for developers to target other platform.

And a response from Apple:

Someone has it backwards — it is HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, and H.264 (all supported by the iPhone and iPad) that are open and standard, while Adobe’s Flash is closed and proprietary.