Archive for October, 2006

The Best Firefox Promoter? Internet Explorer 7.0

Friday, October 6th, 2006

I was always Internet Explorer user. Since 1996. I always have other browsers installed because I need to test web tools, however, my personal preference was IE. Why? Mainly, because of performance. Somehow IE managed to be more lightweight (I’ll show benchmark charts supporting this point). Now 95% of time I use Firefox. What happened? […]

Making Software Quality Metrics Actually Work

Thursday, October 5th, 2006

There is no way to control things which are not being measured properly.
Being able to measure quality of software and having understanding what contributes to it, it’s possible to improve the quality and eliminate (or minimize) negative factors.
But, it seems, just measuring the quality is not enough. Even to have right methodology is not enough. […]

Rating Systems In Social Networks

Sunday, October 1st, 2006

One of the most important drivers of an online internet community is efficient rating system. It suppose to promote the most appropriate content and slow down (or even block) any low quality content. The same applies to contributors or community members. Good guys should be promoted, bad guys - flagged (or even banned).
There are lots […]