Puzbie: About Us

Prior to setting up Puzbie, we worked in the I.T Industry as Analyst Programmers and Network Specialists. However, we wanted to spend more time with our kiddies. So we formed our own business, operating primarily as a small broadband company, but also offering Small Office / Home Office solutions to local businesses. As the web came more and more into prominence, we became increasingly web-centric, until now its all we do. We like this state of affairs, as it allows us to utilise our programming skills but in a creative fashion. We're happy, and this tends to make the client happy too.

In terms of what kind of site we do, take a look at the menu options to see samples of our sites and Facebook work. The skies the limit really, though if pushed, we would break down our skill sets as follows:

Please note, we are not saying that Flash and Mobile Apps are bad. We are just saying that we don't have much experience with them. In the future, we will be looking at mobile apps more, but to be honest, we prefer the more inclusive approach of writing web sites that work with all mobile devices (well, at least all smart phones), using standards-based HTML, Javascript and CSS. That being said, if, as part of a bigger contract, you required, say, an iPhone app, then we would certainly do what we can to assist. Its just not what we are best at.

With regards to jQuery and Javascript, we utilise them only when needed. To maximise browser-compatibility and minimise load time, we tend to avoid scripts unless absolutely necessary. So you won't find any javascript on our blog pages or category pages. However, when it comes to the stock page and its picture viewer, then we can go to town. Javascript certainly has its place and we like it as a development tool. We don't want to fill every page with hundreds of scripts though.

A final word on browser compatability. More and more sites are dropping support for IE6. Given that IE6 users still account for 5% of all browser users, or thereabouts, we think dropping support is a little premature. However, we don't believe that every web page has to look the same in every browser. It can be made to happen, but it would be expensive and more trouble than its worth. Instead, we believe that every page should reasonably be able to function in every browser (well, IE6 and above). So people can buy your stuff using IE6, even though it doesn't look as pretty as IE9 or Chrome.