About Us

A Little Bit About My History

Hi, I'm Roy. I handle all the coding, some programming, and most of the graphics for our projects. When I refer to "we," it’s not meant to be the royal "we." For larger clients with greater needs, such as setting up their own servers, I collaborate with Ed, one of the best back-end engineers and programmers I know. Occasionally, I also work with my son, Paul, who is a Microsoft-certified technician. However, I will primarily be your point of contact.

In addition to these, I belong to a group of I.T. profesionals, including the likes of an ex-IBM Database expert, a Graphics Designer and a Software Engineer. We help each other out pro bono, and in the last twenty years, I have yet to come across a problem that we couldn't overcome.

I come from a time when there were no separate departments for graphics, databases, SEO, programming, or engineering. A web designer had to be a jack of all trades, and through this journey, I’ve learned a lot. As technology continues to evolve rapidly, I am still learning new things today!

You’ve probably heard of Google. When I first started in 1996, I hadn't, and neither had anyone else. Back then, Amazon was just an online bookstore. It would be another 12 years before Google Chrome entered the scene. At that time, there were only two main browsers: Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer, and we had to test our pages in each browser to identify any errors.

Fast forward to today, and Google Chrome now dominates the market with roughly a 75% share. Beyond the "Big Four" (Chrome, Safari, Edge, Firefox), there are hundreds of active, niche, or specialised browsers, each with a small percentage of users. This variety makes it impossible to test pages across all browsers. We address this issue by ensuring that any HTML code we write conforms to the World Wide Web standards, primarily maintained by the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) and the WHATWG (Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group).

Validating our HTML ensures that your website works consistently across all browsers, improves accessibility for all users (including those with disabilities), boosts SEO by helping search engines understand your content, simplifies code maintenance and debugging, and guarantees better performance and future-proofing. It serves as a quality check that catches errors, resulting in a more reliable, professional, and inclusive user experience.