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Not all browsers are equal and some are less equal than others

Posted on March 31, 2008 by DBNet Editor yg

The title is a misquote of George Orwell’s quote from Animal Farm All animals are equal – but some animals are more equal than others We tend to think of browsers as a utility and don’t really care what version … Continue reading →

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webserver upgrade

Posted on December 4, 2005 by DBNet Admin

It seems that APC is causing some issue with our WordPress installation so we’ve disabled it for now. We took this opportunity to upgrade our webserver to run Apache 2.2 for which readers may find the list of new features … Continue reading →

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software upgrades

Posted on November 25, 2005 by DBNet Admin

Sorry, it’s been a while since the last post. Real life interfered for some volunteers but still software toolchains were upgraded and we have migrated our authorative DNS servers to the new server Our DNS server is tinydns . This … Continue reading →

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Impact of client connectivity on server performance

Posted on September 19, 2005 by DBNet Admin

Many developers assume that the performance of a website depends on the server’s CPU performance and the connectivity of the server to its ISP. Whilst this is true, another important factor on server performance is how the connectivity characteristic of … Continue reading →

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Size Matters

Posted on September 19, 2005 by DBNet Admin

A website developer should always strive to provide a better user experience, with a combination of a design and layout where the information the end user seeks is easily available and a performant site so the user is not experiencing … Continue reading →

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