About Us

Mission Statement

We are dedicated to the development of innovative web products, such as websites, web tools, or web applications. Our main goal is to offer a rich user experience by combining useful and interesting content with an engaging presentation format.

We believe that an engaging application should be intuitive, interactive, and adaptive. These three features, when properly developed and implemented, can make a big difference in the way users interact with any software product.

The range of product topics

Our plans include the development of general interest web products for larger audiences as well as specialized web products that may be of interest to smaller groups of users.

We are currently working on a few projects that are at different stages of the development process. We also have a number of new ideas on the drawing board.

Most of our web products will fall into the category of edutainment. They will allow the user to explore a specific topic, learn some interesting facts, and produce interesting visual effects. Our intuitive presentation format will keep the user engaged in constant interaction. This is where we see ideal opportunities for innovation that can take user experience to the next level.

We also intend to develop technical web products for web developers:
- technical tutorials with rich interactive features
- tools and utilities for certain tasks involved in web development
Over the years we have accumulated a lot of material in the form of detailed notes and working examples that can be converted into useful tutorials.

In the near future, our focus will remain on the edutainment area.

The key principles of our design approach

Our design approach is based the following principles:

• A simple page layout that reflects and supports the natural flow of information
• Intuitive navigation controls
• Very short demos that provide immediate clarification without being distracting
• Interactive examples
• Visual and animated forms of hints
• Graphical methods of progress visualization for multi-step tasks and procedures
• Adaptive interaction based on the choices made by the user

Technically speaking

Today's web browsers offer good support for new web standards and open new possibilities in web development. Modern web tools and web applications can offer a rich user experience that is comparable to that found in standalone desktop applications and native mobile apps.

The presentation layer of a web application can be interactive and engaging when it has dynamic features. There are various JavaScript techniques that can make the presentation layer dynamic. JavaScript can be used for DOM scripting - real-time manipulation of the Document Object Model. JavaScript can also make dynamic changes of the properties defined in CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). Different ways of animating HTML elements can add a new dimension to a web application.

Most importantly, advanced interactive techniques, such as Drag & Drop and Hold & Release, can be developed to work on desktops and laptops equipped with a mouse as well as on touch screen devices.

The functions of the Canvas API, used either with a visible HTML canvas element or a non-visible canvas, have enabled complex image processing capabilities in JavaScript.

The above mentioned techniques are used in the presentation layer of a web application. This layer is also referred to as the client side and it contains the code that runs in the browser and makes the presentation dynamic.

Many web applications also have dynamic content, which requires server side programming, such as writing PHP code or Java servlets. The server side code can make calls to a database server to prepare data for the requests coming from the client side - the presentation layer.

The meaning of "clarity stage"

The expression "clarity stage" can have different meanings depending on the meaning of the word "stage". The two main interpretations of "clarity stage" are:

1) "clarity stage" where "stage" is a platform

"Clarity stage" can be viewed as a platform used to deliver a clear message. There may be many forms of such platforms. In our case, we see our applications and websites as the delivery channels that can constitute such a platform.

2) "clarity stage" where "stage" is a phase

"Clarity stage" can also be viewed as a phase of the thinking process - the time when things become clear. At the "clarity stage", doubts and unanswered questions are transformed into understanding and knowledge.

We believe that our products will reflect both meanings of "clarity stage".

1) Our web products will serve as a platform used to deliver a clear message. The content of an edutainment application or a web tutorial will constitute that message. We will ensure it is interesting, meaningful, and clear.

2) Our presentation format, intuitive and interactive, will make the content easy to understand, which should allow the user to reach the "clarity stage" at an accelerated pace.




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