Technical case study: simple, invisible language switching
Using a website visitor's browser settings to seamlessly display content in a language they can understand.
Blog posts about Technical case studies
These posts are “case studies”: detailed analyses of various projects I’ve worked on, which go into a greater level of detail about one or more of the technical aspects of the project.
Technical case study: simple, invisible language switching
Technical case study: working around an intensive site cache
How we swapped out individual sections of a high-traffic site to make best use of WordPress' REST API.
Technical case study: HTML5 video
How I quickly implemented a splash page for Sulzer Schmid Laboratories, containing an autoplaying HTML5 video.
Technical case study: the SBB CFF FFS brand panel
Using modern web technologies to replicate the ubiquitous red panel used by Swiss railway company SBB CFF FFS.
Technical case study: SBB RCS
The latest project we've launched at !frappant is for SBB (Swiss Railways): a microsite for the Rail Control System team, which promotes their work controlling the flow of rail traffic throughout the national network.
Technical case study: CSS Flexbox for BEKB Flash
CSS Flexbox has been ready for mainstream use for a while now, and I've implemented it on a third client project for my employer.
Technical case study: !frappant
My employer re-branded recently, which meant a new corporate identity and a new website using Zurb Foundation, CSS Flexbox and TYPO3.
Technical case study: Bike To Work
Back in 2011, the organizers of Bike To Work Switzerland approached my employer !frappant Webfactory to re-develop their website and the participants’ admin system. I worked with a third-party usability consultant to re-think and re-design the project, before I carried out the design work in Photoshop and the team and I subsequently produced the website on the base of the…
Technical case study: New websites for Burson-Marsteller EMEA
My biggest work project in 2010 was the re-building of the wide network of websites for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region of Burson-Marsteller.
Technical case study: Rütli
Details of the new website for Swiss national historic location Rütli, combined with a brief explanation of the meadow's history.