As of today (11th of August 2019) Canadian Facts has been updated to v1.4. This includes a conversion of the codebase from Java to Kotlin and also better testing as well as few minor bug fixes. I’ve finally got round to releasing the update as I want to start on (and dedicate my time to) […]
UOP Bus Timetable voluntarily unpublished from the Google Play Store
This is just a quick announcement that the UoP (University of Portsmouth) Bus Timetable app created by myself has now been self unpublished from the Google Play Store. The reason for this is that the University have a brand new bus timetable and other apps which already publicise this information, so my app is no […]
Moved to HTTPS!
I’ve finally had time to update my website to HTTPS and using the HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) header to force encrypted connections to my website 🙂 Thanks to Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates can now be acquired for free, I highly recommend using it on your own website. […]
Java Lambda Expressions Example
I thought I’d write a quick post to give an example of how to use Java’s Lambda expressions, which were introduced in Java 8. Lamdba expressions provide an easy way (and perhaps more readable, for certain people) to work with lists and arrays. This follows ideas from functional programming languages such as Haskell. Old method: […]
University is finished!
Hi all, Just wanted to post to say that all of my University coursework and exams are now finished and I will be starting my graduate job as a Software Engineer at the end of September. As I now have more spare time, over the summer I plan to create some more tutorial videos demonstrating […]
Research: TintVision GitHub repository
Good morning! As part of the research section of my website, which has been added to throughout my University final year project, I’d like to post the link to the app’s GitHub repository. Feel free to take a look, this may be of use to some developers wanting to gain some inspiration concerning developing apps […]
Research: Dyslexic friendly fonts
Recently as part of my University project Android app, TintVision, I’ve been working on making the app itself accessible to its potential users. I’ve found a free-to-use “dyslexic friendly” font called OpenDyslexic. This font will be used for the user interface of TintVision and may also benefit dyslexic users in their day-to-day computing. It can […]
Research: Developing a website or user interface and using colour?
Hi, Recently I’ve been reading some articles concerning the use of colour in user interfaces and some design considerations that can be made to making your interface more accessible for colour-blind users. Two articles which I’ve found quite interesting are: “Can Color-Blind Users See Your Site?” “Use of Color Understanding SC 1.4.1” These might be […]
Research: Useful software for students with visual impairments and dyslexia
Dolphin provides some great assistive software for students with visual impairments and dyslexia. Ranging from magnification tools, screen readers as well as a reader with synchronised text highlighting and audio (to help users with reading problems). They’re definitively a software company worth checking out if you’re interested in getting helpful software. Link: https://yourdolphin.com […]
New Research Category
Good evening, To accompany my final year project I’ve created a new “Research” category which can be used to jump to all of the research which I feel is interesting or important regarding my project and potentially more after I finish my University course. Currently this research will focus on accessibility issues for users with […]