A blog from the Which? digital team about how we are transforming our digital products and services to help Which? make as much difference to all consumers in the net five years as it has in the last fiftyx
I’ve just received a notification on my phone from my home security app, noise has been detected in my flat, to my relief the security camera has detected the postman. I often wonder how such products are tested, everyday items are rapidly changing, it’s possible to buy ‘Smart Home’ products like app controlled kettles, self-driving … Continue reading Robotics: The future of testing
Most advent calendars today include little paper doors that are eagerly opened each morning to reveal a chocolate, image or other treat inside. This Christmas however, the Digital team wanted to do something outside the box. Each day in December one team member was drawn from the Christmas hat and putting pen to glass contributed … Continue reading Digital Christmas ‘Advent Calendar’ 2016
Details are the key to the delivery of a successful project. Walt Disney has been quoted as saying: ‘There is no magic in magic, it’s all in the details’. One could argue that his obsession with detail is the reason Disney is the household name it is today. You’ll also find the internet littered with … Continue reading Gaining perspective
In programming languages that have the concept of null, any value in a system can be (for example) a number or null; a string or null; an object or null. Continue reading Avoiding null for an easier life
There are many different ways of designing tabs, and many different approaches to styling tabs to match the design. Your requirements might include slanted edges, rounded edges, borders, or a mix of all these things. You might want to add shadows to all of your tabs, or only the active tab, or only the active … Continue reading Slanted tab shadows
Exciting news for any Android members this week! We released our Reviews app to the Play Store today. In April this year, we re-released our Reviews app for iOS. This was predominantly to provide a more reliable application that worked both on and offline. The app allows members to access over 8,000 Which? product reviews, … Continue reading Which? reviews – Android App is here
This year front-end developers working in the Reviews Experience team have been given a great challenge. We needed to lay out the foundations for an upcoming redesign of our core product – Reviews and Advice. The number of people working on the project has been constantly growing. In October 2015, there was one team with … Continue reading Front-end rearchitecture – our journey towards React
