Owen Maule Computing

Photo of Owen Maule, IT consultant and web developer

Owen Maule offers a comprehensive IT skillset. Ready to facilitate small businesses, organisations and private individuals with a wide range of computing activities. Currently, we are providing:

Development

  • Web design
  • Website development
  • eCommerce
  • SEO
  • Graphics
  • Project management
  • Software development

Consulting

  • IT consulting
  • IT training
  • Technical support
  • System administration
  • Research

For clients local to the Derby and Nottingham area

  • IT management
  • Network optimisation & security
  • Servicing and upgrades
  • Cable installation

User friendly - Platform independent

With experience gained in a diverse variety of computing environments, we offer assistance with all types of computer system and software. We can develop software to run on multiple operating systems from a single codebase, using abstraction layers.

Operating systems

GNU/LinuxLinux Microsoft WindowsWindows Apple MacMac

Our websites are thoroughly tested against many popular browser environments, ideally providing full usability and consistency for all visitors. Every page and piece of functionality is tested in each environment, with and without Javascript enabled.

We create a website accessible to all, with effort focused on its intended audience. After the site is live, we monitor usage, and continue to test and improve support.

Browser statistics

2010 IE8 IE7 IE6 Firefox Chrome Safari Opera
January 14.3% 11.7% 10.2% 46.3% 10.8% 3.7% 2.2%

Website visitor Operating System statistics

2010 Win7 Vista Win2003 WinXP W2000 Linux Mac
January 11.3% 15.4% 1.4% 59.4% 0.6% 4.6% 6.8%

If suitable, we make websites designed for every size of display, functional on low resolutions such as mobile phones and netbooks and taking full advantage of high resolution, wide-screen displays.

 Smallest mobileStandard mobile7 inch netbookStandard PCWide-screen Monitor
Width (pixels)9624080010241920

So far, this site was tested against:

  • Firefox 3.0.18/Linux
  • Chrome 5.0.307.9 beta/Linux
  • Opera 10.10/Linux
  • IE 8.0.6001/XP
  • IE 6.0/XP

If you find any problems, please report it to Owen.


Before starting Owen Maule Computing

Owen's earliest programming efforts were in 1982 at the age of 7! Continuing his interest in computing at school and as a hobby, he completed a degree in Computer Science at the University of Nottingham in 1996. He gained industry experience as a software engineer, developing 3D games and desktop publishing solutions, before going on to start his own business as an IT consultant and web developer in May 2004.