FrozenSkys Software is a small family run web design firm owned by Richard Cooper & Laura Harris. It was set up because they were disenchanted with the
quality of affordable Web-Design. Their thinking is that it should be possible to produce high quality, accessible, and
useable websites without the charges that large web-development companies ask. It is very easy to create a web presence
using modern software however very few of the packages available to end users produce standards compliant sites.
FrozenSkys produces sites using JavaScript, CSS, and XHTML, which are designed to degrade
useably and elegantly if
features are not available to the visitor's browser. This approach provides good looking sites that are also accessible
to blind or partially sighted people, and to those using text based or older browsers.
Richard has a BSc. in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from UMIST, is a Microsoft Certified Solution
Developer, a CompTIA Certified Technical Trainer, a Member of the British Computer Society, and is currently the Treasurer of the
Northampton branch of the BCS. Over the last decade he has lived in several European countries whilst Working as a Developer for
International companies such as Canon, Torex Retail, and EMR Insurance. He Specializes in custom software and web development using
Microsoft VB.NET, ASP.NET, Microsoft Sivlerlight, JavaScript and CSS.
Laura is an Artist, Web Designer and Photographer. After being born in Hong Kong, Laura travelled widely with her parents
living and working in places such as Singapore, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Russia. She did voluntary work in an orphanage in
Zimbabwe, ran a small Montessori nursery in Slovakia, and spent hours photographing wildlife in south Africa. She studied
Photography at Southfields College in Leicester, and a Pre foundation art course at Leeds College of Art and Design. Laura
works mainly with traditional media for most of the design cycle, only digitising the art towards the end, this lends most
of her work an organic quality.
You can view some of her sketches and photos in the Gallery
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