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XING is constantly working on improving existing features and developing new features. Our aim is to make XING more user-friendly, by this I mean efficient and satisfying to use. To be able to do this we collect feedback from our members via online surveys, usability testing, workshops etc. Research helps us see XING from the perspective of our members, letting our members help us create a service for them. This enables the XING designers to learn more about who our members are, how they use XING in their professional/private life and what goals they have. This, in turn, involves our members more in the designing of XING. (more…)

Focusing on making a page work for all users should supersede the costly aim of pixel perfection in technically obsolete browsers. This position paper questions the current presentational hacking for IE.

Web developers are spending a lot of time applying workarounds for technically obsolete browsers. This is causing high development and maintenance costs for the web industry.

IE7 was a step, but only one step, in the right direction. For IE6 and IE7, the extra costs of developing a web site are currently justified by IE’s combined market share, not because it makes sense technically. (more…)

How well I remember that February two years ago, my first day at XING. On the usual first day rounds to meet the entire team, we stopped by the third floor to see the developers, all three of them. Back then, the entire company was housed on two floors; I was employee number 76. A lot has happened since that day. (more…)

Today we released our preliminary financial figures for 2008, which was picked up by the news agency Reuters, among others.

You can view the complete press release on our financial figures here.

We’re happy to announce that we’re hosting this week’s Rails User Group Hamburg – Hamburg’s monthly meetup of Ruby on Rails developers. What makes this occasion even more special for us is that this will be the first opportunity to show off our sexy new offices! So if you’re into Rails or just want to get to know us, drop by and hang out – rumors are there will even be pizza and beer.

For details, have a look at the event page or the Rails UG wiki. We’re looking forward to seeing you!

Over 55.000 people have already seen this video about the street sign exchange in the US. A lot of them believe it, others don´t. You want to know what the deal is? Read on…

Anyone who’s ever been to the US has probably seen those yellow XING road signs on practically every street corner – yes? Well they’re pretty hard to miss.

So now take the following ingredients: Work for a company called XING. Throw in a large amount of US XING road signs. Mix together with some creativity, an obvious pinch of wordplay and a country where anything is possible. Bake for 1 hour in a preheated oven. The result is a future that doesn’t exist – but we filmed it anyway:

XING protects its brand name XING on a global scale and the International court declares that all road signs across the US have to be replaced from XING to CROSS. It would certainly have put us on the map – that’s for sure. Moreover so many people tend to interpret the word Crossing in the name XING, which put the icing on the cake.

One of the first websites to write about the video was Sichelputzer.de which was followed by compliments from the Twidox blog – thanks Twidox – you’re not so bad yourselves The Blogosphere was not quite sure whether the video was a fake or not. Sloganmaker had a theory about the creative agency behind the video – sorry to disappoint you Sloganmaker but you’re far from the truth.

So in a nutshell it was fun shooting this video, we’re glad that (most) of you liked it and we could bring a smile to your faces. And for those of you who haven’t seen it yet – enjoy!