The Kiwi web industry is enjoying a renaissance, as businesses decide to do up their sites, which many are viewing as a fashion accessory, Computerworld reported yesterday.  While the article says this is mainly based in Auckland, Giles, who has been working for us since the dot.com era, was remarking about this recently. He has noticed lately that more companies are keen on developing rich media applications.

This is good news for us at Click Suite, because developing rich media sites is one of our core strengths. It's good news for you too, if you like to be entertained, or if you value form as much as function. 

Developing a site using flash doesn't necessarily mean that it will take too long to download, which is just as well, because New Zealand broadband speeds are pretty poor. NZ is ranked 44th in the world in a recent report published by the Akamai company according to Computerworld. The study was based on actual network speed.

 Broadband speeds can vary greatly depending on a number of factors, including the loading on the network and the distance from your local exchange - leaving ISPs free to claim theoretical speeds of what's possible in optimal circumstances. If you want to check out how fast your broadband really is, speedtest.net  has a very handy dashboard where you can test your speed, and then make all sorts of comparisions, including to other cities and providers.