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Terms and Conditions
1 General
1.1 These terms and conditions ("Terms and Conditions") apply to all offers, quotations and sales of goods and/or services by H.Preston to any Buyer. If H.Preston and Buyer have entered into a separate written contract relating to the sales of products, or the provision of services, including without limitation a reseller or distributor agreement (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, any Buyer terms and conditions), these Terms and Conditions shall additionally apply to purchases under the separate agreement to the extent they are not inconsistent with the terms of that separate agreement.
1.2 Any agreement between H.Preston and Buyer shall be binding only if and to the extent that an individual order is expressly accepted by H.Preston in writing. H.Preston shall have full discretion in accepting or rejecting any order.
1.3 Except as set forth in Condition 1.1above, these Terms and Conditions shall be exclusive of and prevail over all other terms and conditions, written or oral, implied by trade custom or course of dealing, wherever appearing or however introduced (including those in catalogues specifications or any Buyer terms and conditions, request for quotation, order or confirmation) unless expressly otherwise agreed by H.Preston in writing. All other terms or conditions are expressly rejected by H.Preston Buyer agrees to be bound by these Terms and Conditions whether or not expressly so stated in any order, confirmation or otherwise. Each deviation from or modification of these Terms and Conditions requires the express written agreement of H.Preston in each instance. Modification or waiver of any provision in one instance shall not constitute modification or waiver in any other instance.
1.4 Buyer may not without H.Preston prior written consent assign all or any of its rights under any contract incorporating these conditions.
1.5 Any reference in these Terms and Conditions to H.Preston shall be taken to include all members of H.Preston group (meaning H.Preston any subsidiary or holding undertaking from time to time of H.Preston and any subsidiary undertaking from time to time of a holding undertaking of that H.Preston
2 Quotations
No quotation given by H.Preston either verbally or in writing shall constitute an offer.
3 Specification
3.1 Goods are supplied in accordance with the relevant manufacturer's standard specifications but H.Preston reserves the right for it and/or manufacturers to make such improvements and modifications in such specifications without prior notice as it and/or they consider(s) desirable in the circumstances and without any further liability to Buyer, without obligation to modify or change any goods previously delivered or to supply new goods in accordance with earlier specifications, unless H.Preston agrees otherwise in writing and subject always to Buyer paying any additional charges that may be payable therefore.
3.2 If H.Preston or its suppliers wish to make any improvements or modifications to any goods to be supplied to Buyer that would affect form, fit or function, H.Preston shall not implement such improvement or modification without the prior agreement of Buyer.
3.3 If Buyer wishes to change the specification of any goods to be supplied by H.Preston then H.Preston shall not be obliged to agree to such change. If H.Preston does agree to any proposed change requested by Buyer then H.Preston shall be entitled to adjust the price, delivery and warranty accordingly.
3.4 All technical information and particulars of goods and performance given by H.Preston are given as accurately as possible but are not to be treated as binding or as forming part of any contract with Buyer unless specifically confirmed or agreed by H.Preston in writing.
4 Packing
The specification for packaging the goods shall be entirely at the discretion of H.Preston who shall have the right to pack all goods in such manner, with such materials, and in such quantities as H.Preston thinks fit, and who shall not be obliged to comply with any packaging instructions or requests from Buyer. The cost of special packaging, if agreed or deemed necessary by H.Preston, shall be an additional charge.
5 Price
5.1 Unless otherwise accepted by H.Preston in writing the price of the goods shall be the relevant price in H.Preston current price lists at the date of purchase or pre-order (in the case of the latter, with a confirmed purchase order or deposit) (whichever is the sooner), subject always to Conditions 5.2 and 5.3.
5.2 Prices are subject to alteration by H.Preston at any time. H.Preston shall notify Buyer of any alteration in price, whereupon Buyer may cancel the contract (without liability to H.Preston by giving notice in writing to H.Preston within 7 days.
5.3 In the case of pre-ordered goods that are purchased by H.Preston in a currency other than pounds sterling (GBP), final pricing is subject to fluctuation in foreign exchange rates and will be agreed between H.Preston and Buyer before completion of the sale. Once pricing has been agreed and H.Preston has ordered the goods, Buyer may only cancel its order in accordance with Condition 17.
5.4 Buyer shall bear the cost of any applicable sales, value added, excise, or similar tax in relation to the goods unless Buyer provides H.Preston with a tax exemption certificate or licence acceptable to the taxing authorities before shipment. Prices are exclusive of VAT and other taxes, and ex-works (see below).
6 Pre-orders
In the case of pre-orders where a manufacturer RRP isn't available at the time of order, H.Preston will communicate final pricing to Buyer at the earliest possible opportunity. Buyer may cancel a pre-order provided it does so in accordance with Condition 17.
7 Delivery
7.1 All orders are subject to the cost of packing and carriage to Buyer's nominated address in mainland United Kingdom by H.Preston standard method of transportation. Any requests from Buyer for delivery outside mainland United Kingdom or other than by H.Preston normal method of transportation are subject to H.Preston prior agreement and shall entitle H.Preston to adjust the price and delivery terms accordingly. Whilst H.Preston will use reasonable endeavours to keep to any agreed delivery date, it accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss or damage resulting from delay however caused nor shall late delivery or non-delivery be a basis for cancellation of any order by Buyer. H.Preston may make part deliveries. No partial delivery shall affect Buyer's obligation to pay for any other part of the order.
7.2 The Goods shall be at your risk from the time of delivery. You (and/or any person taking possession of the Goods on your behalf) shall be responsible to inspect the conditions and quantity of the Goods, upon collection/delivery. Goods shall be signed for on receipt. The acceptance of the Goods at the delivery point shall be deemed to be a confirmation of the condition of the Goods and of your acceptance of the Goods at such condition. Any alleged discrepancy in delivery must be notified to H.Preston in writing within 24 hours of receipt of the goods. If Buyer fails to bring any such discrepancy to the attention of H.Preston in writing within such period, Buyer's rights in respect thereof shall be deemed to have been waived.
8 Payment
8.1 For approved account Buyers, full payment is due within one calendar month from the date of H.Preston invoice.
8.2 Value Added Tax is charged on UK and EU sales at the prevailing rate on the value of the invoice. VAT will not be charged to VAT registered non-UK EU companies who provide their VAT registration number at the point of sale.
8.3 H.Preston reserve the right to suspend deliveries if any prior invoice is outside the agreed terms, and will charge interest on overdue amounts from the due date until the date payment is received, both before and after any judgment, at a rate of 2% per month.
8.4 H.Preston reserve the right to make limited goods such as used goods or special orders available to other Buyers when the goods have originally been allocated to a finance application that has been on referral for more than 7 days. If a finance application goes on referral it is because the finance company requires more information from the Buyer and it is the Buyers responsibility to ensure that it is resolved quickly.
9 Risk
The risk of loss or damage to the goods shall pass to Buyer upon delivery of the goods at Buyer's authorised trading premises or designated delivery address specified in the order by Buyer or to a carrier on Buyer's behalf (whichever is sooner) whereupon Buyer shall be responsible for obtaining and paying for appropriate insurance. Buyer accepts that in signing for/accepting delivery of goods from H.Preston that they have checked that all items ordered are present and correct. H.Preston shall have no liability for presence and/or condition of goods once Buyer (or Buyer's representative) has received/signed for delivery. In instances where deliveries are made to specified 'safe places' or 'nominated neighbours' specified by the buyer in their account with a delivery company/courier the buyer is deemed to have set out the way in which they are happy to have the goods delivered and the delivery is deemed to have been received/completed.
10 Property in Goods
10.1 H.Preston shall retain title to the goods until it has received payment in full of all sums due and/or owing in connection with the supply of all goods and services to Buyer at any time. For these purposes H.Preston has only received payment when irrevocably credited to its bank account.
10.2 If any goods owned by h.Preston are attached to, mixed with, or incorporated into other goods not owned by H.Preston and are not identifiable or separable from the resulting composite or mixed goods, title to the resulting composite or mixed goods shall vest in H.Preston and shall be retained by H.Preston for as long as and on the same terms on which it would have retained title to the goods in question.
10.3 Buyer shall store goods owned by H.Preston in such a way that they are clearly identifiable as H.Preston property, shall maintain records of such goods identifying them as H.Preston property, of the persons to whom it sells or disposes of such goods and of the payment made by such person for such goods. It will allow H.Preston to inspect these records and the goods themselves on request. All goods supplied by H.Prestonin Buyer's possession shall be presumed to belong to H.Preston (unless Buyer can prove otherwise).
10.4 H.Preston shall be entitled to trace the proceeds of sale and any insurance proceeds received in respect of goods owned by H.Preston immediately prior to their sale. Such proceeds shall be held by Buyer on trust for H.Preston.
10.5 If Buyer fails to make any payment to H.Preston when due; enters into bankruptcy, liquidation or receivership or a composition with its creditors; has a receiver, administrator or manager appointed over all or part of its assets; becomes insolvent; ceases to trade; or if H.Preston has reasonable cause to believe that any of these events is likely to occur, H.Preston shall have the right, without prejudice to any other remedies:
10.5.1 to enter without prior notice any premises where goods owned by H.Preston may be, and to repossess and dispose of any goods owned by H.Preston so as to discharge any sums owed to H.Preston by Buyer; and
10.5.2 to require Buyer not to resell or part with possession of any goods owned by H.Preston until Buyer has paid in full all sums owed by it to H.Preston ;and
10.5.3 to withhold delivery of any undelivered goods and stop any goods in transit. Unless H.Preston expressly elects otherwise any contract between H.Preston and Buyer for the supply of goods shall remain in existence notwithstanding any exercise by H.Preston of its rights under this Condition.
11 Claims
Any Complaints against H.Preston (other than those referred to in Condition 6) must be made within one month of the date upon which Buyer became aware or ought to have become aware of the circumstances giving rise to the complaint. All complaints not so filed are waived.
12 Warranty and Limitations of Liability
Conditions 12.2 to 12.6 (inclusive) apply to all goods sold or supplied and all services provided by H.Preston. Additional Conditions are applicable to the sale by H.preston of ex-demo, reconditioned and/or used stock (see Condition 12.7 below).
12.2 H.Preston warrants that goods sold hereunder shall be free of defects in materials and workmanship and will conform to any agreed specification(s) at the time of delivery and for such period thereafter, if any, as notified by H.Preston to Buyer in writing. If Buyer alleges that the goods were defective at the time of delivery to Buyer, Buyer shall forthwith notify H.Preston in writing of the alleged defects and shall, at H.Preston option, return the goods and packing at its own expense to H.Preston or, or where so directed, hold the goods and packing for inspection by H.Preston. If the goods are proved to have been defective at the time of delivery H.Preston undertakes to arrange for the repair or replacement of such defective goods free of charge.
12.3 This Condition 12 sets out the entire financial liability of the parties (including any liability for the acts or omissions of their respective employees, agents and subcontractors) to each other in respect of:
12.3.1 any breach of these Terms and Conditions however arising;
12.3.2 any use made or resale of the products or services by Buyer; and
12.3.3 any representation, statement or tortious act or omission (including negligence) arising under or in connection with these Terms and Conditions.
12.4 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall limit or exclude the liability of either party for;
12.4.1 death or personal injury resulting from negligence; or
12.4.2 fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or
12.4.3 breach of the terms implied by section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979; or
12.4.4 breach of section 2 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987.
12.5 Without prejudice to Condition 12.4, neither party shall under any circumstances whatever be liable to the other, whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or restitution, or for breach of statutory duty or misrepresentation, or otherwise, for any:
12.5.1 loss of profit; or
12.5.2 loss of goodwill; or
12.5.3 loss of business; or
12.5.4 loss of business opportunity; or
12.5.5 loss of anticipated saving; or
12.5.6 loss or corruption of data or information; or
12.5.7 special, indirect or consequential damage
suffered by the other party that arises under or in connection with these Terms and Conditions.
12.6 Without prejudice to Conditions 12.4 or 12.5, H.Prestons total liability arising under or in connection with these Terms and Conditions, whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence) or restitution, or for breach of statutory duty or misrepresentation, or otherwise, shall in all circumstances be limited to the total value (excluding VAT and delivery) of the goods or services being purchased by Buyer.
H.Preston warrants that goods sold hereunder shall be free of defects in materials and workmanship and will conform to any agreed specification(s) at the time of delivery and for 90 days thereafter. Please note that image processing blocks (including CCD and CMOS variants), magnetic head assemblies and batteries (unless otherwise specified) are excluded from this warranty to the fullest extent permitted by law, and H.Preston shall have no liability in respect thereof.
13 Confidential Information
13.1 Buyer shall not, without H.Prestons written consent, disclose to any third party any secret or confidential information supplied by H.preston to Buyer. For the purposes of this Condition 13, any quotation, render, offer or similar document and all contents thereof and all items referred to therein shall be deemed to be confidential.
13.2 Buyer shall not copy or reproduce drawings, specifications, or other written material supplied by H.Preston in connection with the goods or any of the goods themselves or any part thereof.
13.3 Buyer shall indemnify H.Preston against any and all costs, claims, expenses, demands, losses or liabilities, which H.Preston may suffer or incur as a result, whether direct or indirect of any breach of this Condition 13.
14 Compliance with Laws
Buyer expressly agrees that it will not export or permit export of any H.Preston goods, or use or permit the use of any H.Preston goods, other than in accordance with all applicable laws (including complying with and obtaining appropriate permits in accordance with all applicable export and custom laws).
15 Force Majeure
H.Preston shall, without prejudice to any other provisions hereof, be entitled to cancel or rescind any contract and shall not be liable for any loss or damage if its ability to perform its obligations under the contract is in any way adversely affected for any reason whatsoever not within H.Preston's control, or by commercial unfeasibility including the failure by H.Preston's suppliers to fulfil their obligations, the denial or cancellation of necessary permits or licenses or substantial increases in the costs of performance.
16 Buyer's Default
Should Buyer make default in any payment or otherwise be in breach of its obligations to H.Preston under these Terms and Conditions or compound with or execute an assignment for the benefit of its creditors or commit any act of bankruptcy or being a company enter into voluntary or compulsory liquidation or suffer a receiver, administrator or manager to be appointed over all or part of its assets or take or suffer any similar action in consequence of debt, H.Preston may, without prejudice to any other rights, cancel any undelivered or uncompleted portion of the order and stop any goods in transit.
17 Cancellation of Orders
17.1 No cancellation of any order by Buyer shall be accepted by H.Preston unless:
17.1.1 the cancellation is received by H.Preston in writing; and
17.1.2 H.Preston accepts the cancellation in writing and is paid by Buyer (a) the sales value to H.Preston of that part of the goods completed and work done in connection with the order; (b) the sales value of any items or materials bought by H.Preston which cannot reasonably be used elsewhere by H.Preston and (c) any other costs and liabilities which H.Preston incurs by reason of Buyer's cancellation.
17.2 Any extra cost or liability incurred by H.Preston due to suspension of work or of deliveries or lack of or mistaken instructions from Buyer or to any interruptions or delays attributable to Buyer shall be added to the price of the goods and/or services and paid for by Buyer.
17.3 Goods supplied in accordance with Buyer's order cannot be accepted for return without the advanced written consent of H.Preston This must be obtained by contacting us by telephone or e-mail and is subject to the following conditions:
17.3.1 You have changed your mind and wish to cancel the order and return the goods in their original unopened and undamaged packaging within 14 days of the date of our invoice. In this case, a handling charge/re-stocking fee of 25% will be applicable. Shipping charges are not refundable. Both the 25% and our original shipping charges will be deducted from the total refund. The Buyer is responsible for returning the goods to H.Preston** and any refund will not be given until the goods have been checked by H.Preston on receipt.
17.3.2 If you believe your goods to be faulty and you wish to return them complete, undamaged and with their original packaging for a full refund this must be done within 30 days of the date of our invoice. Buyer is responsible for returning the goods to H.Preston A refund will not be given until the goods are confirmed to be faulty by a H.Preston technician. Additionally, H.Preston will confirm that the goods are complete and in their original and undamaged packaging. In all cases, H.Preston will do their utmost to complete the checks within 1 working day of receipt of the goods at H.Preston premises.
17.3.3 You believe your goods to be faulty and wish to return them for repair/replacement under the manufacturer's warranty. Buyer is responsible for returning the goods to H.Preston. Once the goods have been received, a H.Preston technician will confirm the fault and where the goods are confirmed to be faulty, a repaired or replacement product (in accordance with the manufacturer's warranty conditions) will be sent to the customer by courier service. We reserve the right to charge for the shipping charges incurred during the return of the goods to the customer. If the goods are not found to be faulty, all return delivery charges will be the responsibility of the customer.
17.4 If such consent is given a re-stocking charge of 25% will be made. Returned goods must be unused, undamaged and complete with all original and undamaged packaging and then packed in an additional outer box or covering to ensure that the product and its original packaging are returned without damage. Returned goods must be of current design and must be sent carriage paid and at Buyer's risk. Computer software and hardware / software bundles are not eligible for return unless they remain sealed in their original packaging. H.Preston are unable to authorise the return of special order and non-stock items.
** Please note that h.Preston accept no liability for loss or damage that may occur to goods being shipped to us and therefore we recommend that Buyers undertake additional insurance with their chosen carrier as a precautionary measure. We can arrange collection return of goods; however the cost of this service will be borne by you.
18 Software
18.1 All Software products supplied by H.Preston (whether embedded in ROMs or other hardware or contained on disks or other media) including all related manuals and documentation (collectively "Software") are proprietary to their respective manufacturers and are copyrighted with all rights reserved.
18.2 All Software received by Buyer is delivered subject to the terms of the related license agreement as provided by the relevant software manufacturer.
18.3 H.Preston does not warrant that functions contained in the Software shall meet Buyer's requirements. h.Preston makes no warranty for the performance or suitability of any supplied software.
18.4 Software cannot be returned for refund or replacement.
18.5 Buyer acknowledges that it shall have no rights in the Software or any trade mark, trade name, or service mark used in association with the Software.
18.6 In all cases, whether or not expressly contained in the related license, Buyer agrees not to (i) disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer, merge or combine with other software, copy, translate, adapt, vary or modify any Software (in whole or in part), (ii) communicate or disclose any Software (in whole or in part) to any third party, or (iii) distribute any Software (in whole or in part) in any form except as expressly permitted by applicable law.
18.7 Save as provided in this Condition 19, no warranty of any type is deemed implied and is expressly excluded, and in no case shall H.Preston be deemed responsible for indirect damages or other damages suffered by Buyer as a result of the acts or omissions of H.Preston
19 Miscellaneous
19.1 All amounts due under these Terms and Conditions shall be paid by Buyer to H.Preston in full without any set-off, counterclaim, deduction or withholding (other than any deduction or withholding of tax as required by law).
19.2 The agreement between Buyer and H.Preston is personal to the parties and Buyer shall not assign, transfer, mortgage, charge, subcontract, declare a trust over or deal in any other manner with any of its rights and obligations thereunder without the prior written consent of H.Preston.
19.3 These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between the parties and supersede and extinguish all previous agreements, promises, assurances, warranties, representations and understandings between them, whether written or oral, relating to the subject matter hereof. Each party agrees that it shall have no remedies in respect of any statement, representation, assurance or warranty (whether made innocently or negligently) that is not set out in these Terms and Conditions. Each party agrees that it shall have no claim for innocent or negligent misrepresentation or negligent misstatement based on any statement in these Terms and Conditions.
19.4 No variation of these Terms and Conditions shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the parties (or their authorised representatives).
19.5 No failure or delay by a party to exercise any right or remedy provided under these Terms and Conditions or by law shall constitute a waiver of that or any other right or remedy, nor shall it prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy. No single or partial exercise of such right or remedy shall prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy.
19.6 Except as expressly provided herein, the rights and remedies provided under these Terms and Conditions are in addition to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies provided by law.
19.7 If any provision or part-provision of these Terms and Conditions is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable, it shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid, legal and enforceable. If such modification is not possible, the relevant provision or part-provision shall be deemed deleted. Any modification to or deletion of a provision or part-provision under this Condition 19.7 shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the rest of these Terms and Conditions. If any provision or part-provision of these Terms and Conditions is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to amend such provision so that, as amended, it is legal, valid and enforceable, and, to the greatest extent possible, achieves the intended commercial result of the original provision.
19.8 Where Buyer is more than one person (whether natural, body corporate or otherwise), each such person shall be jointly and severally liable for their obligations under these Terms and Conditions.
19.9 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions is intended to, or shall be deemed to, establish any partnership or joint venture between any of the parties, constitute any party the agent of another party, or authorise any party to make or enter into any commitments for or on behalf of any other party.
19.10 Any notice given to a party under or in connection with these Terms and Conditions shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or by pre-paid first-class post or other next working day delivery service at its registered office (if a company) or its principal place of business (in any other case).
19.11 Any notice shall be deemed to have been received:
19.11.1 if delivered by hand, on signature of a delivery receipt or at the time the notice is left at the proper address; or
19.11.2 if sent by pre-paid first-class post or other next working day delivery service, at 9.00 am on the second business day after posting or at the time recorded by the delivery service.
19.12 A person who is not a party to this agreement shall not have any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of these Terms and Conditions.
19.13 These Terms and Conditions and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales. Each party irrevocably agrees that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with these Terms and Conditions or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims).
19.14 If any dispute arises in connection with these Terms and Conditions, the parties will attempt to settle it by mediation in accordance with the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) Model Mediation Procedure. Unless otherwise agreed between the parties, the mediator will be nominated by CEDR. To initiate the mediation a party must give notice in writing (ADR notice) to the other party to the dispute requesting mediation. A copy of the request should be sent to CEDR. No party may commence any arbitration in relation to any dispute arising out of this agreement until it has attempted to settle the dispute by mediation and either the mediation has terminated or the other party has failed to participate in the mediation, provided that the right to issue proceedings is not prejudiced by a delay.
19.15 Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this contract, including any question regarding its existence, validity or termination, shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration under the LCIA Rules, which Rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Condition.
19.15.1 The number of arbitrators shall be one.
19.15.2 The seat, or legal place, of arbitration shall be in the Midlands.
19.15.3 The language to be used in the arbitral proceedings shall be English.
19.15.4 The governing law of the contract shall be the substantive law of England & Wales.
20 Additional terms and conditions for price match
20.1 Prior to the point of sale H.Preston will endeavour to match the price on most products subject (but not limited) to the following criteria:
20.1.1 The competitor must be UK based and an officially appointed dealer for the manufacturer of the goods in question.
20.1.2 The competitor must have the goods in stock and available for purchase.
20.1.3 The competitor's price is verified in writing on our request.
20.1.4 The goods and level of after sales support on offer must be identical (model number must be identical with identical warranty).
20.1.5 We do not price-match eBay or Amazon sellers.
21 Additional terms and conditions for sale of spare parts
21.1 All spare parts purchased from H.Preston will carry a 90 day warranty.
21.2 Return of unwanted spare parts without completion of our RMA (Returned Materials Authorisation) form and issuance of an official RMA number is not accepted. Please therefore contact the H.Preston service department on + 44 01684 575486 to be sent an RMA form and RMA number before you return any goods to us.
21.3 H.Preston accepts no responsibility for shipping costs associated with the return of spare parts.
21.4 Individual parts with a value in excess of £350+VAT each that have been ordered in error may be returned for credit within 10 days of purchase provided they are returned unused and in their original and unopened packaging.
21.5 Any non-faulty part below £350+VAT is not eligible for return.
21.6 An administration charge of 20% of the invoice price will be applied to all returns of goods correctly supplied.
22 Additional terms and conditions for sale to 'Consumers'
22.1 Whilst H.Preston is primarily a business to business supplier and as such contracts for the sale of goods outside the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, we recognise that in some instances consumers will purchase goods from us. In these circumstances, the following additional provisions take effect and are effectively incorporated into these Terms and Conditions.
22.2 Cancelling goods
22.3 With prior consent you can cancel your order in writing within 30 days of receipt. If your order consists of multiple goods, the 30 days runs from when you get the last of the batch. Please ask us for a copy of our cancellation form.
22.4 If you believe your goods to be faulty and you wish to return them complete, undamaged and with their original packaging for a full refund this must be done within 30 days of the date of our invoice. Buyer is responsible for returning the goods to H.Preston. A refund will not be given until the goods are confirmed to be faulty by a H.Preston technician. Additionally, H.Preston will confirm that the goods are complete and in their original and undamaged packaging. In all cases, H.Preston will do their utmost to complete the checks within 1 working day of receipt of the goods at H.Preston premises.
22.5 Please also note that goods must be returned to us within 14 days of cancellation by you.
22.6 H.Preston will provide a refund within 30 days of receiving the goods back. H.Preston will make a deduction from the amount refunded if the value of the goods has been reduced as a result of you/your representatives handling the goods more than was necessary.
22.7 H.Preston will refund basic delivery charges (if paid by the consumer customer), the cost of returning the item(s) to H.Preston will be met by the customer (e.g. H.Preston will NOT be liable to refund the customer for return of items).
22.8 We may have to cancel an order before the goods are delivered, due to an event outside our control or the unavailability of stock. If this happens:
22.8.1 we will promptly contact you to let you know; and
22.8.2 if you have made any payment in advance for goods that have not been delivered to you, we will refund these amounts to you.
22.9 The product guarantees described above are in addition to, and do not affect, your legal rights in relation to goods that are faulty or not as described. Advice about your legal rights is available from your local Citizens' Advice Bureau or Trading Standards office.
** Please note that H.Preston accept no liability for loss or damage that may occur to goods being shipped to us and therefore we recommend that Buyers undertake additional insurance with their chosen carrier as a precautionary measure. We can arrange collection return of goods; however the cost of this service will be borne by you.
23 Personal data
23.8 We will use the personal information you provide to us to:
23.8.1 provide the goods and/or services ordered;
23.8.2 process your payment for such goods and/or services; and
23.8.3 inform you about similar products or services that we provide, but you may stop receiving these at any time by contacting us.
23.9 You agree that we may pass your personal information to credit reference agencies and that they may keep a record of any search that they do.
23.10 We will not give your personal data to any other third party.
23.11 Our website may also use a website recording service which may record mouse clicks, mouse movements, page scrolling and any text keyed into website forms. Data collected by this service is used to improve our website usability. The information collected is stored and is used for aggregated and statistical reporting, and is not shared with anybody else.
Payment methods
H.Preston is all about convenience, flexibility and peace of mind and accordingly we are able to accept a variety of payment methods. You may place an order either online or by phone.
We accept all major Credit and Debit cards.
We also offer payment by bank transfer and, subject to conditions, consumer credit with several finance schemes which is best for you
For business users we also offer Leasing Options for items from £1000.please call or email.
PayPal Express
What is PayPal Express Checkout?
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It allows online stores to accept payment either with a credit or debit card (used by the customer) or by a customer logging into their PayPal account and making payment (either with a stored credit/debit card or via Direct Debit or bank transfer).
When you enable PayPal Express Checkout on your store, at the bottom of the basket page and checkout form, the customer will be shown a 'Pay by PayPal' button.
Security and online shopping
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SICK? Out of work, out of luck. Flu season fuels paid sick time debate
Sniffling, groggy and afraid she had caught the flu, Diana Zavala dragged herself in to work anyway for a day she felt she couldn't afford to miss.
A school speech therapist who works as an independent contractor, she doesn't have paid sick days. So the mother of two reported to work and hoped for the best — and was aching, shivering and coughing by the end of the day. She stayed home the next day, then loaded up on medicine and returned to work.
"It's a balancing act" between physical health and financial well-being, she said.
An unusually early and vigorous flu season is drawing attention to a cause that has scored victories but also hit roadblocks in recent years: mandatory paid sick leave for a third of civilian workers — more than 40 million people — who don't have it.
Supporters and opponents are particularly watching New York City, where lawmakers are weighing a sick leave proposal amid a competitive mayoral race.
Pointing to a flu outbreak that the governor has called a public health emergency, dozens of doctors, nurses, lawmakers and activists — some in surgical masks — rallied Friday on the City Hall steps to call for passage of the measure, which has awaited a City Council vote for nearly three years. Two likely mayoral contenders have also pressed the point.
The flu spike is making people more aware of the argument for sick pay, said Ellen Bravo, executive director of Family Values at Work, which promotes paid sick time initiatives around the country. "There's people who say, 'OK, I get it — you don't want your server coughing on your food,'" she said.
Advocates have cast paid sick time as both a workforce issue akin to parental leave and "living wage" laws, and a public health priority.
But to some business owners, paid sick leave is an impractical and unfair burden for small operations. Critics also say the timing is bad, given the choppy economy and the hardships inflicted by Superstorm Sandy.
Michael Sinensky, an owner of seven bars and restaurants around the city, was against the sick time proposal before Sandy. And after the storm shut down four of his restaurants for days or weeks, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars that his insurers have yet to pay, "we're in survival mode."
"We're at the point, right now, where we cannot afford additional social initiatives," said Sinensky, whose roughly 500 employees switch shifts if they can't work, an arrangement that some restaurateurs say benefits workers because paid sick time wouldn't include tips.
Employees without sick days are more likely to go to work with a contagious illness, send an ill child to school or day care and use hospital emergency rooms for care, according to a 2010 survey by the University of Chicago's National Opinion Research Center. A 2011 study in the American Journal of Public Health estimated that a lack of sick time helped spread 5 million cases of flu-like illness during the 2009 swine flu outbreak.
To be sure, many employees entitled to sick time go to work ill anyway, out of dedication or at least a desire to project it. But the work-through-it ethic is shifting somewhat amid growing awareness about spreading sickness.
"Right now, where companies' incentives lie is butting right up against this concern over people coming into the workplace, infecting others and bringing productivity of a whole company down," said John A. Challenger, CEO of employer consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
Paid sick day requirements are often popular in polls, but only four places have them: San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, D.C., and the state of Connecticut. The specific provisions vary.
Milwaukee voters approved a sick time requirement in 2008, but the state Legislature passed a law blocking it. Philadelphia's mayor vetoed a sick leave measure in 2011; lawmakers have since instituted a sick time requirement for businesses with city contracts. Voters rejected a paid sick day measure in Denver in 2011.
In New York, City Councilwoman Gale Brewer's proposal would require up to five paid sick days a year at businesses with at least five employees. It wouldn't include independent contractors, such as Zavala, who supports the idea nonetheless.
The idea boasts such supporters as feminist Gloria Steinem and "Sex and the City" actress Cynthia Nixon, as well as a majority of City Council members and a coalition of unions, women's groups and public health advocates. But it also faces influential opponents, including business groups, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who has virtually complete control over what matters come to a vote.
Quinn, who is expected to run for mayor, said she considers paid sick leave a worthy goal but doesn't think it would be wise to implement it in a sluggish economy. Two of her likely opponents, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and Comptroller John Liu, have reiterated calls for paid sick leave in light of the flu season.
While the debate plays out, Emilio Palaguachi is recovering from the flu and looking for a job. The father of four was abruptly fired without explanation earlier this month from his job at a deli after taking a day off to go to a doctor, he said. His former employer couldn't be reached by telephone.
"I needed work," Palaguachi said after Friday's City Hall rally, but "I needed to see the doctor because I'm sick."

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Last years respite came from across the Potomac in the form of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. This year, the temporary budget relief for Alexandria City Public Schools blows north from Richmond.
A drop in the required funding for the state employees retirement program about $2.3 million less in expenses allowed the citys School Board last Thursday to unanimously adopt a $201.1 million budget for the 2011 fiscal year that begins July 1.
Thursdays action called for reducing the funding requested of the city by $672,872 to bring it in line with the 2 percent increase on the current years resources offered in City Manager Jim Hartmanns budget proposal.
The financial plan, compared to a year ago, features no significant cost-cutting measures and fewer overall changes from the budget Superintendent Morton Sherman unveiled in January, according to budget documents.
School Board Chair Yvonne Folkerts attributed the relatively sparse changes to good collaboration with Sherman on what the Board wanted.
I think the superintendent delivered a budget that put us at a very good starting point, Folkerts said.
The adopted budget appeases parent and teacher concerns about cutting the reading teacher position at each of the 13 elementary schools by reinstating it as a part-time position at each school.
After receiving consistent, considerable attention during the Boards public hearings in previous weeks, the agreed-upon solution adds nearly $500,000 to expenditures, according to budget documents.
Board member Marc Williams praised the budget for its attention to special education, middle schools and English language learner programming, which were not directly affected by the changes adopted Thursday.
While adding a total of nine positions to Shermans original January 21 pitch, the Boards budget also softens the blow of cost-sharing efforts for employees. Thursdays decision reduced employee share of their supplemental retirement program from 1 percent to a half of a percent, saving teachers and staff nearly $600,000.
For others in the school community, the Boards construction plans for the next year also adopted Thursday provide a remedy several years in the making.
At last, money is allocated for constructing a new turf field and track with lights on the Francis C. Hammond Middle School Campus.
The project, not slated to begin until the summer of 2011, will cost roughly $1.6 million, according to budget documents, and became possible after the Board realized it had more than a million dollars available from a previously settled legal matter at the school stemming from construction work in the gymnasium.
Thats pretty exciting when you think about it because I know there were some of us that were really pushing to see the Hammond field picked for city improvements in 2010, Folkerts said. Its just really, really needed for that school.
Among the other late additions to the budget was a $15,000 allocation to re-register one grade level and address issues with students illegally attending ACPS from other jurisdictions, according to budget documents.
The ACPS budget will be finalized later this spring based on any changes in city and state spending plans.


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Specially-designed nipples for Caprine-style feeders (regular and small). Nipple fits through a 5/8" hole in pail. (For metal pails which have thin walls, 9/16" hole gives snugger fit.) Flange on back of nipple holds plastic tube which extends down into the milk. Kids "drink through a straw." Nipple fits onto most pop bottles; many breeders prefer the Caprine nipples for bottle feeding.


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Mitutoyo – 611304-541 Steel Rectangular Gage Block, ASME Grade AS-1, 0.004″ Length
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The Mitutoyo grade AS-1 rectangular gage block is made of steel, has its nominal length engraved in inches, and is supplied with a Mitutoyo inspection certificate that states that the block meets American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) B89.1.9-2002 grade standard for flatness, length, parallelism, and surface finish. The inspection certificate specifies the deviation of the individual block from its nominal length. Gage blocks are commonly used to calibrate fixtures and precision instruments in workshop, inspection, and dimensional metrology applications, to inspect tools such as mounting tools, cutters, fixtures, and mechanical parts, and in the gage manufacturing process itself.
This grade AS-1 gage block is commonly used for workshop and inspection applications to calibrate fixtures and precision instruments, to inspect a variety of tools such as mounting tools, cutters, fixtures, and mechanical parts, and for gage manufacturing applications. It is made of high-carbon, high-chrome steel which has a high hardness for minimum deterioration, and is selected for its wear-resistance. This gage block has a rectangular base for accurate wringing. Nominal length is measured in inches, and is indicated with laser-etched, black characters. The length of a gage block is usually slightly shorter than its stamped nominal length, to account for the thin layer of oil or wring film used when two or more blocks are wrung together. An identification number is laser-etched on the block for traceability. The block has a depth of 0.355 inches. It comes in a carrying case with a padded, formed interior.
This gage block is supplied with a Mitutoyo inspection certificate [National Institute of Standards in Engineering (NIST)-traceable] that the block meets ASME B89.1.9-2002 standard for flatness, length, parallelism, and surface finish.
Gage blocks (also called gauge blocks, Hoke blocks, Jo blocks, slip gages, and Johansson gages) are blocks used to calibrate measuring equipment and to standardize the measurement of length in manufacturing industries. They are commonly made of precision-ground steel, ceramic, or carbide material, and have a square or rectangular base. Each block has a unique identification number. Length is in inch or millimeter measurement. They can be sold individually, and are also sold in sets with blocks of varying lengths. Gage blocks can be wrung together to create a required length. Wringing is the process of lapping blocks together with a small amount of oil. They are standardized by grade, which refers to the tolerance or deviation of an individual block from its nominal length. Gage block grades are defined for flatness, length, parallelism and surface finish. Some grades of gage blocks meet standards such as ASME, Association for Iron and Steel (AIST), and International Organization for Standards. Application and required level of accuracy dictate which grade of gage block should be used. Some manufacturers provide an internally-generated certificate of inspection to verify that a gage block meets grade standards. Gage blocks can also go through a calibration certification process to verify measurement accuracy. Calibration is performed by an accredited facility. Gage blocks are commonly recalibrated after use to ensure dimensional accuracy. If a gage block does not meet calibration standards, it should no longer be used. Both a certificate of inspection and a calibration certificate specify the deviation from the nominal length.
Mitutoyo manufactures precision measuring tools, metrology equipment, and systems. The company was founded in Tokyo in 1934 and formed Mitutoyo America Corporation in 1963, which is headquartered in Aurora, IL.
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And finally, this hour, we remember Earl Scruggs, the master of the five-string banjo, who has died at age 88. As a young man, he created his own style of fingerpicking on the banjo that would come to bear his name: Scruggs style. He got his start with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys in the 1940s and then teamed up with Lester Flatt as Flatt and Scruggs. And he influenced countless players over his many decades of music, among them, fellow banjo player Tony Trischka, who joins me now.
And, Tony, this has got to be a sad night for many, many players out there who have played and admired Earl Scruggs for years.
TONY TRISCHKA: It's an incredibly sad night, something that we knew was coming because he'd seemed to be in failing health over the last number of months, but still it's - you're never prepared for something like this.
BLOCK: Yeah. How would you describe what was so innovative about what Earl Scruggs did on the banjo?
TRISCHKA: Well, there's so many innovations, and we certainly don't have the time to cover them all. I interviewed him once, and he explained that what he felt he added to the banjo was syncopation, which means that you have the beat coming in different places than you expect it to come. It's almost like a jazz-like approach. He was very influenced by swing music and what he called boogie-woogie music. And so people were playing in the three-finger style before he did, but he codified it and added so much to it and created his own Scruggs style. And that's how he looked at it. He considered it Scruggs style.
BLOCK: Yeah. It's often described as a rolling style of picking on the banjo.
TRISCHKA: Right. It was just a very smooth, percussive, hugely exciting sound. And there are a lot of recordings of him on the Grand Ole Opry from the late 1940s - '46, '47, '48 - where there would be - they'd be making a bigger deal about Earl Scruggs than about Bill Monroe and his Bill Monroe's Band. They talked about Earl and that fancy banjo picking, and he would take all the solos in certain songs. So it was just a brand-new sound.
BLOCK: One of the other things that's so interesting about Earl Scruggs and also his, you know, teaming up with Lester Flatt is that they popularized bluegrass music well beyond the boundaries of the bluegrass audience, right?
TRISCHKA: Well, exactly. Probably, most people would be familiar with Earl Scruggs if they remember the Beverly Hillbillies. That was Earl Scruggs playing the banjo part on that. And there are a number of defining moments in banjo playing that has put the banjo over the top, one of which was "Bonnie and Clyde," where the car chase scenes were Earl Scruggs' 1951 recording of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown." And apparently, Warren Beatty called Earl Scruggs to say, I want to use the 1951 version rather than the later one because the '51 version was the cool, hip one.
BLOCK: Ha. Wow.
TRISCHKA: So Warren Beatty was tuned into Earl Scruggs...
TRISCHKA: ...and then, of course, the Beverly Hillbillies.
BLOCK: That says a lot right there.
TRISCHKA: Major, major advances for the banjo.
BLOCK: Yeah. What's your favorite memory, Tony, of the time that you spent with Earl Scruggs?
TRISCHKA: I, probably - there are a number of favorite memories, but I think of - certainly, the most exciting and profound one for me was that he played on an album I recorded maybe six or seven years ago. With Earl, he was a very - somewhat retiring gentleman who had this genius, a profound genius, and here I was sitting knee to knee with him. And, well, here I am, you know, getting ready to record with Earl. And it was - I was sort of taking for granted, then I was thinking, wait, this is Earl Scruggs. This is, you know, he's had a profound effect on my life.
BLOCK: Yeah.
TRISCHKA: And so - and we played one of his tunes called "Farewell Blues." It was just, you know, I can't even put into words what that felt like.
BLOCK: Well, Tony Trischka, thank you so much for being with us tonight.
TRISCHKA: Thank you, Melissa. I really appreciate it.
BLOCK: That's Tony Trischka remembering Earl Scruggs, who died at age 88. And we're going out now with his recording of Foggy Mountain Breakdown.
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Offline Updates using systemd and PackageKit
Make updating of system components more reliable by doing it in an minimal, controlled environment.
- Name: Richard Hughes Lennart Poettering
- Email: email@example.com, email@example.com
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 18
- Last updated: 2012-07-23
- Percentage of completion: 100%
The necessary systemd and PackageKit infrastructure has landed in rawhide with systemd 183 and PackageKit 0.8.1. All the necessary plymouth and GNOME pieces have landed in rawhide with GNOME 3.5.4. The feature is testable now.
Detailed Description
By "offline" OS updates we mean package installations and updates that are run with the system booted into a special system update mode, in order to avoid problems related to conflicts of libraries and services that are currently running with those on disk.
Updates will be downloaded in the background, and the user will be informed about available updates only once they are actually ready to be installed.
Installing updates will still be the users choice - if system updates are available, we will offer 'Install Updates & Restart' in addition to a plain 'Power Off' in the menus.
The system update mode is implemented by booting into a special target. The target installs the downloaded updates and then reboots back into the regular default target. Safeguards are in place to ensure that we reboot back into the default target even if the update fails or the update process crashes. For more details, see http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/SystemUpdates. After logging in again, the user is notified that system updates have been installed (or that the update has failed).
Note that this feature does not prevent you from using yum and other commandline tools to install updates whenever you want to. We also differentiate updates of 'OS components' (which we want to do in this offline fashion) from application updates and installations, which should still be possible from the UI without restarting the system.
The differentiation between 'OS components' and applications is necessarily a heuristic, since Fedora only knows about packages. The initial heuristic is that a package is considered an application if it installs a desktop file that is shown in the menus. This is not perfect and can be refined when additional metadata becomes available.
Also note that this feature is about implementing offline updates for GNOME. Other spins are not affected, although they could choose to use the same systemd and PackageKit infrastructure, and provide a similar experience.
Benefit to Fedora
Replacing libraries and files while the OS is running can cause problems ranging from application crashes to inconsistent system states where processes are using different versions of a library at the same time. By installing system updates 'outside' the normal system operation, we avoid these problems.
Secondary benefits of the work done for this feature include that we are downloading all updates before we notify the user about available updates, and thus avoid unpleasant wait times.
- Update systemd to version >= 183 (done)
- Complete the PackageKit support for offline updates (done)
- Update gnome-packagekit to support offline updates
- Update gnome-settings-daemon to support offline updates (done)
- Update gnome-session to offer a restart dialog (done)
- Update gnome-shell to offer 'Install Updates & Restart' when updates are available (done)
- Adjust plymouth to show useful information during the offline update (done)
How To Test
- Testcase: Available system updates
- Use repositories which have system updates available
- Verify that you are not notified about available updates before they have been downloaded
- The 'Software Updates' UI should not offer to directly install system updates
- The user status menu should have a 'Restart and install updates' item
- Testcase 2: Installing system updates
- In the situation of testcase 1, choose 'Restart and install updates'
- Verify that the system shuts down, then restarts in the system update mode
- Plymouth should show a spinner or progress bar and inform you that software updates are installed
- When this completes, the system should reboot again, bringing you to the login screen
- Log in
- Verify that the 'Restart and install updates' menuitem is gone
- Rebooting the system now will not enter the system update mode, but just reboot as usual
- Testcase: Update problem
- Same situation as testcase 1, but with a package set that will not successfully update (one way to achieve this would be to manually set up a repository with an inconsistent set of updates)
- Repeat the same steps as in testcase 2
- Verify that the system update fails, but you get rebooted again and end up at the login screen again
- Verify that you get notified about the failed update attempt
- Verify that the failed system update is not tried again if you reboot again
- Testcase: Commandline use
- Same situation as testcase 1
- Open a terminal and run yum update
- Verify that this works as before
- Testcase: Application updates
- Use repositories which have application updates available
- Open 'Software Updates'
- Verify that the available updates are listed, and that you can install them without rebooting
- Testcase: Non-privileged user
- Create a user account
- Set up PolicyKit policy so that this user is not allowed to install updates (TODO: details needed)
- Verify that available updates do not cause notifications or other disruptions for this user
- Testcase: Disabling automatic downloads
- Install an override for the setting that controls whether PackageKit downloads updates automatically (TODO: details needed)
- Verify that updates are not downloaded even if they are available
User Experience
The desired user experience for System updates is described in https://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/SoftwareUpdates
None outside of systemd, packagekit and GNOME components
Contingency Plan
If offline updates don't work in time for F18, we can go back to installing all updates while the system is running.
- http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/SystemUpdates
- http://gitorious.org/packagekit/packagekit/blobs/master/contrib/systemd-updates/README.txt
- http://live.gnome.org/GnomeOS/Design/Whiteboards/SoftwareUpdates
Release Notes
- Fedora 18 introduces offline system updates, which means that updates of system components are installed in a special environment outside the normal system operation.


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Designing a rich Internet application (RIA) can test even an experienced design team. The hardest challenge is to blend Web and desktop paradigms to create a responsive and intuitive experience. Some paradigms that exist in the desktop environment are ill-suited for the Web, while many of the Web paradigms people are familiar with (paging, explicit refresh) are no longer necessary with RIA technologies like Flex and Ajax. As this space matures, we are learning more and more about which boundaries can be pushed, and which patterns transcend time and technology. While working on the book Designing Web Interfaces, Bill Scott and I explored hundreds of Web applications searching for these patterns. Armed with a crazy amount of examples, we distilled the patterns into six principles:
- Make It Direct
- Keep It Lightweight
- Stay in the Page
- Provide Invitations
- Use Transitions
- React Immediately
But we didn't tackle the larger topic of how to create a rich application. What is the process? How did products like Mint, Balsamiq, and Wufoo get so good?
This article will outline the process we use to create rich applications, focusing primarily on screen design. All of the content is geared specifically toward productivity applications like Software as a Service (SaaS) products and Rich Enterprise Applications (REAs).
Designing for Richness
Adding an accordion or coverflow to an application doesn't make it rich. It could even degrade users' experiences. Starting a design/redesign at the control or screen level can be an expensive and frustrating exercise. Really good RIAs embody richness on all four of these levels:
- Application Structure
- Screen Design
- UI Controls
- Interaction Design
Application Structure
Structuring the application properly will ensure a solid base for the rest of the design process. There are three types of application structure:
- Information: The right structure to use when people need to browse, compare, comprehend information. For example, maps, news readers, dashboards, media players, online stores, etc.
- Process: The right structure to use when people need to provide information in a structured manner. For example, product configuration, setup, or installation; registration forms; tax preparation; checkout; booking travel.
- Creation: The right structure to use when people need to create new content or modify existing content. For example, blogging, illustrating, coding, photo editing, diagramming.
To pick the right one, we need to know the primary user's goal.
Application structure is based on the user's goal.
Unless we're designing a product the likes of which the market has never imagined, identifying the users goal can be a quick and painless process. We typically work closely with the business/product owner to write a short story for each of the primary personas. At this stage it is essential to focus on the goal, not the tasks. We sketch up a storyboard and validate it with an informal user group.
Early storyboard to validate user goals.
Once we understand the user goals, we can pick the right application structure. Some applications will have multiple structures; maybe the user needs to configure a product initially (process structure), but afterwards the goal is to analyze information (information structure). This is completely normal and can be designed for.
Next we build on the personas and storyboards to diagram the screen map and process flow diagrams.
Screen map using the information application structure and hub-and-spoke principle.
Once these are established, we can start designing the screens.
Screen Design
We approach screen design with the "one screen per goal" philosophy. For instance, if the user's goal is to find a couple of houses and contact a realtor to set up showings, we design one screen to support this instead of creating one screen for every task in the flow. This takes some finesse and discipline, but it will eliminate unnecessary navigation from the most common workflows.
These 15 screen layouts illustrate the current best practices in RIA design. Be sure to check out the accompanying presentation on Slideshare (also embedded at the end of this article) with examples from 80 recent RIAs.
The Master/Detail screen layout can be vertical, horizontal, or even nested. It is ideal for creating an efficient user experience by allowing the user to stay in the same screen while navigating between items. A horizontal layout is a good choice when the user needs to see more information in the master list than just a few identifiers, or when the master view is comprised of a set of items that each have additional details.
Column Browse
The Column Browse screen layout can be vertical or horizontal and a number of levels deep. Ideal for creating an custom user experience by allowing the user to start from various entry points for navigating hierarchal or related data.
Palette/Canvas is the perfect layout for the documentation or creation of linear or non-liner processes, flow diagrams, screen layouts, and designs/diagrams with physical size or layout constraints. The palette can be floating, dockable, or permanently situated. Consider offering a "fullscreen" toggle to give users maximum real estate for creating content.
A Dashboard layout will provide key information at a glance, real time data, easy to read graphics, and clear entry points for exploration. Stephen Few's book, Information Dashboard Design: The Effective Visual Communication of Data can be used for reference in designing and testing Dashboard designs.
The Spreadsheet layout can offer easy edits, additions, previews and totaling. This type of screen should provide the following functionality: standard table features like sort, hide/show columns, rearrange columns, group by (if applicable), global level undo/redo, add/insert/delete row, keyboard navigation, import and export, and possibly preview and summary functionality.
Interactive Model
The Interactive Model layout is characterized by many interactive elements associated with a core object (e.g., a graph, calendar, map, sheet music, or text). It closely aligns with the user's mental model and offers direct manipulation.
The Search screen pattern can range from very simple to quite advanced. This pattern is ideal for creating an efficient user experience by allowing the user to navigate directly to an item or set of items meeting specific criteria.
Refine Dataset
The Refine Dataset layout can be vertical or horizontal, and is ideal for creating an efficient user experience by allowing the user to refine a set of known data, or further refine search results.
Parallel Panels
Parallel Panels can be stacked (showing one at a time) or unstacked (showing all at once). This pattern is ideal for organizing chunks of information that are similar or have interdependent tendencies. Efficiency is gained by keeping the user in one screen. Ideal candidates for the stacked variation of this pattern are simple workflows with a visible goal that is fed by multiple inputs or multiple non-sequential steps.
The Wizard layout is ideal for guiding a user through a complex or infrequent workflow. It can be vertical or horizontal depending on the nature of the data.
The Q/A screen layout is ideal for helping a user quickly find a solution. Q/A differs from Search/Results in that it can assist users in identifying possible options or a single recommendation in an arena they are lacking expert knowledge (e.g., health insurance, mortgages, or budgeting).
Any Form layouts should be approached with a solid understanding of usability and design best practices. Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks by Luke Wroblewski is a terrific resource for designing forms.
Portal layouts can provide a high degree of customization for users. They're ideal for news sites, but not a replacement for a well-designed Dashboard in a business application.
Tabs can be vertical or horizontal. The Tabbed layout should be explored after all other layouts have been considered. Before choosing the Tabbed layout, double check that this approach won't make users tab between sections to complete a single workflow. Remember to apply the "one screen per goal" philosophy. A Tabbed layout can work well when there is workflow requiring data to be analyzed from multiple perspectives, as with a list, chart, and heat map.
Browse can provide the best layout for users who goal is to quickly scan and navigate information. It can be two or three columns and typically the primary content is in the left most column, with additional related options served up in the right column(s).
Check out these designs in action; this presentation includes screenshots from 80+ current RIAs organized by screen layout.
View more presentations from Theresa Neil.
UI Controls
Equally important as the layout is the selection of the right UI controls for the screen. Although we try to avoid designing for the chosen framework, we do invest a good chunk of time learning about it so we know what is technically feasible.
While some frameworks have a great set of controls out of the box (JQuery, Flex, ExtJs, Telerik Rad Controls), others offer only a subset of common controls and/or are designed with no regard for usability. Talk with the development team about what is feasible with the chosen framework, timeline, and budget. We use these 30 Essential Controls as our starting point for these discussions.
Once we get the screens 60-70% complete, we transition to prototyping, and those early discussions with the development team prove invaluable. 70% is the amount of design Todd Warfel recommends having design be 70% complete before beginning prototyping in his book, Prototyping: A Practitioner's Guide. He suggests getting just enough designed to get buy-in from the user group and the stakeholders. Here are the types of questions we get when we pitch these designs:
- What happens when I click here?
- Will this move when I…?
- Oh, cool, can I…?
Instead of designing more wireframes to answer these questions, we build an interactive prototype. The best practices and examples in Designing Web Interfaces guide the interaction design down a proven path. And the resulting prototype can be played with, tested, refined, and then delivered as part of the development specs. This has proved to be quite a bit quicker, cheaper, and more effective for getting a good RIA developed than our old approach which resulted in a massive stack of wireframes and interaction specs.
Learn More
If you have found this article valuable, be sure to check out:
- Designing for Interesting Moments, a SlideShare presentation by Bill Scott.
- Designing Rich Applications, a SlideShareBy presentation by me, Theresa Neil.
- DesignGalleRIA, a design gallery and showcase of the best rich Internet applications.
- Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks, by Luke Wroblewski. Rosenfeld Media, May 2008.
- Prototyping: A Practitioner's Guide, by Todd Warfel. Rosenfeld Media, May 2008.
- Designing for Flex,An Adobe Developer Connection article by Rob Adams.
- The Designer's Guide to Web Applications, Part 1: Structures and Flows , a User Interface Engineering paper by Hagan Rivers.
- Designing Web Interfaces: Principle and Patterns for Rich Interactions,by Bill Scott and Theresa Neil. O'Reilly Media, January 2009.
- About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design, by Alan Cooper, Robert Reimann, and David Cronin. Wiley, May 2007.
- Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design, by Jenifer Tidwell. O'Reilly Media, November 2005.


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Obama voiced skepticism about the National Rifle Association's proposal to put armed guards in schools following the Dec. 14 tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. The president made his comments in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press."
Instead, the president vowed to rally the American people around an agenda to limit gun violence, adding that he still supports increased background checks and bans on assault weapons and high-capacity bullet magazines. He left no doubt it will be one of his top priorities next year.
"It is not enough for us to say, `This is too hard so we're not going to try,"' Obama said.
"I think there are a vast majority of responsible gun owners out there who recognize that we can't have a situation in which somebody with severe psychological problems is able to get the kind of high capacity weapons that this individual in Newtown obtained and gun down our kids," he added. "And, yes, it's going to be hard."
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The schoolhouse shootings, coming as families prepared for the holidays, have elevated the issue of gun violence to the forefront of public attention. Six adult staff members were also killed at the elementary school. Shooter Adam Lanza committed suicide, apparently as police closed in. Earlier, he had killed his mother at the home they shared.
The tragedy immediately prompted calls for greater gun controls. But the NRA is strongly resisting those efforts, arguing instead that schools should have armed guards for protection. Some gun enthusiasts have rushed to buy semiautomatic rifles of the type used by Lanza, fearing sales may soon be restricted.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Kitchen Reveal Day
Penny from Lake Lure Cottage Kitchen, came up with an idea for an Annual Kitchen Reveal Day that would allow others to see where our cooking is done. My kitchen is part of a great room and it's always on display. That keeps me on my toes. I've included a shot of the pantry as well. The pantry makes the placement of the kitchen possible. Our home is built into a hillside and because of its many windows the house is full of light even on gray Oregon days.
49 comments :
- Marie said...
How gorgeous and serene! Looks so inviting, especially to cook in.
- November 18, 2009 at 1:41 AM
- ♥ Liz ♥ said...
Wow it's like something out of a show house or magazine. One good thing about seeing your is that I now know mine needs tidying up :)
- November 18, 2009 at 2:24 AM
- Coleens Recipes said...
Beautiful!! I love your wood floors. Everything is so nice and bright.
- November 18, 2009 at 2:33 AM
- Selba said...
Oh Mary.... I can directly tell from your kitchen pictures that you have a beautiful house!!! I love house with a lot of windows :)
Thanks for revealing your kitchen look! - November 18, 2009 at 4:13 AM
- Deb in Hawaii said...
Such a beautiful kitchen and wonderful pantry. I love all the warm lighting.
- November 18, 2009 at 4:42 AM
- Carol at Serendipity said...
Absolutely beautiful! No wonder you are such a wonderful cook!
Carol - November 18, 2009 at 6:53 AM
- Donna-FFW said...
Mary, I am green with envy. Your kitchen is absolutely beautiful, and that pantry a godsend!
- November 18, 2009 at 7:05 AM
- Schnitzel and the Trout said...
Mary, I studied your photos quite a while. First of all, I noticed that beautiful Japanese influenced screen by the dining table. Then, I noticed on the top photo the screen opens to display windows. Beautiful. And, of course, your pantry is just as I imagined, because your orderly personality comes through in every post. Thanks for sharing. Loved it.
- November 18, 2009 at 7:19 AM
- NKP said...
So beautiful! I love how light and airy it is. So much life coming in through the windows. And so clean!
Great pantry too, must be a joy to work with.
ps, your guest post is up on the cheese site. Thanks so very much! - November 18, 2009 at 7:22 AM
- Ginger said...
I am sitting here shaking my head! Somehow I just knew your kitchen would look like that (that being incredible!) WOW I really must say thank you for sharing.
- November 18, 2009 at 7:25 AM
- Lisa McDonald said...
Absolutely beautiful! The panty is awesome.
Lisa - November 18, 2009 at 7:26 AM
- Patricia @ ButterYum said...
What a fantastic home Mary. It's truly lovely! I love your glass canisters, all the wonderful light that floods the space, and of course the pantry!
ButterYum - November 18, 2009 at 9:01 AM
- Haden News said...
What a beautiful kitchen and pantry!! Looks like it came right out of a magazine... you have beautiful taste! Thanks for sharing.
- November 18, 2009 at 9:08 AM
- Foley said...
Just beautiful - love all the wood! Also nice and cozy, very inviting. Which doesn't surprise me in the least.
Wish you would have posted a link to the others..would have loved to see them! - November 18, 2009 at 9:14 AM
- Katherine Roberts Aucoin said...
Wow! What a show place! Very elegant as is everything you share with us from your heart and your kitchen.
- November 18, 2009 at 9:16 AM
- The Chef In My Head said...
What a beautiful kitchen!!! Now I have to go clean mine, post later. The lighting is wonderful and helps explain your gorgeous, good enough to eat photos! I love it. Granite countertops are the way to go, and I really like your table perfect for gathering, easy conversation and all those amazing meals you prepare. - LeslieMichele
- November 18, 2009 at 9:32 AM
- George Gaston said...
Mary... I can see your creativity in every frame. Now, I know were your incredible style in your cooking comes from ~ Absolutely beautiful!
- November 18, 2009 at 9:50 AM
- food with style said...
fun to see where all the magic comes from! beautiful home~
- November 18, 2009 at 9:55 AM
- Tanyia said...
Absolutely lovely! My favorite parts are the beautiful view...which would make it a kitchen I would never want to leave, and that beautiful woodwork on the wall by the table! Lovely!
- November 18, 2009 at 10:00 AM
- Inspired by eRecipeCards said...
You have such a lovely home... Be honest, you cleaned and sparkled cause you knew you were showing photos. I am going to photograph mine right now, but will have to hide some of the clutter or my wife will be ticked off.
I LOVE this idea, and hope a lot of folks play along - November 18, 2009 at 10:02 AM
- Meals by Misty said...
Your pantry is so fun! I could have a field day in there! Great inspiration....lovely home :)
- November 18, 2009 at 10:10 AM
- Dee said...
wow mary, it is beautiful! well suited for a cook of your skill! i LOVE the windows over the sink .. ahhh it is my dream to live in a home like that. really lovely!
- November 18, 2009 at 10:16 AM
- surfingtheworldcuisine said...
What a beautiful and cosy kitchen!!! Beautiful colors and so welcoming!!!
- November 18, 2009 at 12:44 PM
- surfingtheworldcuisine said...
How beautiful!!! Lovely colors and so cosy!!!
- November 18, 2009 at 12:47 PM
- Kat said...
What a beautiful kitchen (and home!) I love how light and bright it is. And that pantry is fabulous! Kathy
- November 18, 2009 at 4:52 PM
- Sasha said...
Wow, what a beautiful kitchen you have!
- November 18, 2009 at 4:59 PM
- noble pig said...
Mary your home is absolutely beautiful, warm and inviting. It suits you perfectly as I feel those adjectives also describe you to a T. Thank you for sharing.
- November 18, 2009 at 5:14 PM
- Mimi said...
What a beautiful kitchen. I love all the windows, so light and airy.
Mimi - November 18, 2009 at 5:58 PM
- Claudia said...
What fun!I am loving visiting kitchens. Hoping to switch to wood one of these days. Yours looks so inviting - but what I'd really like - is your pantry! Lovely!
- November 18, 2009 at 7:03 PM
- Bunny said...
It's perfect!! I love all those windows!
- November 18, 2009 at 7:48 PM
- Katy ~ said...
Your home belongs in Better Homes & Gardens. It's breathtakingly beautiful.
- November 18, 2009 at 7:54 PM
- Glenda/MidSouth said...
Wow! What a great kitchen and pantry. No wonder you love to cook so much! :)
- November 18, 2009 at 7:56 PM
- Penny from Enjoying The Simple Things said...
I LOVE your pantry!! How wonderful.
- November 18, 2009 at 10:04 PM
- Ebie said...
Wow! I cannot help but admire how beautiful it is! Every arrangement and detail deserve to be in a magazine cover!
Thank you for opening your house to us! - November 18, 2009 at 10:30 PM
- Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪 said...
Your kitchen is like a specialty shop, very nice like a magazine
Thanks for visiting. - November 18, 2009 at 10:44 PM
- Rettabug said...
Mary, your home is as lovely as your food & your photos! You truly are an artist in all that you touch.
I'm so glad you included these photos for us to get to see where you work & play.....and share with us!! :D
ps I COVET THAT PANTRY!!!!! - November 18, 2009 at 11:08 PM
- Kathleen said...
Mary, it is just beautiful! Immaculate..and the pantry is fabulous. You are a wonderful photographer too!
- November 18, 2009 at 11:20 PM
- Esi said...
I want your kitchen!!!!!
- November 19, 2009 at 1:25 AM
- Unknown said...
Your home looks like it's out of a magazine. I've never been able to keep on my toes quite so well as you, which is why I only took one photo!
- November 19, 2009 at 1:40 AM
- My Little Space said...
How I wish I own one of this kitchen. So perfect! Just my kind of kitchen except I want all glass closet cover. Your house is really gorgeous! Thank you for sharing with us. Love it.
- November 19, 2009 at 3:15 AM
- Penny said...
Mary, Your kitchen looks as elegant as you are. And totally organized. Thank you for participating in this. It was fun, even though I was late in getting my post up due to company. Let's all post Thanksgiving chaos!
- November 19, 2009 at 7:16 AM
- rosasdolcevita said...
Oh Mary ... your kitchen is absolutely stunning! And so well organized. Thanks for sharing your kitchen.
- November 19, 2009 at 9:06 AM
- JoAnn said...
I would give anything for a pantry where everything is in full view. It is hard to keep an area "clutter free" when it's right where people walk in to your home. Thanks for sharing your beautiful kitchen.
- November 19, 2009 at 9:29 AM
- Tanya said...
Wow! It's my dream kitchen! I've always lived out of a tiny apartment kitchen.....one can dream, can't they? Now I want YOUR kitchen :)
- November 19, 2009 at 10:45 AM
- Whitney said...
I love this! So lovely to see where you make all your amazing creations! Gorgeous kitchen.
- November 19, 2009 at 7:47 PM
- Charlene said...
What a beautiful kitchen, but it's the pantry that gets my thumb's up!
- November 20, 2009 at 3:37 PM
- Sam Hoffer / My Carolina Kitchen said...
Gorgeous kitchen Mary. I love the windows and your pantry is amazing.
Sam - November 20, 2009 at 4:51 PM
- joyh82 said...
Wow your kitchen is just amazing and I love that huge pantry you have too.
- November 23, 2009 at 7:00 PM
- Vicki ~ FL said...
What a beautiful kitchen and your pantry is to die for! Love all the wood you've incorporated.
- November 23, 2009 at 10:37 PM