on-IDLE

on-IDLE is an independently owned and managed London-based design and web development agency, established in June 1999. The company trades in the UK, Swiss, South African and German markets, with clients being on average of 60% repeat business. Typical customers are in the media, retail, travel and education sectors. on-IDLE provide Branding, Design and Development services for offline and online mediums, which include: internet, extranet, intranet, mobile devices, print and signage. The company specialise in the development of CSS, XSLT, XML and Flash-based solutions, mostly driven by their in-house Open Source Content Management System. on-IDLE staff provide specialist web and print design software training to the London College of Communication, the Swiss Universities of Art and Design in Zürich and Bern, Online Labor Zurich and to the marketing departments of corporations. Marc and Ané-Mari Peter are also the authors of regularly published articles relating to new media industry matters in the UK, Germany and Switzerland. What does "on-IDLE" mean? "on-IDLE" is a script handler from the Lingo language used for Macromedia Director. It is a handler that is activated when everything is down , when the computer is idle. The "on" command activates the application / tool / device again. Similar to a car idling, it is ready to go, but only when the handler is activated (gas pedal and gears) does it go. on-IDLE do a lot of trouble-shooting and updates on previously developed work for agencies and companies, making the name more apt than ever in today's fast changing interactive environment. on-IDLE tease their customers with this made-up script: "on-IDLE go pub", i.e. leave the problem with them and go and relax.