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Mobile Design’s Wake-Up Call: Preparing Websites For The Unexpected 14 Jan 2013 | 06:41 pm
Designing websites for smartphones is easy compared to retrofitting those already in place. More than that, it’s embarrassing how, almost eight years after CSS gained practical acceptance, a lack o...
Laying The Foundation: iOS Prototyping With TAP And Adobe Fireworks (Part 1) 11 Jan 2013 | 05:32 pm
One of the strengths of Adobe Fireworks lies in its ability to produce basic-level prototypes in HTML format for the purpose of sharing concepts, evaluating them and conducting usability tests. But...
Bandwidth Media Queries? We Don’t Need ’Em! 9 Jan 2013 | 07:06 pm
From time to time, when a discussion is taking place about ways to implement responsive images, someone comes along and says, “Hey, guys! What we really need is a media query that enables us to sen...
Improving Your Website Usability Tests 8 Jan 2013 | 05:12 pm
In one of the first usability tests I ever did, I met a lovely old lady who could not use a mouse. She kept lifting it in the air and pointing at the screen, speaking words of encouragement to the ...
Designer-Client Relationship: Getting Engaged 7 Jan 2013 | 05:37 pm
You probably hear about it every week, if not every day: a spiteful or ragged relationship has ended badly. There are bitter arguments, custody battles, legal entanglements, lives and homes broken ...
Freebie: Gemicon Icon Set (600 PNG Icons + PSD Source) 6 Jan 2013 | 07:56 pm
Today we are pleased to feature Gemicon, a set of over 600 original high-quality icons in resolutions of 16 × 16, 32 × 32 and 64 × 64 pixels. This set has been designed by Turqois and is being rele...
Putting Your Best Foot Forward: Preparing For A Front-End Job Interview 4 Jan 2013 | 05:44 pm
Moving on from your current job or stepping out into the real world once you’ve completed your studies can be daunting. Taking time to do a little preparation goes a long long way. If you come acro...
Starting An Open-Source Project 3 Jan 2013 | 04:57 pm
At Velocity 2011, Nicole Sullivan and I introduced CSS Lint, the first code-quality tool for CSS. We had spent the previous two weeks coding like crazy, trying to create an application that was bot...
Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: January 2013 31 Dec 2012 | 05:59 pm
We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting, beautiful and creative artwork. And as designers we usually turn to different sources of inspiration. As a ...
Backup Strategy: “My Hard Drive Crashed…” (and What I Learned From It) 28 Dec 2012 | 05:04 pm
The most valuable part of a computer is also its most fragile: Data are the wealth of a digital lifestyle, a currency of which many notes are irreplaceable. At least, that’s how I felt staring at a...
