Square Rhythm
March 2013
1 post
February 2013
7 posts
It is always nice to think about the way we use our tools and lean on them so much for the design process… I know first-hand that in certain software environments, you really need to visualize the solution for a developer so they have a snapshot to code towards. Would love to meet someone who does web design for a living but can’t / won’t use Photoshop.
Don’t lose sight of the stories that you are designing for once you get into designing your UIs.
I have to say, I agree that when in doubt labels must be used.
I can’t remember the last time I saw this concept done, but this has been masterfully executed. There’s several of these I’d like to put on my wall.
October 2012
2 posts
This fluid search form works well with any resolution and is the first working example of
box-sizing: border-box;
that I’ve encountered in the wild that’s easily translatable across platforms.
Also, a sweet responsive schema for accordion-style pagination to full-width resolution of content divs. I’m going to try and incorporate this into the next >250 word subpage I need to make for a client, as it makes total sense for the user while staying semantically relevant in the code.
It’s amazing that no matter how much we talk about there being “no fold”, clients and users continue to demand such.
September 2012
2 posts
When I hear the argument for less buttons and more gestures, it always feels a little like we’re designing for a future that might be different than right now. How does your audience know to interact? Should they know already? Are you willing to teach them? All good questions to ask before pushing towards gestures as a replacement for UI elements.
August 2012
3 posts
So there’s a formula for everything!
You can design any product to try and be successful in every situation, but “UX depends not only on the product itself, but on the user and the situation in which they use the product.”
July 2012
1 post
June 2012
7 posts
CSS3 has some interesting units that I’ve never tried in a project - ‘vw’, ‘vh’, ‘vmin’. Thanks to @TrentWalton, I’m now investigating them to see how well they work with modernizr.
Interesting viewpoint about how many stylesheets should be in a css document. Also, some interesting sidenotes about CSS preprocessors and what you serve to the client in their loading of a webpage. Not sure if every site can use this schema, but most all sites can have their stylesheets broken into Global, Sectional, and Page-Specific schemas.
