Category: Development
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UI Missteps: Form over Function
Don’t get me wrong. The people at MacUpdate usually do a great job of managing and taking user feedback. But even with their careful curation of Mac & iOS apps that receive updates (sometimes numbering close to 100 OS X apps alone in one day), things slip through the cracks. I wasted about 5 minutes trying to…
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Developing Web Sites on OS X Faster & Easier
Tools I use that have made setting up a web development environment on the latest versions of OS X faster & easier than ever.
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TouchUI: The Misunderstood Paradigm, Part 2 is Out
It seems like only months ago I wrote this entire article in one sitting after pulling out comments I made to Mark via email on Josh’s views. Then had to mercilessly cut out about a third of it and rewrite parts over the next few days. But that’s because I’m old, and going off on…
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TouchUI: The Misunderstood Paradigm Excerpts
STIG: My Fantasy Touch UI baseline that hit the cutting room floor.
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Quick Shot: Too Long for a Tweet, Too Short for a Page
Okay, Quickly: This month has been a “lurning [sic] experience.” I am juggling multiple projects which are all related only by the fact that they’re simply making me a better designer. New tricks are being learned, etc. Sites are going up and being moved, and I’ll be updating everything and essentially leveraging what I learn…
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Fun with CSS3+ (Even Though it’s not finalized)
CSS3 animations & less layout headaches are pretty slick, but I’m not going to bother supporting MS browser quirks. I’ll wait for them to catch up. The person it matters to only cares about iPad compatibility (He uses Win7, but only FireFox). Mozilla browsers benefit from being closer to standards compliant though and the CSS…