Every year in the design community, new trends come out of the woodwork — some simply being reworks of old ideas while others are completely new. Among the design trends like infinite scrolling, minimally-designed landing pages, and large photographic backgrounds, there is the design…
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Mobile devices have become extremely popular, so web designers — just like software developers — are focusing in the transition to mobile apps. The popularity of mobile applications has created intense competition, and any opportunity to help your app stand out from the crowd…
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Times are changing…fast. So fast, in fact, that often web and graphic designers forget that certain symbols or icons that they place in designs may no longer be recognizable nor relevant. Symbols that one generation recognize immediately may be completely unknown to…
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One of the biggest challenges in responsive web design is getting your menus to function. If you’ve ever had to mess with it, you know what I’m talking about. You can use media queries to define CSS that applies when the screen…
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The smartphone revolution isn’t just changing the way people use their mobile devices. The transition from traditional “flip” phones to full-screen smartphones is changing the way people view their favorite web content. Increasingly, Internet users are reading their content on the go…
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I’m not going to lie; it’s tough to find quality mobile website designs. The problem is that it’s a lot easier to search around on a desktop computer, but then you have to use an app to change your user-agent or change…
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This may come as a surprise coming from a designer, but I am done with mobile websites. It’s time we get away from creating two entirely separate designs — one for desktop browsers and one for mobile sites. If we really want a web…
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Android has long been criticized for its lack of a focused user interface design language. Apps running on the platform often don’t feel like they’re apps for the same platform at all, lacking a sense of coherence and uniformity. While Apple’s clearly…
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Almost everyone with an iPhone or iPad spends a lot of time trying out new apps. Soon enough, your home screen is cluttered and most things you’ve installed go unused. It’s important for designers to get the design of their icons right…
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Following on from my last piece on user targeting for the mobile web, in this article we’ll look at validation and testing for mobile to ensure your site is just as compliant and bug-free on smartphones and tablets as it is on…
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