Tag Archives: design
Outrunning the Bear: the Problem with Responsive Images
I’m all in favour of responsive design for one reason more than anything else: I hate zooming in on squinty text on my phone. Most sites have a small enough body font combined with a long enough measure that even … Read more…
Your Client Does Not Know More than You
I read an article on Six Revisions today on the subject of a designer’s perceived arrogance versus the client’s better knowledge of their business. It could have been a good article; it had some very valid points, but it was … Read more…
On Responsive Design, Grids and the Golden Canon of Web Page Construction
Before I start, let’s get some stuff out of the way: I’m no Khoi Vinh. Neither am I an Ethan Marcotte or a Jeremy Keith. I’m not a published writer on the subject of grid theory, or a speaker on … Read more…
Web Fonts, Anti-Aliasing and @font-face
@font-face is the new darling of Web designers. With it, we can break out of the traditional web-safe font stacks and explore the full range of typography available to us in print. Of course, @font-face isn’t the first technique available … Read more…
On Interfaces, Plugins and the finer points of Application Design
I’ve been thinking a lot about interface design recently. Around client projects, I’ve been working on a premium WordPress theme called Bauhaus, which I’ll shortly be releasing on ThemeForest. I’ve spent a lot of time wrangling options in the WordPress admin interface, done a lot of research across the web and I’ve come to a startling conclusion, a lot of people are doing interface design wrong. Read more…
Twitter gets a facelift: the new Twitter interface deconstructed
Twitter is rolling out a new UI for its web client, and I think they’ve got it right. 78% of users are using the website to post and read tweets, and the updated interface incorporates a lot of features previously … Read more…
Improving the User Experience with Browser Sniffing: UX Tips for a Better Website
We’re used to using browser sniffing to work around incompatibilities, to serve different stylesheets or scripts to different User-Agents with different capabilities. Of course, that approach has fallen by the wayside in recent times, with best practice now dictating that … Read more…
When plagiarism doesn’t pay: the story of Matt Earnshaw, David Airey and Jon Hicks
A designer by the name of Matt Earnshaw thought he could get away with ripping off the work of David Airey, one of the most respected identity designers in the business. Here’s what happened… Read more…
