Category: Design
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A List Apart ? 422: So Emotional
ISSUE ? 422 of A List Apart for people who make websites is all about working with the human element: The Homepage Exception By Johanna Bates Structured, automatic systems are great at managing content efficiently—but…
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Typelab interview with Jeffrey Zeldman | Typetester
The interview was conducted by Nick Sherman at TypeLab on June 13, 2015. The website is part of Typographics TypeLab and is a demonstration of what can be done with web typography within 24 hours. Source:…
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No Good Can Come of Bad Code: Ask Dr Web in A List Apart
Remember: the future will come whether you design for it or not. If your company charges $300,000 for a website that won’t work on next week’s most popular device, your company won’t be able to…
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The Way We Were: zeldman.com 10 Years Ago Today
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Material Design: Why the Floating Action Button is bad UX design
I HIGHLIGHTED so many passages in this brief, well-focused design argument, it’s almost embarrassing. Read it (it takes about three minutes), and you’ll wear out your virtual highlighter, too: Material Design is a design language introduced…
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A List Apart ? 421 Gets Personal
THERE’S GREAT reading for people who make websites in Issue No. 421 of A List Apart: Resetting Agency Culture by Justin Dauer Forget Air Hockey, Zen Gardens, and sleep pods: a true “dream” company invests…
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The Web is not Poor Man’s Native | in progress
TAKE A LOOK in dev tools; maybe you don’t need a couple of dozen trackers on every page. Chris Wilson on why Web vs. Native is the wrong question, and what web developers can do…
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My website is 20 years old today.
MY WEBSITE is 20 years old today. I’m dictating these remarks into a tiny handheld device, not to prove a point, but because, with gorgeously ironic timing, my wired internet connection has gone out. It’s…
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Screen Time: An Event Apart Video by Luke Wroblewski
FULL-LENGTH FRIDAY is here again! Enjoy another great 60-minute presentation ? An Event Apart, the design conference for people who make websites: In this 60-minute video captured live at An Event Apart Orlando: Special Edition,…
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A List Apart ? 420: Add Friction to Interactions, Customize With Care
IN ISSUE ? 420 of A List Apart: Meta-Moments: Thoughtfulness by Design by ANDREW GRIMES Does the internet ever stop you in your tracks? Does it sometimes make you pause and think about what you’re…
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A List Apart ? 419: Narratives & Conversations
IN ISSUE ? 419 of A List Apart: Do Androids Dream in Free Verse by JOSCELIN COOPER From ATMs to Siri to the button text in an application user interface, we “talk” to our tech—and…
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“Creative” is not a dirty word
THERE’S a meme promulgated by my dear friend Monteiro that they call you creative to take your power away. Rubbish. Don’t get me wrong. I agree with most of what Mike Monteiro has to say about design, which is…
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Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Medium?
Why are independent content creators afraid of Medium.com?
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Responsive Web Design’s Debut (with video)
IT WAS FIVE years ago today, Ethan Marcotte taught the web to play…nicely with all kinds of devices in all kinds of contexts. And he did it live on stage at An Event Apart Seattle…
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Progressive Enhancement FTW with Aaron Gustafson
IN EPISODE ? 130 of The Big Web Show (“Everything Web That Matters”), I interview long-time web standards evangelist Aaron Gustafson, author of Adaptive Web Design, on web design then and now; why Flipboard’s 60fps…