Have you ever been on a mobile website, filling out a form, being asked for your email address, and much to your annoyance the keyboard being shown on your phone doesn’t have a “@” or a “.” on it? Here’s how you can make your web forms better.
A pattern library is like a style guide, but instead of it defining the elements which are outwardly facing, a pattern library is a repository of the way code should be consistently written.
A general outline of some of the concepts in the UX process such as wireframing, storyboarding, mockups, prototypes and more!
Getting started with web app development? I have made a little video to give you a head start by showing you three free products you might want to put on your computer.
I have been a little creeped out by Google ads following me online. They track what you search for, sites you visit on Chrome, and the contents of your emails. They’re even putting targeted ads in my email on newsletters I subscribe to. Of course, Google doesn’t charge me for anything – Gmail, Google Drive, … Read more Alternatives to the Google Ecosystem
Google is doing something good here. If a website isn’t using SSL (i.e. https://), it is easily hackable. It’s not something I do, but there is even freeware like the Beef Project that gives someone a UI to exploit non-secure http sites. In the latest post from the Google Security Blog, Google let us all … Read more In July Google Chrome will Mark all HTTP sites as “Not Secure”
Remember Google’s slogan in their early days? It was “Don’t Be Evil.” Yes, really. Ok, now that you’ve stopped laughing, you should know that some former employees of both Google and Facebook have started an organization called the Center for Human Technology. Their website states the problem clearly: What began as a race to monetize … Read more Former Facebook and Google Employees are Fighting What They Helped Create
I just posted a new repository of some HTML5 page starter code. Feel free to clone it, fork it, or download it for your own use.
As I continue to find topics related to ethical design, one name that seems to steadily pop-up is that of Anil Dash. I like that he is bringing this to more people’s attention. Here’s a quick video of him answering the question that my blog asks in every post: Does Technology Need to Be Ethical? … Read more Anil Dash: A Voice for the Moral Imagination in Technology
The marketing people at Apple know how to make people feel good. It’s a big part of the company’s success. One thing that they do really well, on their website and on their physical packaging, is the use of white space. The term, white space, simply means the empty space that is not used for … Read more White Space: Ahhhhhh!