April 2012
6 posts
“When our tools don’t work, we tend to blame ourselves, for being too stupid, or...”
– Steve Jobs on iPhone and usability
“Simplicity isn’t something you can stick on top of a user interface”
– Simplicity Isn’t Simple
Responsive viewport units →
dstorey:
With all this new fangled talk of responsive web design, its about time that we had a poster child CSS unit to go with it. So move over em, CSS3 Values and Units introduces a bunch of new viewport units that are getting ready for their time in the limelight. Motorola recently implemented…
52 Weeks of UX: What Does it Mean to be Simple? →
52weeksofux:
All designers say simplicity is important, but what does it really mean to make something simple? Most of the time we think it means less, that by removing stuff we achieve simplicity. We think by keeping content above the fold we’re helping people focus, or by using bullets instead of…
“Tetris was invented exactly when and where you would expect — in a Soviet...”
– Angry Birds, Farmville and Other Hyperaddictive ‘Stupid Games’ - NYTimes.com (via wonklife)
Are Hotels Hacking your Wifi Connection? →
imjustcreative:
Nice little expose by Justinsomnia. Turns out a certain hotel is kindly providing paying guests with wifi: with added injected Javascript of an ominous nature.
