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Apple's New Map
Four years in the making, it covers just 3% of the U.S.’s area and 4.9% of its population:
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 108 posts.
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iPhones are hard to use
I once wrote a user manual for a handheld engine-diagnostics module for Daewoo cars. I know “hard to use” when I see it. iPhones are hard to use.
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Learning from Terminals to Design the Future of User Interfaces
How we overvalue the wrong technology and novel aspects of interface design at the expense of substantial gains to our productivity.
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The Art Institute of Chicago Has Put 50k High-Res Images Online
The Art Institute of Chicago recently unveiled a new website design. As part of their first design upgrade in 6 years, they have placed more than 52,000 high-re
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Designing Windows 95’s User Interface
Three years ago I came across an interesting paper written up by a Microsoft employee, Kent Sullivan, on the process and findings of designing the new user interface for Windows 95. The web page ha…
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What happens when you ask people to draw a bike (2016)
In early 2016 I eventually decided it was my turn to take part in this project. I decided my job was going to be presenting the potential and the beauty inside these sketches. I selected those that I found most interesting and genuine and diverse, then rendered them as if they were real. I became the executor of these…
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Color: From Hex codes to Eyeballs
If you're curious about rainbows, colorimetry, gamma encoding, and experiments run in the late 1920s, then this is the post for you!
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I've compiled the best SaaS Landing pages and broke down all their secrets
We'll Rewrite Your SaaS Landing Page Into A High…2018561 points88 commentsTech Industry & Business details
SaaS Landing page inspiration is usually "pretty" but not conversion/result driven so in this article, I compiled the best SaaS Landing pages examples I've seen and broke-down their secrets for conversions!
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Ok-Cancel versus Cancel-Ok
Ok→Cancel versus Cancel→Ok (kovarex) A really strange debate started as a continuation of FFF-238. I insisted that the button order should obviously always be OK Cancel, as in any UI I see around. But little I knew, that this is actually specific to windows, and on Linux or macOS, the order is reversed: Eventually, we…
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Pixar's Rules of Storytelling (2013)
Pixar's Rules of Storytelling were originally tweeted by Emma Coats, a Pixar Story Artist. Rule 1: You admire a character for trying more than for their successes.
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The Elements of UI Engineering
What makes UI engineering difficult?
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CSS Grid for UI Layouts
In this article I’ll show you how to use CSS Grid to improve application layouts that need to respond and adapt to user interactions and changing conditions, and always have ...
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Writing copy for landing pages
Write copy that delights visitors, persuades prospects, and wins customers.
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Behind the Tech with John Carmack: 5k Immersive Video
The following post from John provides more information on this technology and the making of its sample video: a 5k re-release of the award-winning Henry, from Oculus Story Studios for Oculus Go and...
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The easiest way to keep your web apps accessible: Just use text
The easiest way to keep your web apps accessible: Just use text The web is no longer just a collection of […]
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The New Wave of Indian Type
Discover new fonts for Indian languages. Learn about open-source fonts & design solutions.
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The Trouble with D3
Recently there were a couple of threads on Twitter discussing the difficulties associated with learning d3.js. I’ve also seen this come up…
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Book Review: A Philosophy of Software Design
Jimmy Koppel's in-depth review of John Ousterhout's A Philosophy of Software Design, with case studies on specs, simple APIs, names, and types.
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Generative Art Finds Its Prodigy
In our last article " Why Love Generative Art ?" we had a blast putting the genre into the context of modern art history. In this article we interview contemporary generative art prodigy (my words, not his) Manolo Gamboa Naon from Argentina. Manolo's work feels like it is the re
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Brutalist Design Is the Bad Influence We All Need
Like it or not, brutalist design is moving from something edgy and almost punk, to something very mainstream and commercially viable.
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A friendly guide to colours in data visualisation
A collection of tools that help you deal with color gradients & color palettes, to design better data visualizations.