GMail: designer arrogance and the cult of minimalism
It looks like Google has finally pulled the plug on the old GMail UI. There’s no more “revert to the old look temporarily” button, so I guess they’re finally forcing us lagg…
Mozilla UX: Save For Later (why bookmarks are broken and how to fix it)
Firefox and “save for later” All browsers support two functions: searching and revisiting. My research questions whether constructs like bookmarks really are the right model to support revisiting. I worked ...
Social Login Buttons Aren’t Worth It
Browse how-to articles on starting, running, and marketing your business, plus thought-provoking podcasts and films to inspire your inner entrepreneur.
Why you should not be displaying relative dates.
Every time I see a web app display a date as "30 minutes ago" I cringe a little. This was cute 10 years ago when rapid publishing on the web was new, but there are a number of problems with this.
Great, Another Bootstrap Site
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The Story of the New Microsoft.com
Rainypixels is Nishant Kothary's personal web site — a 100% Cruelty-Free Petting Zoo for Pixels.
Animated GIFs the Hard Way
When doing the new website for the Sublime Text 2.0 launch, instead of just screenshots, I wanted to have animations to demonstrate some of its features. One of the criteria was that the animations should work everywhere, from IE6 to an iPad. This ruled out two common video options, Flash and the <video> element…
Responsive Design Patterns
Through fluid grids and media query adjustments, responsive design enables Web page layouts to adapt to a variety of screen sizes. As more designers embrace thi...
Redesigning the Windows Logo
Get to know Windows 11, the Windows that brings you closer to what you love.News and features for people who use and are interested in Windows, including announcements from Microsoft and its partners.Guidance to help developers create products and se