Responsive web design a.k.a. getting three websites for the price of one
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22
Apr
2012
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CSS media queries are about the coolest thing to come along in a long time. What are they? Simple, really. Snippets of CSS code that sniff the browser width and adjust what's presented in real-time. If you have a huge browser window, the site is displayed as it was originally designed. As you resize your [...]


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Opt-In vs Opt-Out
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19
Apr
2012
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Take a look at the organ donor rates for some of Europe: Why do Denmark, Netherlands, the UK and Germany have such small organ donor rates? It turns out it has to do with the organ donor form. For the countries with low donor rates, the form says this: This requires an active decision to [...]


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1366px is the new 1024px
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11
Apr
2012
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1366x768 is the new majority screen size. Take note web designers! Click this graphic to see what 1366x768 looks like. Share


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Does customer attachment to an item override UX annoyances?
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10
Apr
2012
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When I was at B&H Photo years ago, there were lots of bugs and clunky behavior to the website. We did our best to prioritize and squash these annoyances, but there are still plenty today. However, sales were always consistently high and the company does an astounding business online. More curious is that there are [...]


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New Artspace UX for product framing, filtering
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29
Mar
2012
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Today Artspace.com unveiled new product framing user experience (via user interfaces) which I designed and tested. Let's have a look. Frame Selection When selecting the size of a work via a radio button, the frame selection slides smoothly into view. The white frame is default by business requirement. As a customer, you can select any [...]


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