Ladda for Bootstrap 3 UI. Ntextis.co.uk/files/Browser_Timing_Attacks.pdf. Design For Non-Designers. I recently sent an email to some peers at my fellowship about “Design Resources” which got some positive responses. I decided to expand on those thoughts and thus this blog post was born. Hope you find it handy and if you are a professional designer, please help me correct my inevitable inaccuracies. Photo Credit: NathanaelB via Compfight cc Everyone does design work, so let’s get better at it I’m not a designer. And yet. If you have ever participated in the creation of something that humans would use, read, or otherwise interact with, then you have done design work. As a non-des- I mean amateur designer – I’m either the worst person, or the best person to be writing an article about helping other amateur designers improve their craft. But anyway, it’s my blog so I’ll do what I want. Above All Else, Remember Your Audience and Your Purpose Who is your user/audience and what do you want them to do?
This is the most important question you can ask when designing something. General Guidelines. Bootstrap in practice: a landing page - Born, Growing Up. Heads up! 2013-09-10 · Updated to Bootstrap 3.0.0 stable. Live Demo Here we go Let’s see how to build a landing page with Bootstrap from scratch. The first step is the good ole “Hello, world!” Page. <! Not so much to see here: just the basic HTML and the awesome BootstrapCDN.
Content is king Or, Landing Pages 101. One good way to catch the attention of somebody passing by your landing page is a direct question, better if about a pain they would certainly be interested in throwing away. Following, there should be a brief, to-the-point, digression about the same subject closed with a reiteration of the opening question which is also a nice touch. Now that you have exposed the pain point, introduce your solution to the problem. A simple form, requesting the minimum possible information about your visitor, with a clear declaration of what you are going to do with their data. <! Pretty basic, so far. Front and center is always a win Content is king and comes first.
A few touches, but a very good effect. GUI Kits for Building Websites and Mobile Apps - Source Canvas Blog. Freebie GUI kits are commonplace in today’s web. These are often released as PSD files where designers can open them up in Adobe Photoshop and play around with the various elements. Free GUI kits are great learning tools for new designers who are just getting started & learning the ropes. I do hope this small collection of free kits will be useful for designers. There are always new freebies being released online, and there is never a better time to start than right now! Flat Design UI Kit Rainbow UI Kit Freebie HD UI Kit Elven iPhone App UI Kit Facebook Profile & Timeline GUI Leo Free Web UI Elements Lookamore Android App GUI Tempees Mobile iOS App UI Kit.
Bootswatch: Free themes for Twitter Bootstrap. Draggable Metro App Showcase. Today I'd like to share with you an interactive and touch-optimized metro app showcase concept for showcasing a metro (probably a Windows Phone) app screenshot. The screenshot will be draggable and swipable, and you'll have a couple of extra options to view how the app would look like in a mobile phone frame. Please note that this demo works only in browsers that support the Javascript objects and APIs used. I provided a couple of polyfills but the demo will only work in browsers that these polyfills provide fallback for. See the Javascript section for details.
This demo is inspired by the big number of dribbble shots showcasing Windows phone app concepts, so I thought I'd recreate this showcasing concept and add some interactivity to it. The Flat Lumia Phone PSD Mockup used in the demo is by Corey Ginnivan from Dribbble. I provided two colors in the demo resources, a red and a white frame. The Markup The mobile frame and the screenshot will be positioned absolutely. The CSS The Javascript.