Starter's Guide to iOS Design. As someone who does work on both the development and design side of iOS apps I find that many designers struggle with the transition to UI work, or with the different processes involved in iPhone and iPad app design.
In this guide I'll describe the deliverables you'll be expected to produce, outline the constraints of the medium and introduce fundamental iOS and UI design concepts. The Medium Knowing your medium and its quirks is an important part of being a good designer. I'm sure you've been witness to large print-outs with horrible pixelation artefacts - the result of misunderstanding print media.
Similarly misunderstanding the role of pixels on screen can result in blurry, squished, or pixellated designs. iOS devices come in two main form factors, the iPhone and the iPad[…] For simplicity I'll be leaving the iPod Touch range out. Retina Most recent iPhones and iPads are fitted with Retina screens, a high resolution screen intended to make pixels invisible. Pixels Points Storyboards Segues. How to build an app: 35 great tutorials.
Explorez. Welcome to Posterous Spaces. WhatFont Tool - The easiest way to inspect fonts in webpages « Chengyin Liu. ← Back to Chengyin's main page What is the easiest way to find out the fonts used in a webpage?
Firebug or Webkit Inspector? No, that's too complicated. It should be just a click away. Hence I wrote WhatFont, with which you can easily get font information about the text you are hovering on. Identifont - Identify fonts by appearance, find fonts by name. What are you working on? Carbonmade : Your online portfolio. Open source e-portfolio and social networking software. Epsilen. Digication e-Portfolios: Home.
Home - FolioSpaces free ePortfolios - school - college - university - business - students - professionals - lifelong learners. Cacoo - Create diagrams online Real time collaboration. Useful Google Bookmarklets. I've always been a fan of bookmarklets, small pieces of JavaScript code saved as bookmarks in your browser.
Often they provide features only available if you install a plug-in and they're pretty easy to backup. Here's a small list of bookmarks related to Google's services. Most of them provide features from Google Toolbar. To save them, make sure bookmark toolbar is visible (go to View > Toolbar and check Bookmarks Toolbar, Links or Personal Bar, depending on your browser) and drag the link to the toolbar.
The Rapid eLearning Blog - Practical, real-world tips for e-learning success. Creating great interactive learning experiences requires a few core building blocks: relevant content, pull versus push, and real-world decisions.
With those building blocks you're able to structure effective learning scenarios that are meaningful to the learner and helps meet the objectives of the course. One of those building blocks in creating relevant content or content that is placed in a meaningful context. Essentially, you want to recreate the types of scenarios that are similar to the ones the learner has in real life. This allows them to see the content in ... Read the full article After last week's post on the different drag & drop interaction examples, I had quite a few emails asking for tips on how to create drag and drop interactions for elearning. Sliders are used as a means to make adjustments/selections or as a simple way to navigate content. It helps to look at what others are doing to get ideas and inspiration for your own work. Create ... In Support of Excellence. Powered by Translate DOWNLOAD THE LATEST VERSION: V4 published Mar 2015.
This PDF Poster has links to 122 of the latest and most popular educational apps. Now these resources are available in 19 different languages. The poster also has app selection criteria according to Blooms taxonomy. I am still a little numb at the amazing interest in, and discussion about, the Padagogy Wheel from teachers and educators around the world. So why yet another version only one week later?