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Jeff Sauro • March 28, 2011 Every field has its set of hot-button issues and usability is no exception. Here are six topics that tend to generate some passionate discussions.
To give developers a choice of high-quality fonts when using the Web Fonts API, we have created Google Web Fonts . There you can browse our catalog of available fonts, learn about the font designers who created them, and copy the code required to use them on your web page.
The control which designers know in the print medium, and often desire in the web medium, is simply a function of the limitation of the printed page.
Friday Evening : Product Idea Pitching Session.
Fresh Visual Daily Considered one of the most beautiful metro’s in Europe, the Stockholm subway system is filled with eye popping art and bright colors… a perfect cure for the proverbial Stockholm Syndrome.
New York Times reporter Benedict Carey referred to tears in a recent piece as “emotional perspiration.”
Most websites load reasonably fast when visited by their average number of users.
When Nokia CEO Stephen Elop announced that Nokia was abandoning its development of its own smartphone platforms and APIs, and betting the farm on somebody else's, many people asked why it was necessary. Nokia had spent 15 years trying to develop and maintain its own software, which it regarded as strategic to maintaining its independence.
The next time you're struggling to solve a creative problem, try solving it for someone else. According to Evan Polman and Kyle Emich , we're more capable of mental novelty when thinking on behalf of strangers than for ourselves. This is just the latest extension of research into construal level theory , an intriguing concept that suggests various aspects of psychological distance can affect our thinking style.
One day, you’ll be telling your grandchildren about getting a programming job, version 1.0.
F or the 10th consecutive December, the magazine has chosen to look back on the past year through a distinctive prism: ideas. Our digest of short entries refracts the light beam of human inspiration, breaking it up into its constituent colors — innovations and insights from a spectrum of fields, including economics, biology, engineering, medicine, literature, sports, music and, of course, raw-meat clothing.