50 Useful Responsive Web Design Tools For Designers. The Responsive Web Design War Strategy. It seems like everyone is hailing Responsive Web Design (RWD) as the savior for the mobile site development in 2013. That’s reasonable too, since RWD is currently the only sounding approach that deals with any device resolution universally and effectively. It tries to unite this chaotic browser-based universe littered by the fragmentation resulted from hardware business competition.
(Image Source: Michael Schmid, Subtle Patterns) But alas, Responsive Web Design is not the messiah you’re seeking, for it has its own range of imperfections. Yet it is too prominent for the future of web design, and so the conflict incites a flame war among web designers. Since we strictly practice the philosophy of ‘Make Design, Not War’, today we are just here to explore 5 core disadvantages of Responsive Web Design, and the respective arguments and solutions to lessen the destructive consequences that designers and clients are forced to bear.
If you wonder if RWD is the path you seek, be enlightened here. Wordpress Mobile Theme Interface Design. So while we’ve been putting together the finishing touches to our mobile application for theme.fm, we’ve also started work on a mobile theme to accompany one of our forthcoming themes ‘Business Impact’ and as we’ve done quite a bit of research into mobile interface design it occurred to us that it would also make sense to share some of our findings on theme.fm. Now that mobile optimization is growing in importance, websites interfaces that are adapted and modified for the mobile touch screen experience require a lot of careful consideration. Key concepts So what are the key considerations that need to be applied to mobile interface design? Multiple screen sizes & densitiesTouch targetsGestures, and actionsContext and usage Multiple screen sizes & densities Below you can see a variety of mobile screen sizes and densities to illustrate a little of the range.
Since screen sizes are variable for every device, we’ve decided to make our tests on iPhone 3 and 4. Available screen size Button sizes. Francesco Bertelli — Interactive Director. Co.Design: business + innovation + design. The Comprehensive Guide to Saving Images for the Web. By Joshua Johnson On the surface, saving images for the web can be a pretty straightforward process. However, if you dig deeper there’s a wealth of information and techniques you might be missing out on. This article will focus primarily on the diverse features of Photoshop’s “Save for Web & Devices” command along with some best practices related to saving images that are optimized for web use. We’ll start extremely basic for all the beginners, but there will be plenty of advanced information for the seasoned veterans as we progress.
Before the Save Preparing images for the web doesn’t start at saving. First, you’ll want to have a look at your image mode. Furthermore, RGB is an additive system, meaning the result of greater amounts of color is white. The key information here is that for on-screen graphics, you can’t beat an RGB image. Keep this in mind at the very start of a project, especially if you’re creating web graphics with Photoshop. Entering the Save for Web Dialog Image Size. 25 Beautiful Examples of “Coming Soon” Pages.
"Coming soon" pages are a great way to tide over your visitors until you finish your new website. They can be used as a teaser for your future website, or places to simply put your information where people can get to it while you are under digital construction. We are going to look at a collection of how websites are successfully using "coming soon" pages. 1. SquidChef SquidChef has a cute under-the-sea theme and an illustrated squid character to go with their name "SquidChef". 2. I like the color scheme of this "coming soon site". 3. Having an illustrated look to a website usually gives it more of a fun and laidback feel. 4.
Usually when you say "hello" right off the bat, it gives off a friendly vibe, and despite the dark background, this page gives that endearing feeling. 5. I like the hovering logo – it creates a sort of 3D look, which gives the page a little more dimension. 6. chocolatepool 7. This website has a very nice clean and simple look. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 18. 5 innovative examples of user interface design | Web design. In these days of intuitive touchscreens and intelligent iPhone apps, your audience is not going to put any work into using your product, app or operating system - they'll expect it to be obvious.
No one is going to read a lengthy, detailed instruction manual; instead, the UI design should guide your customer through to achieving their goals - doing all the hard work so the user doesn't have to. To inspire you, we've gathered together some recent examples of user interfaces that do it right. So read on and discover cutting edge and well thought out products, apps, and operating systems that focus on creating a great user experience through design... Also read: the most iconic user interfaces in movie history. 01. iOS Apple may have come under fire recently, for things like the debacle over Maps, and the continuing debate over its use of skeumorphism. For years, mobile phone users had been managing with just scroll wheels or arrow buttons to navigate through their phones. 02. 03. 04. 05. The top 20 data visualisation tools. Safari HTML Reference: Supported Meta Tags. Discussion Use the viewport meta key to improve the presentation of your web content on iOS.
Typically, you use the viewport meta tag to set the width and initial scale of the viewport. For example, if your webpage is narrower than 980 pixels, then you should set the width of the viewport to fit your web content. If you are designing a Safari on iOS-specific web application, you should set the width to the width of the device. Table 1 describes the properties supported by the viewport meta key and their default values. Donot use a semicolon as a deliminator.A space may work as a deliminator but a comma is preferred.For numeric properties, if the value contains a non-numeric character but starts with a number, then the number prefix is used as the value.
When referring to the dimensions of a device, you should use the constants described in Table 2 instead of hard-coding specific numeric values. You do not need to set every viewport property. Availability Available in iOS 1.0 and later. Web. I am a mobile web strategist and front-end designer and am located in beautiful Pittsburgh, PA. I aim to create experiences that look and function beautifully across anything that can access the web.
Ethan Marcotte is a web designer & developer who lives in Boston. 20 experiential web design trends for 2012. Web design by its very nature continues to evolve, as it must, to make the most of modern browsers and the likes of HTML5, CSS3 and JQuery, and to provide a wonderful user experience for tablet and smartphone owners. Nowadays there is plenty of opportunity to stand out from the crowd, by being ahead of the curve, or by embracing new techniques that can help you to improve the performance of your website. So I thought I’d round up some of the more recent trends in experiential web design. I say ‘experiential’ because I’m less interested in seeing whether drop shadows have made a comeback. The focus of this article is primarily about the aspects of web design that directly affect the user experience, rather than particular stylistic trends to do with the look and feel.
Great designers understand how to design for user interaction, and how to encourage new user behaviours and habits. World-class designers introduce emotion and have fun along the way. Device agnostic Sticky navigation / content. HTML5 Rocks - A resource for open web HTML5 developers. Future trends in web design: predictions for 2013. Another year has passed, which means it’s time for our annual instalment of design predictions for the coming year. In technology, one year can make a world of difference, and the changes can shape the way we design, test and market our websites. As we all know, technology changes faster than we can keep up with it! So, how do you stay on top of the latest and greatest technologies coming down the pipeline?
We are not psychics here at Webdesigner Depot, but we can help you predict the future — at least as far as website design is concerned. To commemorate the end of a great 2012 and to usher in 2013, we hereby present the latest predictions for web design, hot off the press! I spoke with 11 designers and creative professionals about what they foresee for web and UX design in the coming year. Adriana Beal Demand will increase for single websites that support both desktop computers and mobile devices. Ted Novak As for 2013, the obvious trend continues from 2010, which is mobile. David Sachs. Just Design.
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