The Anatomy Of A Web Designer [Infographic]
Nov 24 2012 The people at UK web hosting company Heart Internet wanted to find out what web designers think of their jobs, their perspectives and the industry as a whole. As 5oo designers had their say, the results may well be seen as at least not totally out of range. Low Priced, Hard To Find Work For A Largely Male Freelancership That heading about sums it up. Work is hard to find say 80%, while 75% do not expect this situation to get any better soon. Prices are on the way down as competition increases, while still 88% see clients as the main obstacles when it comes to pricing. There are some more interesting findings to explore. (Source & Copyright: Heart Internet UK) Dieter Petereit is Noupe's Editor-In-Chief and a veteran of the web with over 25 years of experience in the world of IT. Homepage
8 Next-Generation User Interface That Are (Almost) Here
When we talk about user interface (UI) in computing, we’re referring to how a computer program or system represents itself to its user, usually via graphics, text and sound. We’re all familiar with the typical Windows and Apple operating system where we interact with icons on our desktop with our mouse cursors. Prior to that, we had the old-school text-based command-line prompt. The shift from text to graphics was a major leap initiated by founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, with his hallmark Macintosh operating system in 1984. In recent years, we’ve also witnessed innovated UI that involved the use of touch (e.g. smartphones), voice (e.g. Siri) and even gestures (e.g. Nevertheless, they give us a clue as to how the next revolution of UI may be. Recommended Reading: Cool Futuristic/Concept Gadgets That Really Inspire 1. The 2002 sci-fi movie, Minority Report portrayed a future where interactions with computer systems are primarily through the use of gestures. 2. 3. (Image credit:meharris) 4.
Piktochart : l’appli infographique en ligne tant attendue
Test rapide que je viens de faire ce soir, sur une toute nouvelle application (en tout cas pour moi) -Piktochart- à classer au rayon des générateurs (simples, efficaces et user friendly) d’infographies en ligne, exploitant la « data ». Une vraie quête du Graal, pour nombre de webeux, journalistes et producteurs de contenus digitaux. Qui en étaient resté aux premiers galops réussis de Visual.ly, ou encore plus récemment du prometteur Vizify. Le mouvement ne s’arrête pas là donc ! Honnêtement, j’ai passé environ 30 minutes de travail de rang sur ce Piktochart. Plus pour rechercher et mobiliser mes éléments, pour écrire un début de sujet cohérent, que pour réellement comprendre l’application et son fonctionnement. D’une intuitivité exceptionnelle, elle permet de se baser sur des canevas standards, que l’on a plus qu’à adapter à son propre projet. En vitrine et à la manip’, ça ressemble furieusement à un éditeur en ligne souple, aisé, réactif et complètement dans la mouvance du web 2.0.
Free Keynote Mockup Templates for iPhone, iPad, Android, ...
Click the orange button to pop-up a window where you can edit and confirm the tweet, then the download button will be activated Keynotopia Mockup Templates enable you to sketch user interfaces using Apple Keynote or Microsoft PowerPoint, without having to draw each component by hand! All components are hand-drawn vector shapes created from scratch in Keynote and PowerPoint, and can be edited and customized directly, without needing additional design tools. When your mockups look like simple hand-drawn screens, it’s easier to get feedback on layout and structure, without getting distracted by the detail. And creating Keynote and PowerPoint sketches is better than drawing them by hand, because you can iterate and modify them quickly without having to redraw them from scratch. Watch this 2 minute video to learn how to turn mockups into high fidelity prototypes with a few clicks How to use the mockup templates What’s included Web 2.0 and jQuery Apps Mockup Templates Facebook Mockup Templates
