Text in this VR GUI. http://www.mastersofpie.com/project/siemens-oculus-rift-tradeshow-experience/ Use Your Words The written word makes up a significant portion of how we build our interfaces. Even the best GUIs use text. What happens when you don’t consider the language used in your interface? It fails. It breaks the user’s trust and in the end, costs money when visitors… Continue reading More Gold for Emerging Interface Designers
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How fast is your site and is there a way to control the response time for the clients?
It is known that response time of a web server has a great role in indexing of the hosted sites in search engines. The slower is a web site, the lower is its rate among the competitors. Nobody is going to like such consequences: site is displayed on the bottom of the search, less clients… Continue reading How fast is your site and is there a way to control the response time for the clients?
5 Key Areas to Help Manage Your Design and Content Creation Team
Even more radical than funny cat videos and memes in GIF form, the rise of the Internet has really empowered companies of all sizes to work with remote teams all around the world. This has dramatically impacted how modern business is being conducted because you could have team members everywhere from Sacramento to Sri Lanka. In addition… Continue reading 5 Key Areas to Help Manage Your Design and Content Creation Team
Form is Functional: Why Design is More Than Gold Plating
When budgets are tight in the software world and companies want to save money, form is usually the first to go. In these situations, the design tends to be considered ‘gold plating’ and not a necessity. It’s thought to only make the product ‘look nice’. This assumption couldn’t be further from the truth. Form has… Continue reading Form is Functional: Why Design is More Than Gold Plating
4 fresh alternatives to the hamburger menu
Some say web design has become boring. Current trends and high-end techniques establish the rules for the creatives, playing a low-down trick on the community. Everyone wants to be in the mainstream, and release products that go viral; it means that a million interfaces are likely to have the same features. Of course, content can… Continue reading 4 fresh alternatives to the hamburger menu
5 Best Collaboration Tools That Will Improve Your Workflow
Posted · Category: Best Collections A team leader’s role is to take a group of people who have diverse yet complementary skills, and variable degrees of experience, and mold them into a cohesive team. And make them work together toward a common objective. These same skills that can do so much when given proper direction can just… Continue reading 5 Best Collaboration Tools That Will Improve Your Workflow
Making logos work for the web
When you design for the web, no matter the industry, there are expectations that must be met, and realities that must be accounted for. Although this is true for all forms of web design, it is especially true for logo design. This is something we’ve encountered numerous times. Think about the many different conventions of logo… Continue reading Making logos work for the web
5 years of Foundation: a look back
This month, ZURB celebrates the 5th birthday of its Foundation front-end framework. This popular framework is known for its responsive grid, CSS and HTML user-interface components, code snippets, and templates. What makes it stand out as well is that it’s an open-source project. In a blog post earlier this month, Danny Codella, ZURB’s marketer, wrote… Continue reading 5 years of Foundation: a look back
4 modern background tricks to try out
It seems that, as a constituent of a design, backgrounds live in the shadows; however, that’s not entirely true. In times when CSS only began to make its first steps towards the world conquest, the background had already taken on the role of the main decorative element of the website. Nowadays the situation has not… Continue reading 4 modern background tricks to try out
Burnt Out Vs. Time for a Change
Posted · Category: Information It’s all too easy to fall into the trap of trying to move up the ladder, through trying to demonstrate your work ethic to managers and coworkers. While there’s certainly nothing wrong with that, it’s not always easy to recognize when this pattern has gone too far and has taken a… Continue reading Burnt Out Vs. Time for a Change
Which Technical Skills Will Earn You the Most Money?
Posted · Category: Information If you work in or near technology, you are well-versed in the high-stakes economy of engineering salaries. All engineers are in super high demand for sought-after (and well paid) positions, the collective narrative goes. Hired’s first-ever Hiring Pulse Report: Q2 2016 adds some nuance to that narrative. TL;DR: Engineers are still… Continue reading Which Technical Skills Will Earn You the Most Money?
Showcase Of Websites With Creative Background Gradients
Advertisement Gradients play an essential role in web design, especially cool gradient backgrounds. There are many different possibilities of gradients that you can use, such as linear or radial. You can use a wide variety of shades and colors to add interest and depth. Gradients are very important to making your website unique and attractive.… Continue reading Showcase Of Websites With Creative Background Gradients
8 Coding Playgrounds For Developers
Testing tools are essential for the developers as they constantly require to test their codes. Testing tools and codes play a vital role in the web development process in order to check the functionality and validate the codes. They are designed to help developers check and validate their codes and hence, save their time as… Continue reading 8 Coding Playgrounds For Developers
Ruby Templating With Slim: Part 2
In the second and last part of this mini series, we’ll finish this introduction with sections about outputting Ruby code, interpolation, plain text and how to customize Slim to your needs. After that article you should be ready for some Slim action. Outputting Code You have already seen a bit about how to use Ruby in… Continue reading Ruby Templating With Slim: Part 2
It’s Tough Out There: A Look at Brutalism in Web Design
Brutalist websites were thrust into the spotlight recently when Pascal Deville’s brutalistwebsites.com hit Hacker News and went viral. This collection showcases the less warm and fuzzy side of the web–let’s take a look and see if we can pull some inspiration from brutalism. Brutal Buildings “Brutalism” (or “New Brutalism”) is a term which has been rattling… Continue reading It’s Tough Out There: A Look at Brutalism in Web Design
How to Work With WordPress Term Meta: Understanding Taxonomies
In a recent series, we talked all about how we could work with metadata for several of the major classes in WordPress. This included: Throughout the series, we talked a bit about how WordPress 4.4 introduced the idea of term metadata. I didn’t want to present the concept within the context of that series because… Continue reading How to Work With WordPress Term Meta: Understanding Taxonomies
Interview with Artist Devin Mars
Devin Mars is a digital artist from USA. born in Curitiba, Brazil. He can’t really pinpoint an exact moment on the time he wanted to become an artist because it’s an idea that evolved with him. Let us know about him more in this interview. So, read on and enjoy! When did you decide to become an artist? I… Continue reading Interview with Artist Devin Mars
How to Work With WordPress Metadata
If you’re someone who is just getting started working with WordPress, then it’s natural to be curious about some of the advanced features offered by its API. So where might you stand regarding your experience? Maybe you’ve tweaked the code in a few themes. Perhaps you’ve altered the functionality of a couple of plugins. Maybe… Continue reading How to Work With WordPress Metadata
Designing For Small Businesses: 10 Websites That Can Change The Game
Source: Be Digital[2] First impressions count. This is where pre-built websites can play a key role in creating any business-oriented website. There has to be a follow-through of course, but the importance of creating a great first impression can never be overemphasized. The problem facing the web designer is what makes a great first impression… Continue reading Designing For Small Businesses: 10 Websites That Can Change The Game
First look at Adobe’s Animate CC
Adobe have just launched their ‘new’ application, Animate CC. A major component in the Creative Cloud application suite, Animate CC replaces Flash Professional CC, and is available to download now. As we previously reported, Animate CC is an evolution of Flash Professional. The name change is based on the changing role of the application. Adobe… Continue reading First look at Adobe’s Animate CC
How to Grow Your App Team
You can find a lot of online resources that help you on your way to make a successful app. Once you reach that point, you’re looking to retain or even expand on that success. This is the moment that you, a single person who has built an app, grows into something bigger, a team that continues… Continue reading How to Grow Your App Team
Icons In Web Design
Image source: thestorefront.com[2] Well-executed and beautiful icons look like tiny and cute images, but they are much more than that. They are extremely advantageous to every website because they attach visual cues to the essential elements of a website (headings, sections, buttons, etc) and they make the site/app look professional and sophisticated. Generally speaking, icons… Continue reading Icons In Web Design
The Importance of Web Development Services
A properly designed website is important for the success of any business. A unique website has the capacity of attracting many visitors to the business’s site, helping to turn them into customers. Web development can be said to be one of the most demanding tasks because it includes developing, designing, creating content, search engine optimization… Continue reading The Importance of Web Development Services
What Are Web Designers Best Sources For Inspiration?
What Are Web Designers Best Sources For Inspiration? If inspiration is as easy as drinking a cup of coffee or you can easily find inspiration in a cup of coffee, then a web designer’s life is a breeze. However, like their art and all the codes that go with it, there are times when inspiration… Continue reading What Are Web Designers Best Sources For Inspiration?