HTML5 is all about keeping our fingers happy
We have covered HTML5 in the past, but today I want to list some of its awesome new features and elements that will make our lives, as web designers and developers, a bit easier. I am sure that, if you are reading this post, you are involved in some capacity with web design and have the most up-to-date version of
ResponsiveAeon - Just another framework?
There are countless HTML and CSS frameworks available out there now. Which onw to use depends on what you are looking for and what you would like the framework to do for you. Regardless, they all offer the ability to speed up your development time through creating shortcuts and compiling the tools we have come to rely upon into one convenient
Import CSS colors directly into Photoshop
Adobe has recently released Photoshop CS6.1 for the Creative Cloud gang and among its updates there is a new feature that we, as web designers, will find useful: the ability to import color swatches directly from CSS files. Gone are the days of copying and pasting color codes. With this new feature, all that you need to do is click
Codeanywhere lets you literally code anywhere!
Coding websites and applications can be a difficult process. Aside from learning coding languages, validating and testing your code, the last thing you want to worry about is which editor is best for you. There are more programs than you can shake a stick at and with most sites requiring mobile-readiness it makes sense that your development environment be
We have covered HTML5 in the past, but today I want to list some of its awesome new features and elements that will make our lives, as web designers and developers, a bit easier.
I am sure that, if you are reading this post, you are involved in some capacity with web design and have the most up-to-date version of your favorite (and not-so-favorite for-test-only, looking at you IE) browsers. In case you don’t, shame on you! (Just kidding) But really, upgrade your browser to experience the full awesomeness of HTML5. If you are unsure as to which browser works best when it comes to HTML5, use Chrome (you should use it regardless, really). It rates pretty high on html5test.com.
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There are countless HTML and CSS frameworks available out there now. Which onw to use depends on what you are looking for and what you would like the framework to do for you. Regardless, they all offer the ability to speed up your development time through creating shortcuts and compiling the tools we have come to rely upon into one convenient place. Here are a few of the more popular frameworks out there: Bootstrap, from Twitter, Foundation, from Zurb, Blueprint, and Skeleton.
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Adobe has recently released Photoshop CS6.1 for the Creative Cloud gang and among its updates there is a new feature that we, as web designers, will find useful: the ability to import color swatches directly from CSS files.
Coding websites and applications can be a difficult process. Aside from learning coding languages, validating and testing your code, the last thing you want to worry about is which editor is best for you. There are more programs than you can shake a stick at and with most sites requiring mobile-readiness it makes sense that your development environment be just as flexible. This is where Codeanywhere really pays off.
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Wunderlist 2 was recently released to the public and for those that were already using Wunderlist or the now defunct Wunderkit, we think you’ll find a lot of great reasons to check out the latest update. Read more
We’ve all experienced this at some point:
You receive an awesome email and click through to a beautiful landing page with a form that needs to be filled out to register to a webinar, download a whitepaper or enter some contest. Everything is going great and you are happily working your way down the form when suddenly your browser crashes, or the browser tab closes accidently, or your internet connection drops, or your battery dies, or your electricity goes out – you get my point. As users, this makes for a frustrating experience. We might go back to the landing page, but there’s a good chance we will abandon the form once we see that we will have to start from scratch. Sisyphus from Greek mythology we aren’t.
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We are all aware of the mobile boom of recent years. Some predictions state that mobile internet usage should overtake desktop internet usage by as early as 2014. Microsoft Tag released earlier this year an infographic about the growth of mobile marketing (click here to view the original article).
Now, think about users searching for businesses (restaurants, hotels, auto towing services, etc.) on their smartphones, on the go, what is the recommended practice for attracting them?
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As a web designer, I’ve had my share of headaches when trying to make thing look good (or the way they are supposed to) in Internet Explorer, more specifically IE 7 and 8 (6 has heard enough complaints). IE 9 is definitely a nudge on the right direction, but still a long ways away from the greats, Chrome, Firefox and Safari.
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FIELD is a very interesting HTML5 experiment inspired by Nike+ FuelBand. Commissioned earlier this year by Dazed Digital, the experiment was a collaboration effort between music producer Nosaj Thing and FAIR, LA – a design and technology collective.
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