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Dieter Rams’ 10 principles of good web design | Feature | .net magazine.
1. Good design is innovative
2. Good design makes a product useful
3. Good design is aesthetic
4. Good design makes a product easy to understand
5. Good design is unobtrusive
6. Good design is honest
7. Good design is long-lasting
8. Good design is thorough
9. Good design is environmentally friendly
10. Good design is as little design as possible
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http://slaveryfootprint.org/ – a really fun way to fill out a form!
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roussel
Mac Safari is about the same at 62%
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firefox 10 just updated… only a 60%
do i dare ask how IE is?
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FF 9 on PC == 43%
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IE9 on WIndows 7 = 39%
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Sh*t Web Designers Say
I swear I think I’ve said all of these.. except the Kelly Clarkson thing. She sucks.
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scatalina
love it
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greg
no way… not enough Macs in that vid
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Chevy pushes YouTube above and beyond for the Superbowl
This page will only be like this for a while (till Sunday I imagine) so head out to check it out.
Looks like YouTube is finally letting brands take over more of the real estate on their channels. This is a great example of how to utilize the space.
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roussel
They came out with the new look in early December and are rolling out new designs and functionality with their CosmicPanda updates ( http://www.youtube.com/cosmicpanda )
I added a folder with a few layout option PSDs onto PITFP02/Team_Folders/Interactive Services/Design Library/YouTube layouts Dec 2011 – Jan 2012
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http://adage.com/article/digital/facebook-files-ipo-reveals-1-billion-2011-profit/232484/?utm_source=daily_email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=adage I found this article about Facebook pretty interesting – thought I’d share
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How to get consistent color output and avoid the dreaded PS color shifts
Color shifts in web design graphic outputs are probably a much worse problem that one might imagine. I’ve recently tackled this issue at work and wanted to share my findings.
My set up at work is as follows:
- MAC Book Pro running Lion
- Dual Screen monitors using the laptop screen and an awesome Dell U2410 monitor.
- Adobe CS5
This all started when my work machine was upgraded to Lion OS. After this, all of my settings within CS5 and my color calibrations thru my monitor were out of whack.
I was noticing odd things like the color of images pulled from the web looked different in Photoshop. A LOT DIFFERENT. Well here is how I fixed it and I would recommend everyone doing this same thing (especially those I work with) so that we are all producing graphic files that have the same color profile information.
First, make sure your monitor (if not using the MAC laptop screen) is set to sRGB. To do this:
FOR MACS
1.Go to the Apple > System Preferences > Display (to make sure you’re on the correct screen if using dual screens) > Color (make sure you’re editing the secondary/main screen)
2. In the color settings of the monitor in question scroll to the bottom and select “sRGB IEC61966-2.1”. sRGB is the industry standard color calibration for the web.That should get you using the proper color profile on your monitor. If you’re using just the laptop screen, you’ll probably find that the only color profile available is the Color LCD profile which is fine.Next you need to go into CS5 programs and set up your color settings:
1. Open Photoshop (these instructions work for illustrator also) and without a file open go to EDIT > Color Settings…
2. in the Color Setting dialogue box, change the WORKING SPACE RGB to Monitor RGB. This will force photoshop to match the color on your monitor (which is now sRGB).
3. in the Color Settings dialogue box make sure the “ask when opening” box is UNchecked. See the graphic below.
4. Close Color Settings
5. Now in Photoshop, Under “VIEW” make sure your PROOF SETUP is > Monitor RGB
6. Go back into “VIEW” and make sure “PROOF COLORS” is UNchecked.Last but not least. SAVING the images out for the web.
One more thing to make sure you DON’T do. When saving a file with ‘Save for Web’ make sure you uncheck the CONVERT TO sRGB box. Mainly because if done correctly your file should already be using that profile.
If you follow the simple steps above we should ALL be producing the same colors in everything we do.
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How Superbowl Ads are tying into mobile, QR codes, mobile apps, Facebook, twitter…
The Associated Press: Super Bowl advertisers go after “second screens”.
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Over 40 Free Vector Ribbons for Great Looking Designs
Over 40 Free Vector Ribbons for Great Looking Designs.
The latest design trend. RIBBONS!
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How to Approach a Responsive Design | Upstatement.
A must read:
So we lined up the usual suspects from Adobe. Who would be our partner in crime — Photoshop? Illustrator? InDesign?
Hands down, the answer was InDesign. At its core, BostonGlobe.com is a publication website, and InDesign is the best tool for laying out publications and content. Yes, there are huge differences between designing print publications and designing for the web, but consider this: Most web pages are simply a combination of photos and text. And where Photoshop excels at manipulating images (but sucks at type) and Illustrator is exceptional at typography (but sucks with images), InDesign is built for both……
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Pinterest Becomes Top Traffic Driver for Retailers [INFOGRAPHIC]
Pinterest Becomes Top Traffic Driver for Retailers [INFOGRAPHIC].
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WiiU to use near-field communications for easy online purchases
WiiU to use near-field communications for easy online purchases.
Hella cool. It takes big names like Nintendo to start using something like NFC for it to really take off.
Say you’re trying to buy an intriguing-sounding game from the Nintendo eShop. Assuming you don’t have any of those wacky “Nintendo Points” left over in your account (“It works just like regular money, but it’s, er…’fun’“), you have to break out a credit card (or a prepaid Nintendo Points card) and painstakingly enter the card type, card number, expiration date, security code, and billing address, all using a Wii Remote pointer that’s ill-suited to the purpose (hope you haven’t had too much caffeine recently).
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Twitter to Roll Out More Brand Pages for Paying Advertisers
Brand pages can be customized with large header images that advertisers can use to give greater visibility to their logo or other branded elements, which are often partially obscured by the timeline of tweets in the standard format. They can also be programmed to keep a particular tweet at the top of the timeline, which can auto-expand to reveal an embedded photo or video without the user taking action, and thus gives the page more visual impact.
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Chili’s & QR Codes- relevant way for restaurant to use them http://www.mobilemarketer.com/cms/news/software-technology/11962.html
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HTML5 Please – Use the new and shiny responsibly
HTML5 Please – Use the new and shiny responsibly.
This looks promising:
Use the new and shiny responsibly.
Look up HTML5, CSS3, etc features, know if they are ready for use, and if so find out how you should use them – with polyfills, fallbacks or as they are. -
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This is a very interesting concept w/ a cool nav throughout the site… http://grindspaces.com/
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An agency I worked for in Atlanta did this site. It is very female friendly in a male dominated area–flooring. Check it out. http://na.pergo.com/
greg is discussing. 
roussel, 
scatalina are discussing. 
greg 11:47 am on February 6, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
very cool