March 2012
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February 2012
1 post
Gowalla Finders: All The City Guides : Including... →
gowallafinders:
We’re not going to drag this post out.
We said back in December that we’d make roundup posts out of all of the artwork, like the custom stamp one we made. We’ve been slow at doing so, sure, but there’s been little drive to do so at the same time what with there being no Gowalla anymore.
So…
January 2012
2 posts
December 2011
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November 2011
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October 2011
4 posts
September 2011
6 posts
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August 2011
10 posts
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“Only Geeks Understand Link Icons” →
cameronmoll:
Peter Steen Høgenhaug, suggesting we consider using something other than the ubiquitous link icon for inserting hypertext links in an application:
All in all, only 35.29% of the test participants understood the chain icon, and only 25% understood the globe icon. While we didn’t set a minimum for success, clearly, 25% is not good when it comes to usability. When being interviewed...
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Spin.js, a Loading Spinner Sans Images →
Uses CSS3 to render the animation, falling back to VML for Internet Explorer (all the way back to IE6). 2.8K of total code and supported by newer versions of most browsers.
/via @jc
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Art of the Menu →
A collection of menu designs (as in a restaurant menu) with beautiful typography and design. I might recommend some favorite designs from Flux Labs.
Golden Grid System: A ‘Folding’ Grid for... →
Joni Korpi, who developed the system:
16 columns sounds a bit much for anything other than huge widescreen monitors. This is where the folding, inspired by the DIN paper system and Unigrid, comes in. The 16 columns can be combined, or folded, into 8 columns for tablet-sized screens, and into 4 columns for mobile-sized ones. This way Golden Grid System can easily cover any screen sizes from 240...
July 2011
7 posts
Great talk by Ryan Sims from Build Conf 2009 (via Frank)
The Momentus Project →
This is a clever idea. Round up a bunch of top-notch designers and illustrators and have them visually interpret some of the most defining moments in United States history. Created and curated by Evan Stremke.
Speaking of, today is the anniversary of the first moon landing, and there’s an illustration for that. It’s a lovely piece by Mark Weaver.
June 2011
5 posts
Nizo teaser page →
sneak:
Seriously, I just can’t stop scrolling this thing up and down. Best teaser page I’ve seen in a long while.
May 2011
8 posts
Spritemapper, a CSS Spritemap Generator →
cameronmoll:
Well now this sounds pretty handy. Merges multiple images into one and generates CSS positioning for the corresponding slices.
Over or Under? The Science of Toilet Paper... →
cameronmoll:
Solved.
esbueno:
A look at the new Invisible Creature site and how Instrument built in some sexy details by animating the CSS ‘clip’ property. Large version here: http://vimeo.com/23220969/ Here is a link to the plugin I used in the demo: overset.com/2008/08/07/jquery-css-clip-animation-plugin/
Here is a link to my working version: http://noahstokes.com/esbueno/clip.html
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April 2011
9 posts
Team Virb: New Feature: Multiple Sites →
virb:
We’re happy to announce Multiple Sites with a single login. If you already have an existing website with Virb you will notice the new Sites link atop of your Build area where you can now create new sites on a single account and manage them all in one place.
When you have more than one…
Really lovin’ virb’s new Ui for handling multiple sites.