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3 views of Polygon’s responsive website

Posted on 17/01/2013 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

polygon.com is a great responsive website. Checkout these screenshots from their web, ipad and mobile views. The idea with responsive is for the website and content to adjust to the device viewport for a smooth experience. The smaller the screen,…

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What problem are you trying to solve?

Posted on 22/10/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

In web design, development and usability the biggest problem is not spending enough time finding out what the problem is. Albert Einstein once said: “If I had an hour to save the world I would spend 59 minutes defining the…

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The power of no

Posted on 08/10/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

Since September 2011 I’ve been marketing Dirt and Rust and that work is now starting to bear fruit. Unfortunately, till the end of the year I’m not taking on any client work, but isn’t that always the way. Till the…

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Responsive design patterns

Posted on 15/03/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

Thanks to Luke Wroblewski for his review on Multi-Device Layout Patterns for highlighting some great thinking in the Responsive Design space. The “Mostly Fluid” design, the first one Luke reviews, is what I used for the SugarBang Band website; try…

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Mobile websites will replace mobile apps

Posted on 14/02/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

Mobile websites will replace mobile apps, according to Jakob Nielsen’s blog post today, but it’s not clear exactly when this will happen. Summary: Mobile apps currently have better usability than mobile sites, but forthcoming changes will eventually make a mobile…

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Paper prototyping + video

Posted on 13/02/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

I was meeting with my peeps from Stylah last week and we were discussing iphone app opportunities, and more specifically the design process leading to project acceptance. I brought up that paper prototyping is a fast, economical way to show…

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The Chasm Between Websites and Web Apps

Posted on 19/09/2011 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

Web application or website? This is a tough one to answer right now. The answer lies in analysing the usability problems of each. I’ve been thinking a lot in previous blog posts here and here about the changing landscape of…

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HTML5 or Mobile Apps?

Posted on 19/09/2011 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

You have your own preference when it comes to consuming content. But as a developer, how do you decide if you should build an html5 web app or a mobile application? I’ve done a lot of thinking about this lately.…

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Mobile or Web App – How to Choose

Posted on 19/09/2011 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

Mobile apps for the iPhone and other devices are all the rage, but how do you decide between a web app or a mobile application? Web based tools like Phonegap and Titanium make it easier to build an iphone app…

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iPhone App Store UI and Submission Guidelines

Posted on 23/02/2010 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

[The iPhone 4 is now out with Retina Display so you need to make even more icons now to deal with the increased resolution. There's a great post here covering all the new details.] …and also iPhone UI Element Specifications…

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