Why is there no jQuery browser plug-in.
Over the last months I have worked a lot with HTML5 and CSS 3 – especially animations – and came to the conclusion that for a lot of things Flash is not needed anymore. Instead I have used jQuery more...
View ArticleThe new Google Bar introduces logo based navigation
In the process to unify all their web apps Google has now introduced a new way to navigate all their web apps – the new Google Bar. If you hover your mouse over the logo, it shows a menu with links to...
View ArticleOn changing perspectives
Last year I switched position in my company. After several years of being in e-commerce I’m now a concept developer for various topics within the whole company. With the change I also had to move to...
View Article“Distraction free mode” in OneNote 2013
Over the last couple of years we have seen some apps for Mac (iA Writer) or Windows (FocusWriter) and even WordPress that gave us a new writing UI – well, almost no UI at all. Compared to the well know...
View ArticleWindows 8 vs. iOS – switching modes vs. switching devices
There have been many comments about the new Windows 8 user interface, with the range from being it a great, unique design while others think it confuses the user. Especially when it comes to the new...
View ArticleIs Google missing user goals by closing Reader
Google announced closing Reader by July 1st because it’s not that used that much anymore. So did our reading habits really change that much over the last couple of years? There’s already a lot of...
View ArticleDon’t slog away at the end of the day
Get up the next morning, make some coffee, read the news, roll up your sleeves and start over with the problem. Five minutes later it’s done....
View ArticleThe kindle, really a reading device for articles?
About a year ago I bought my first kindle. Since then I have been reading a lot more books than in the previous years. I was quite happy with the reading experience on the display. Over the last 3...
View ArticleFuture perfect people
In his post about “the person the’ll become” Jason Fried from 37signals writes about how important it is to look for potential when hiring new people. He argues that many people may just not have been...
View ArticleGood example of Design Principles at MapBox
At the beginning of any (re-)design project there’s always a time, when it’s all still fuccy, you don’t know exactly what you want to make differrent, or just have a list of requirements. Leah Buley...
View ArticleShared backend for native apps and html apps with angularJS
When creating a digital service today, there are various options to bring it on the devices of the user, that is various OSes for desktop computers, tablets and smartphones. And there is the web – as a...
View ArticleEmail, RSS and the flow of actions
In my never ending quest for efficient information input and inbox empty I recently changed my habits again. Over the last couple of years I was quite happy with getting email newsletter. They improved...
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