Niklaus Gerber - Issue #17
highly recommended
The UX Secret That Will Ruin Apps For You
Facebook servers crunch your data in milliseconds, but the user interface takes longer to load. That’s by design.
Nine Nasty UX Truths
There’s much to learn on the internet about UX theory, but the tips below are 100% the result of hard-earned experience… a.k.a. painful moments. I’ve screwed up a lot, in the last twenty years, and these are some of the ways I’ve found to stop screwing up. Enjoy learning from my mistakes!
Widgetisation of Apps
Apps are no longer the main destination. Their purpose is changing and with iOS 10 we got just enough to adjust.
The Design Tools We Really Need
Designers have never been more empowered to design beautiful interfaces. Thanks to tools like Sketch, we can now mock up interfaces faster than we can edit photos. Other tools like Framer, Pixate, Invision, Flinto, etc, have come around that allow us to take these mock ups into clickable prototypes and animated transitions. Prototypes can be taken so far as to even trick people into thinking they’re seeing a fully functional product. The state of design tools has never been more exciting.
How We Started Releasing Features Twice As Fast (Case Study)
When businesses rely on your app for their day-to-day work, you have to be agile enough to quickly address their needs. If you don’t, others definitely will. In the unforgiving world of SaaS, delaying a critical feature (or rushing a bug-ridden piece of code) will mean losing clients. A solid agile workflow can make all the difference.
Welcome to Null Island, a Non-Place Located at 0°N 0°E
From my very first lines of C++ code circa Intro to Computer Science I, I’ve been in love with the concept of NULL, aka null, nil, undefined, or simply None (thanks, Python). It’s a keyword that varies across programming languages in both syntax and technical meaning, but the fundamental idea is always that whatever is to be denoted by null has no value. It is not even 0, but it is also certainly not less than 0 because a negative number is something, even if it’s the negation of a positive something.
The History of the URL: Domain, Protocol, and Port
On the 11th of January 1982 twenty two computer scientists met to discuss an issue with ‘computer mail’ (now known as email). Attendees included the guy who would create Sun Microsystems, the guy who made Zork, the NTP guy, and the guy who convinced the government to pay for Unix. The problem was simple: there were 455 hosts on the ARPANET and the situation was getting out of control.
Inside the Newest Snapchat Megatrend
Geofilters are the new hashtags
astonishing apps
Palettable
Generate beautiful color palettes with no prior design knowledge.
Type Nugget
Typeset & generate beautiful, bulletproof CSS in browser.
Monty Frugal
Your friendly expenses bot.
Teletype
This cutie was designed by Aimbulance to bring magic into communication. And it prints cute messages.
inspirational
Flags of France
Today’s France in its current borders exists since 1947. Until that date French borders did change a lot and were in hands of various political forces. At this moment, France has a complex administrative structure of the following form (starting with the largest administrative unit): regions (overseas regions), departments (overseas departments), arrondissements, cantons and communes. Recently, the administrative division at the regional level was changed, merging some regions into one; the names of these larger units consist of the names of all the previous regions (for example, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur).
What It Takes To Be Human
The Future of Browser History
I am really unsatisfied with the current state of Browser History. I think that this is the most underestimated feature of every modern web browser. Let’s take the most popular browser as an example.
A Guide to Color and Conversion Rates
beautiful video content
BreakingPoint
The Phenomenon „hysterical strength“ is a display of extreme strength by humans, beyond what is believed to be normal, usually occurring when people are in life and death situations. We witness a mother giving birth to her child. Rather than seeing things on a realistic level, we follow things happening on a more metaphorical side.The focus of the action is the challenge of birth, which presents itself as an extreme situation in which it becomes literally a matter of life and death.
Oddly Satisfying Video Compilation Made With Love
Music: Say Yeah - Topher Mohr and Alex Elena Where I Am From - Topher Mohr and Alex Elena [Chill] Holly Drummond - Stronger (Nomyn Remix)
IKEA x HAY
A trio of Danish creative agencies – Morten Kühl Christensen from Kühl & Solvstrom with Nikextension and Barkas – have unveiled the first in a new series of ad teasers in support of Ikea and Hay’s 2017 collaborative collection. Lovely!
made me smile
The Restaurant of Life
The Restaurant of Life. Eating at The Restaurant of Life is always exciting and unexpected. Enjoy your meal!