Most smartphones these days have an array of camera lenses and sensors on the back of the phone. It’s rare to see just one camera since we love having the flexibility of multiple focal lengths. …
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HP Envy 6552e Printer Review: a consumer all-in-one printer with instant ink
In my experience, printers have always been the most annoying tech product to deal with. The moving parts, managing the ink levels, loading paper, connecting computers, installing software drivers, getting the settings right. It’s always …
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Wacom Movink Review: the thinnest and maybe best pen display ever
I’ve been using Wacom tablets for computer graphics since I could afford the cheapest one they made in 1997 as a broke college student. Since then, I’ve used many graphics tablets, tablet PCs, and pen …
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Huion Kamvas Pro 19 Review
While consumer grade tablets like the iPad are great for larger screen couch pen computing, sometimes you really need the power and robust software capabilities of a real computer, but still with that precise pressure …
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Hands on with the 2022 Wacom Cintiq Pro 27
Ever since I started working as a graphic designer in the 90’s, I’ve always been fascinated with pen displays for computers. Well, maybe that love started with the Koala Pad on an Apple IIe in …
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CSS Needs Better Typography Controls
I think it’s about time the WWW started getting better typography controls in CSS. If you look at what typography designers can do in print applications like InDesign, the typography capabilities in CSS are still …
Continue readingSmartphone Graphic User Interface Design Tips
iPhone and Android touch screen smartphones have a lot of interaction design and usability problems, many of which stem from originally being designed only for 3.5 inch screens and also not being designed for adaptability …
Continue readingDo we need an open operating system for designers?
It used to be that Mac OS was a great operating system for graphic designers since it was the first consumer available operating system with a graphical user interface plus it had great postscript printer …
Continue readingGeneral User Experience Design Guidance
This page lists design guideline suggestions backed by logical reasoning that has often been proven in usability studies. Many GUI designers either ignore or don’t know about many of these basic rules that should probably …
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