POCO is relatively new to the “ultra” high end smartphone market. It was only last …
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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 relatively primitive especially in the context of responsive design. In the late 90’s as a beginning web designer, I would always have to tell my boss (a very experienced typography designer) that the things she wanted to do with type …
Continue readingHow to transfer files between any device on your network; Mac, Windows, ChromeOS, Linux, Android, iOS, etc.
This open protocol from the 1900s works on practically everything. I see a lot of articles on other tech sites about cross-platform and cross-device file transfer problems. For example, there’s this article on XDA developers. Here’s another article on TNW about Google making yet another file transfer protocol. It makes me wonder, “Do people not know about the standard File Transfer Protocols anymore?” I mean, good old FTP has been built into all desktop computers …
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Asus Vivobook S 14X OLED Review
Beautiful OLED screen and excellent H-series performance The Asus Vivobook S 14X OLED is a great new laptop in the $1000 price range that features a gorgeous organic light emitting diode screen as well as a high-performance H-series Intel processor. This laptop is mainly geared towards the 18-30 year old crowd of college students and entry level professionals who are into graphic design, photography, video editing, and other types of content creation. What’s in the …
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 across the system. Here are some tips to consider to help resolve those shortcomings. All of the general interaction design principles apply to smartphones, too, so be sure to see: General User Experience Design Guidance as well. Place interactive elements …
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 and font rendering support. That was back in the late 1980’s. Today it feels like Apple doesn’t care that much about professional users anymore. There’s little support for pro grade tablet pen displays, 100% Adobe RGB color gamut or anti-glare …
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The Messaging Mess: Why it’s stupid to use non-standard electronic messaging protocols
“Too Long Didn’t Read” Summary: Managing too many messaging apps can cause cognitive overload and contribute to cognitive decline or burn-out. It’s smarter to focus on the one publicly democratic system that works with everything everywhere there’s internet, is completely open for you to control/customize on your own within the largest messaging ecosystem on the planet, and is already built into 99% of the electronic devices in use by 100% of the humans on the …
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