Techniques
Facebook’s fountain of youth
Facebook is rolling out a new layout. If the story doesn’t sound familiar, it should.
You can guess the rest. Some people got it early. It has mixed reviews. There’s a facebook group with thousands of people unhappy with the changes. And the latest step: People groaning that it’s already happening again. (The irony of including this [...]
How Apple hides the iPad’s dirty little secret with an optical illusion.
Here’s the iPad as you (probably) haven’t seen it before:
Like many others, at one point I found myself asking, “Wait… it’s a 4:3 screen?” It wasn’t because I was disappointed in the new specs; this was hours after I had seen actual images of the device. “I could have sworn it was widescreen!”
I wasn’t quite [...]
Intentionally unprofessional: Design techniques that could backfire
One of the worst things about design is that you can put a lot of work into something that comes out looking like, well… nobody put a lot of work into it at all. Here are a few techniques that could make you look like an amateur, even if you know what you’re doing.
Blur
Blurring is [...]
Updating a logo? Bring it to a boil.
Whether you’re updating your company image or simply evaluating how memorable your logo is, sometimes boiling it down to basics can help.
I wrote about brand perception and brand image before over on Fedorable, and some of that thinking applies here. Brand perception is how customers see a company, and brand image is the actual stuff [...]
5 things you might not know about CSS sprites
CSS sprites are a pretty popular technique now, but I still see a lot of common mistakes or misconceptions when it comes to implementing them. Here’s a few advanced tips to keep in mind.
GIF or PNG-8 sprites should be grouped by color
If you’re taking advantage of the low file sizes offered by the GIF or [...]