User experience
The hamburger menu
The hamburger menu is the new mystery meat navigation. @BasL
Human Rights
Part of social progress is understanding
Part of social progress is understanding that a person is not defined only by one’s sexuality, race, or gender. Tim Cook, CEO of Apple speaking up “I’m Proud to be Gay”
User experience
Multi-tasking is cognitively exhausting
Multi-tasking is cognitively exhausting — when we do it by choice, being asked to stop can come as a welcome change. Clay Shirky, in a very thoughtful piece, explaining why he asked his students to put their laptops away…
Apps
That app you think is an amazing idea
The vast majority of the time, that app you think is an amazing idea isn’t. Startup L Jackson on web v/s native apps
Design
There’s no question that things like layout, shape, and color
There’s no question that things like layout, shape, and color can have a profound influence on user interaction. But the features have to be there to interact with. Dr. Drang, in a footnote to his response to reactions to the WWDC Keynote on iOS8
Web
The best practice for the modern web
The best practice for the modern web is to let people manage their own windows and tabs. Marco Arment, on Forcing links to open in new windows: an argument that should have ended 15 years ago
It’s a software world
It’s a software world. And because of software, it’s a soft world in a different sense, in the original sense of the world: it changes its shape easily. Frank Chimero, paraphrasing in his must-read peace What Screens Want
Interactivity is a matter of invitation
Interactivity is a matter of invitation, and physical cues are only one specific type. Matt Gemmel, on the new design of iOS 7
Simplified blogging
Source: wronghands, via: tastefullyoffensive
Web
What your links say, can say a lot about your site
What your links say, can say a lot about your site. Why Your Links Should Never Say “Click Here” - UX Movement
The impact technology will have
It’s a well known fact that people tend to overestimate the impact technology will have in the short term, but underestimate its significance in the longer term. Larry Page, announcing Google closing the acquisition of Motorola
Those who don’t design for readers
those who don’t design for readers might soon not be designing for anyone Jeffrey Zeldman, in his Web Design Manifesto 2012