99Designs opent Nederlandse site
De marktplaats voor grafisch ontwerp 99Designs opent een Nederlandse site. Bedrijven die logo’s, webdesign of andere ontwerpen zoeken, kunnen terecht bij een volgende bemiddelaar in dit segment.
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Facebook’s Focus On Mobile Consistency Is All About Getting Facebook “Out Of The Way”
Today, VP of Product, Chris Cox discussed Facebook’s new-found focus on design consistency, something the company calls “mobile-inspired.” Today, with its News Feed and image redesign, you’ll notice consistency no matter what de…
Lees meerConceptual Designs Push Innovation Forward: Check Out This Instagram Of The “Future”
I’m a big fan of conceptual designs. Basically, designers who love to look at things and want to make them prettier, will mock up what they think a product should be. One of the hottest properties in the world is Instagram, and it’s a very visually appealing app. One designer decided that he’d like to see it take a giant leap forward, so he put together a concept treatment.
Twitter’s First Designer, Vítor Lourenço, Leaves The Company After Five Years
Things change everywhere, especially at startups. Sometimes, the people who start something aren’t the ones who end up “finishing” it, and that’s the case today with one very important person at Twitter. In a tweet, Twitter’s first designer, Vítor Lourenço, announced that he’s leaving the company after five years.
He took the opportunity to thank Ev Williams for giving him a chance.
Lees meerYouTube Is Testing Out A New Design For Pages With More Navigation Options
Most companies tend to test new features and product designs in the wild with a small subset of people. The great thing about that is on the Internet, the world is a tiny place. A few tipsters have sent in some screenshots and a video of a new design that YouTube is testing out, and we’ve confirmed that it’s legitimate.
11 Free Twitter Headers: Download Yours Today
Following my last post’s focus on the advantages of Twitter headers, I figured I’d try my hand at creating a few of my own. The “social media web” and photography headers below are free to download and use for any Prime Social Marketing visitor. Simply save the file, upload it to Twitter under default settings, […]
Lees meerHTML5 ‘af’ in 2014. Ongeveer. Voorlopig.
De nieuwe versie van HTML moet voor het einde van 2014 af en gereed zijn voor algemene acceptatie. Standaardenorganisatie W3C streeft daar althans naar.
Lees meerEmail Design Factors That Influence Action
Getting someone to subscribe to your email newsletter means they’ve let you into their sacred and holy land — the email inbox. People can interact with your brand from on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, StumbleUpon, and etc… but many times they just interact by putting a “like”, Tweeting or giving a “RT,” or re-pin your content, […]
Lees meerIsn’t it About Time Social Networking Got a Bit More Human?
Will introducing interactions that are more real-world help social networks increase engagement? I’ve always, quietly, been a fan of social network Path. When it launched back in 2010 I wrote a post highlighting its features, whilst sitting squarely on the fence and making no predictions one way or another about its chances of success. Since […]
Lees meerFab Axes Sign-Up Requirement For Its Design Shop, Admits User Experience Sucked (But Did Help It Get 7M Users)
Big news and a big admission for online designer shop Fab.com as it continues to scale up and make itself more user-friendly: For the first time, the site is letting people browse its online shop without having to log in, putting the online shop in line with the company’s mobile app experience. The registration requirement has helped the company pick up 7 million registered users, “but it was not a great user experience,” Jason Goldberg, Fab’s CEO and founder, wrote today in a blog post. The company turned off the registration requirement today in the U.S., and Europe will come in 10 days.
“Great user experiences get out of the way and help people get shit done. Our mobile experience has not required login — that was the right way to do it,” he writes. From now, an account will only be required for those who want to add an item to a favorites list, or to buy something.
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