Probably the most famous interface in sci-fi is gestural — the precog scrubber interface in Minority Report. This is one of the most memorable things in a movie that is crowded with future technologies, and it is one of the most referenced interfaces in cinematic history. By using it, detective John Anderton rushes to the scene of a future crime to prevent it and arrest the would-be perpetrator.
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The word on the street is that the Web Is 95% Typography, so as we hurtle towards the future, we think there’s still a lot we can learn from five centuries of history. Typeplate, a free-range and open-source typographic starter kit, is the result of this exploration of our typographic heritage.
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Totally taming form elements is impossible due to the lack of detail in the CSS specification and because of the default styles applied by Web browsers. However, Gabriele Romanato shows us that, by following some common practices, reducing (though not eliminating) the differences and achieving good visual results is possible.
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Layout, for both print and screen, is one of the most important aspects of graphic design. Designs that extend across multiple pages or screens, whether containing large or small amounts of type, must be carefully controlled in a way that is enticing and is easy for all to access.
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We need to embrace a device-agnostic approach to communicating with connected consumers and forget the idea of a “mobile Internet”. Advances by Google and Apple have heightened consumer expectations, which now require stricter focus from us to create seamless online communications. There is only One Web to experience.
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Angry Birds are, quite literally, everywhere: toys, snacks, cartoons, plush toys and that wildly addictive game that seemingly everyone has downloaded at some point.
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In this article, Maxim Shirshin will introduce us to the history of the BEM methodology. BEM is a collection of ideas and methods. Companies and teams can integrate it into their existing workflow gradually, finding out what works best for them, using a unified language that consists of powerful terms: blocks, elements, modifiers. Learn about the challenges that a big company faces when gradually building an entire ecosystem of services with an ever-growing team of developers.
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Rather than write another article on building a WordPress theme, Siobhan McKeown shares with us techniques that will help us refine our workflow, saving our time and making us more efficient on our theme development and design process.
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The best way to sell work to clients is to apply user-centered design not only to the work we produce, but also to the clients who commission that work. Our clients have their own needs that are shaped by their personalities and the political environments they work in. If we ignore that, then the best design in the world won’t mean a thing, because it will never see the light of day.
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In this article, Louis Lazaris will show us how to use white space in development code to ensure that our files are as readable and maintainable as possible. He will offer some advice on how to make our code as performance-friendly as possible. This means concatenating and minifying as many assets as possible, thus serving the smallest possible files and the least number of files.
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