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Google announced a few days ago on the Gmail Blog their new addition for Gmail: offline Gmail, Calendar and Docs.

For years the web design and development communities have had an enemy amongst the ranks. A wolf in sheep’s clothing, parading through the communities as a friend of the game, when really it is more of a foe. Perhaps a well intentioned foe, as some might argue, but a foe nonetheless. That enemy goes by the name of Spec Work. We see posts popping up all over the web condemning this community damaging practice, yet still it persists. And what is worse, is that it there are still so many in the community buying into the lie this backward business model projects and perpetuates about it being good for the community.

A No!Spec poster from designer Jeff Andrews

After years of dedicated sites and services springing up around the web to facilitate … Read More »

Many iOS (iPad and iPhone) users don’t know the basic gestures or default system tools that, with the correct knowledge, make using these devices so easy. Designers should be aware of these issues and either offer guidance or provide alternate solutions that compensate for this knowledge gap.

To use any software, some understanding of how to use both the software and hardware is required. Many users lack this knowledge, which, when we break it down, is why the UX field exists. Perhaps Jared Spool described this best when he coined  “The Knowledge Gap” as the difference between a user’s actual knowledge and the target knowledge (what is needed to complete a task), and asserted that for a design to be intuitive, it needs to bridge this gap. Because of this, our primary task as UX designers … Read More »

Enter the darkroom and see the amazing effects that these pros can wrangle that still rival their digital counterparts in spades.