List of posts tagged "design"
- A New Look
Being a programmer, and one who mainly developers for the web at that, I have been embarrassed by my previous web presence. You see, I bought an off-the-shelf content management system with very nicely designed, but rigid templates, and used it to build my previous website. The software I used, Rapidweaver, is a great product. It is just not for a web programmer like myself for which the underlying HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and server-side scripting used to build a personal website are as much expressions of personal creativity as the words that you are reading now. My greatest fear was that a professional colleague would view source and see less-than-ideal markup! Or worse, a potential client would look at the site and judge my programming merit on the fact I didn’t even put together my own personal website using my own code.
... - The Apple Human Interface Guidelines
It was created in 1992, has been continually updated the past 16 years and is now 402 pages in length. Apple's HIG, short for Human Interface Guidelines, is unique amongst technical documents in that it is seemingly referenced equally as often by application developers on the Mac OS platform as by regular users. Ask a Windows user if the application they're currently using, say FireFox, adheres to basic Windows application design guidelines and you'll be met with a blank stare. Ask a Mac user the same question, and a significant many will sound off about just how poorly (in the case of FireFox) the application adheres to the Mac HIG. But don't take my word for it. Googling for the terms "FireFox Mac look and feel" yields many articles discussing the issue. FireFox developers have even gone out of their way with the latest version of the application to address Mac user's look and feel concerns specifically.
... - Sweet MacBook Cases
Surfing the web today looking for a new credit card and business card case, I happened to stumble upon the website (and blog) of Calder Originals, a maker of high quality notebook (as well as guitar and violin) cases. Their designs are sophisticated and make the "design" of typical notebook case bags look downright kitschy. I'm sure these will be a hit among well-heeled executives. The prices are just a bit out of my budget right now. But hey, some things are totally worth saving up for. The case depicted below was purpose-built for the new MacBook Air. But as these are custom built-to-order, it appears they can accommodate all types of notebooks.
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