Browse: December 2011
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New Visual Proportions for the iOS User Interface
The quote above is taken from Josh Clark’s book Tapworthy, an authoritative book on iPhone UI design. Apple’s Mobile HIG (Human Interface Guidelines) does recommend 44 × 44 pixels as the comfortable minimum size for tappable UI elements. Most apps and including practically all of the native apps follow this 44-pixel rhythm. Everyone is happy. So what is the problem?
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Designing for the Web: Templates and Grid Systems
In this article, we will cover some important issues and introduce some tools for you to use when designing a website. Just keep in mind that as in the print sphere, the web sphere contains a multitude of choices for design as well as development. This is only one method and we are attempting to come from more of a designer angle rather than a developer one.