Category: Communication
CSS-Tricks – Functional CSS Tabs Revisited
The idea of "CSS Tabs" has been around for a long time. If you Google it, a lot of what you get is styled CSS tabs, but less stuff on the building an actually functional tabbed area. At least, functional in the sense as we think of tabbed areas today: click a tab, see a […]
Ars Technica – Wikipedia editors voting on plan to “shutter” violent and sexual images
Not a bad plan, it’s a reasonable balance between still providing a visual representation of whatever and making it easier for people who don’t want to be “shocked” at the sight of the image.
Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox – Defer Secondary Content When Writing for Mobile Users
Wikipedia’s mobile version while typically not known for it’s usability is used as a good example of hiding information until needed.
Silicon Alley 2.0 – Why my Mom Bought an Android, Returned It, and Got an iPhone
His proposed solution is one that Google should really think about, though even that may not be right.
skyrill.com – Type Fluid Experiment
Pretty stuff.
The Watchmaker Project – How to fix the broken iPad form label click issue
Nice and simple fix, defiantly not quite as common a problem on the iPhone (rarely do I find myself wanting to hit the label vs. the input field).
Shawn Blanc – Reading on the iPad
Not having an iPad I can’t speak from experience but it certainly vibes with how it feels when I’ve tried digital version of magazines such as Wired.
Wired – How Khan Academy Is Changing the Rules of Education
Some really impressive work going on here.