Antiphonal Geometry · Harmony and proportion in responsive web design
This is the full text of Owen’s talk at the Responsive Day Out. It makes for a terrific read!
Tags: ios
Mailappapp by Visual Idiot
Revolutionising the way you revolutionise email.
Antiphonal Geometry: harmony and proportion in responsive web design
The slides from Owen’s magnificent talk at the Responsive Day Out …but you really had to be there.
The Pastry Box Project | 6 February 2013, baked by Tim Brown
Speaking as a very lazy person, this really resonated with me.
Overcoming laziness can feel like moving the moon.
A Whole Lotta Nothing: Listening to podcasts piecemeal: huffduffer
This makes me so happy! Matt is using Huffduffer. Specifically, Matt is using Huffduffer together with Instacast and this is how he’s doing it.
Single Podcast Episodes, Huffduffer, and Podcast Apps
A good overview of making Huffduffer play nicely with podcasting software on iOS.
Huffduffer is a niche tool that, for me, solves a recurring problem. I can now save episodes from any device without having to subscribe to an entire show if I’m just interested in a a single episode.
» Explaining the iOS and Android mobile browser usage disparity Cloud Four Blog
A really fascinating analysis by Jason into the apparent disparity in web browsing between Android and iOS devices: it turns out that the kind of network connection could be a big factor.
Every Mobile Social App Site, Ever · Visual Idiot
This is kinda funny (because it’s kinda true).
The Blind Shooting The Blind ∵ Stephen van Egmond’s weblog
If you make inaccessible iOS apps, you really only have yourself to blame.
There are also some handy tips here for getting to know VoiceOver.
Mobile Device Testing: The Gear | Bagcheck
An oldie but a goodie: this Bagcheck blog post contains a whole bunch of useful links to lists of mobile device testing suites.
Clear for iPhone (Coming Soon!) on Vimeo
Nik demos the neat interactions in Realmac’s latest piece of iOS software in this cute little video.
Sirens | Aaron Mentele
Some very interesting results from testing background image downloads contained within media queries or overridden with media queries: it turns out that, in iOS at least, the browser is getting smarter and smarter.
Support Vs Optimization | Brad Frost Web
Brad is on a roll. He knocks it out of the park again, this time talking about the difference between supporting the huge range of mobile browsers out there compared to trying to optimise for them.
iOS scale bug stays (mostly) « « David Goss David Goss
Well, this is very intriguing: it turns out that the infamous orientation/scale bug in Mobile Safari isn’t present in in-app browsers (UIWebView). Most odd.
One Hundred Percent : Jonathan Stark
An excellent point from Jonathan: both native apps and web apps require an internet connection …and both native apps and web apps can be made to work without an internet connection.
This might sound obvious, but the myth that “only native apps can work without an internet connection” is surprisingly widespread.
Update 2011 Conference Recap :: Freelance WordPress Developer Amber Weinberg
I’m loving Amber’s detailed write-up of the Update conference, especially her description of the panel discussion as me versus everyone else.
An iPhoneography and Mobile Photography Conference
The world’s first mobile photography conference will take place in San Francisco on September 24th this year, featuring Dan Rubin, Jessica Zollman and more.
New Mobile Safari stuff in iOS5: position:fixed, overflow:scroll, new input type support, web workers, ECMAScript 5 | David B. Calhoun – Developer Blog
A look at some of the new HTML5/JavaScript additions coming in the next version of Mobile Safari.
Push Pop Press: Al Gore’s Our Choice
This looks like a beautiful way to present information, although it seems a real shame that the information is locked to just one class of device.
YouTube - Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity Rover) Mission Animation
The plan to get Curiosity Rover onto the surface of Mars (ignore the cheesy sound effects in space).
iOS Fonts
A handy list of installed fonts on the iPhone and iPad.
Last.fm – the Blog: Last.fm Acquired By CBS
Probably old news by now but Last.fm has been acquired by CBS, who I hope are not evil. The good news is that our favourite music site is staying in London. Rock on, FMers.
Microformats - Audioscrobbler
More about the microformats that can now be found on Last.fm.
AdAge.com redesign gets job done
Design review by Jay Small.