Posts tagged “usability” 

Google’s over-engineering of the G+ button led us to drop support for G+ sharing when we re-launched the mobile-first version of this blog. We’ve anabled it now thanks to some help from the code spelunkers at TechLifeWeb.

After a whirlwid trip to 4 countries, I am back to a rock-solid internet connection and got a moment to take a breath and post my slides from the first stop on the trip: Beyond Tellerrand in Düsseldorf, Germany.

In the past few months, I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time discussing the differences between the “adaptive” and “responsive” web design philosophies. Don’t get me wrong, I love having these discussions, but I felt the need to set the record straight: these two philosophies are not at odds.

This past week, Kelly and I were in Brooklyn for the ExpressionEngine CodeIgniter conference. We had a great time, met some awesome people, and I got to talk about my favorite topic: progressive enhancement.

You may not have noticed, but we just turned this blog on it’s head, design-wise. Those of you browsing on something other than a desktop browser should now be enjoying a much better reading experience. Here’s what’s changed and how we did it.

Many companies have gone the route of maintaining a separate “mobile friendly” website. If you choose to do so, make sure you don’t lose customers when redirecting them from one site to another.

From rethinking grid layouts to an HIV test that fits in your wallet and costs less than $1, we discovered a lot of great links last week.

Over the years we’ve used a number of different rich text editor scripts, but we’ve never felt 100% happy with any software we’ve used. We want to take a step back and look at the big picture before we audition (or build) another one. Can you help us?

Here’s what we were reading last week. Interesting stuff from the worlds of design, mobile, customer service, and typography.