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Social Network Design: Examples and Best Practices | How-To | Sm
Advertisement According to Nielsen Online, social networks and blogs are now the 4th most popular kinds of online activities. 67% of the world online population are now visiting them and the time they’re spending on them is growing by three times the overall growth rate of the internet. Social networks are now visited more often than personal email is read. Some social networks have grown to such enormous proportions that they rival entire countries in terms of population—if Facebook, for example, was a country, it would be the fifth-most-populated in the world (right between Indonesia and Brazil). There’s a lot of variety out there in the realm of social network design. Some sites keep a very professional approach (like LinkedIn1) while others have a more organic, free-form look (like MySpace2). Also consider our previous articles: 1. Engagement is crucial for the success of any website. What’s It For? Give Visitors Something To Do Promote Interesting Content From Friends 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
The Daily vs. Flipboard: One of These is The Future of Newspapers...
Last week Rupert Murdoch's iPad-only newspaper The Daily was launched. The Daily is a newspaper app available to U.S. users on the iPad for 99c per week (the first 2 weeks are free; non-U.S. people can download it for trial via this method). The Daily has been touted as the "future of the newspaper" by News Corp. Audrey Watters wrote our initial review of The Daily and she was underwhelmed. In an informal breakfast news test, this morning I sat in bed with my coffee and peanut butter toast and browsed both The Daily and Flipboard. At first glance, The Daily has a few nice interactive touches - like 360° photos, a short 2-3 minute video review of the day's big news, and other multimedia features. Where The Daily mostly fails to deliver is with the content. Much of The Daily's content this morning was of little interest to me. The main issue on the content side is that there is no real choice of what content is served up. Let's take the arts example.
BeeLineGPS
More Screen Shots BeeLineGPS is a high performance Windows Mobile cache navigation and management software tool. Import GPX files and manage thousands of waypoints with the advanced Waypoint Manger. BeeLineGPS waypoint database can support thousands of waypoints with over 120 icons to depict specific locations. View Geocache Information as seen in the original website Export tracks to Google Earth XML format (learn more...) BeeLineGPS has specific features to help the Geocacher find and manage the cache. Using the GoTo waypoint feature along with the map screen, you can zero in on to the cache using the on-screen direction finder. BeeLineGPS includes a comprehensive trip computer that will allow you to show the distance to a specific waypoint, show total distance traveled (odometer), total altitude ascent/descent, percent grade/hill climb, bearing and many other items. Import and waypoints using the standard GPS Exchange format (GPX). Simple mapping
Introduction to Design Patterns Using PHP
Introduction to Design Patterns Using PHP(Page 1 of 2 ) What are Design Patterns Design Patterns are simply defined solutions to common problems. What Design Patterns Are NOT A design pattern is NOT a template rather a proposed solution that is not implementation specific. Why Use Design Patterns Most PHP developers may first ask why use Design Patterns or why design in the first place. Yes this is probably true if you work alone on small projects. Maintenance Documentation Readability Easy when developing in large development teams Developing Code to be used by other then yourself With PHP becoming more and more mature, especially with PHP5 it is said it will be ready for the Enterprise world, see the following article If this indeed is true then object-oriented development and design pattern skills are a definite asset to your resume. Using Design Patterns with PHP Here is the UML diagram: What to Look Out For Learning Process
40+ Helpful Resources On User Interface Design Patterns | Develo
Advertisement If there is a commonly reoccurring need for a particular solution, there is a great probability that someone has – by now – solved that need and has finished the legwork involved in researching and constructing something that resolves it. At the very least, you will find documentation on general solutions to related problems that will enable you to gain insight on best practices, effective techniques, and real-world examples on the thing you are creating. A design pattern refers to a reusable and applicable solution to general real-world problems. There are many ways to tackle a specific requirement – and as a designer – the most important thing you can do is selecting the option that best reflects the needs of your users. In this article, we share with you the best of the best, cream of the crop sites, galleries, online publications, and libraries devoted to sharing information and exploring concepts pertaining to User Interface design patterns. Yahoo!
Adaptive CSS-Layouts: New Era In Fluid Layouts? | CSS | Smashing
Advertisement Fluid web designs have many benefits, but only if implemented correctly. With proper technique, a design can be seen correctly on large screens, small screens and even tiny PDA screens. With bad coding structure, however, a fluid layout can be disastrous. Because of this, we need to find ways to work around most, if not all, of the cons of fluid design. If you as a designer are going to go through all the extra work of creating a functional fluid layout, why not go a bit further and make it compatible with all resolutions, instead of just most? In this article, we’ll discuss effective techniques to create 100%-functional adaptive CSS-layouts, and provide details on other tutorials and practices. Also consider our previous articles: Fixed vs. 1. Most of us have heard of the 960 Grid System for designing fixed-width Web pages. What Is a Fluid Grid? A fluid grid can be created through a smart use of DIV layers, percentages and very simple math. The Benefits A Note About Margins 2.
6 Surprising Bad Practices That Hurt Dyslexic Users
by anthony on 01/23/11 at 11:04 pm Web accessibility doesn’t only extend to color blind users, but dyslexic users too. Dyslexia is a learning disability that impairs a person’s fluency or accuracy in being able to read, write, and spell [10]. When dyslexic users read text, sometimes they can experience visual distortion effects [5]. River effect Dyslexic users may sometimes see the river effect in the text they’re reading [1]. 1. When you use justified text, you’re not only making text difficult to read for non-dyslexic users, but even more so for dyslexic users. 2. Most of us were taught to double space after periods at the end of a sentence. Blur effect Another kind of visual distortion effect that can occur among dyslexic users is the blur effect [1]. 3. There’s a reason the text you’re reading now is not pure black (#000000), and the background that it’s on is not pure white (#FFFFFF). 4. Washout effect Sometimes dyslexic users can experience the washout effect. 5. 6. [Sources
