Posted by
steve
in Software, Usability, browsers on April 6th, 2009
In the world of web development there has been a recent push from all around the world to finally drop support for IE6. It’s understandable since IE8 is now released and IE6 is about 8 years old, an antique in computer years. However, there are still a measurable amount of users still launching IE6 as their primary browser, 17.4% of all users according to w3schools. So should we abandon the traditional model of graceful degradation and cross browser compatibility and stop supporting IE6? Some very substantial web developers have said yes.
37signals.
37signals started phasing out support for ie6 starting in October 1, 2008.…
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Posted by
Ryan Nasipak
in Code, Inspiration, Tutorials, Usability on March 20th, 2009
When I first started developing in flash, there were inevitably things that just made me want to pull my hair out. Basic physics, Actionscript vs. timeline animation and embedding assets vs. creating them at run-time were just a few of the areas I really wrestled with early on. Part of the problem stemmed from a desire to go from 0-60 in 2 seconds (and that might be on the high side). I was like Nike, just do it. *** As a side, that reaches my corny joke quota for this blog….so please, read on.
When I jump in to a project…
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Posted by
ted
in Business, Uncategorized, Usability on February 19th, 2009
Steve Krug discusses doing usability testing with 4-6 people about once a month can lead to solving problems typically yield big efficiencies and return on investment. We wholeheartedly agree, Steve!
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Posted by
charles
in Uncategorized, Usability on January 30th, 2009
iPhone apps are proliferating like so many bunnies in a vast green meadow. To this point, the overwhelming majority of these new apps are for entertainment, utility or novelty. However, commercial applications are only around the corner. Here at Billups Design, we’re working on commercial applications for the iPhone that our clients and prospects can procure to advance their online communications. Until that time when private enterprise awakens to the uses of iPhone apps, we’ll just have to have fun using our phones for things like this: The Rubik Cube Solver.
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Posted by
steve
in Uncategorized, Usability on November 6th, 2008
Typography on the web has always left something to be desired. With so few options it can be frustrating to many web designers. However, recently there have been many developments on the web typography frontier and now with a little extra work there are ways to get any typeface you want to display on your web pages.
1. 
sIFR is perhaps the best known dynamic text replacement technique. It was first conceived by Shaun Inman as a way to dynamically replace HTML text with flash text. It’s a great solution from a user standpoint because the text not only looks great, but it…
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