Posts Tagged ‘design’

Facebook is iPad-friendly, nothing else

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Everyone should now have the new Facebook design. I’ll get to my opinion in a moment, but there’s one thing the new design is: iPad (or other touch device) ready. You can love it or hate it but you can’t deny that.

At Inizio Creative, I wrote a post about how design will have to change according to these new handheld devices. You don’t necessarily have to read it (though, I’d selfishly love if you did) because it’s to the letter how the new Facebook functions.

Hovers are eradicated; images are reduced in size, texture and the page loads faster (< 2 seconds is impressive given all the junk they’ve loaded on the homepage); and there’s distinctive areas for double-touch zooming. Generally, the only Flash is their video player or unnecessary apps. (more…)

Good Morning, Campers

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

AIGA Design CampConsidering I’m almost a full week late in this recap post, I’ll keep it brief. AIGA Design Camp – Minnesota was great.

Okay… maybe not that brief. (more…)

lite on users

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Facebook LiteFacebook opened its “Facebook Lite” just recently. The version is gutted, leaving only people, events, an inbox and an application-free wall. Status updates appear as usual, depending on the app used to send it.

Marketers should fret. There are no Pages, no Groups and the ad space on the page is markedly less. So where do you engage these users? Where’s the conversation? (more…)

proprietary pomposity

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Why is it I can’t resist the urge to alliterate? Ridiculous.

Microsoft is impressively stupid. Back in the day they were kicking ass and taking names. Everyone had to be on a MS platform to do anything. Then Apple started gaining market share and MS shat a few mouse trails. (Launched an error-laden OS; spent millions on un-aired ads.)

As I sling interweb code for a living (theoretically) my relations with MS have been more uncomfortable. Their browser (set as default and installed with their OSs) is terrible. It’s a one-legged, fat guy trying to keep up in a pick-up game of 3-on-3 with off-season NBA rookies. (more…)