CategoryMobile

October 8, 2012 — Navigation menus are elements that can change dramatically in responsive websites. The change from a large context to a small context often requires changing the navigation pattern to something rarely seen on the Web until the arrival of responsive design. Read more…

October 5, 2012 — When it comes to mobile, we wonder whether our clients’ excitement and our own desires are hindering our ability to make rational business decisions. We need to ensure that we do not push solutions onto our clients that they do not yet need. Read more…

September 24, 2012 — Your customers are now interacting with your website on countless different devices. In this post, the authors discuss a useful tool for addressing the control over the Web user experience and the ability to map your business requirements to the interactions that people have with your website. Read more…

September 24, 2012 — This article will cover most of the things needed to be considered when opening a device lab. It will also work as a guide and give practical tips: things like location, how to get devices, what devices to get and what software to use. Read more…

September 10, 2012 — In this post, James Brocklehurst helps you get to know the iOS development tools a little better. Get to know some choreographed steps of iPhone app development, even if you have little or no programming knowledge. Read more…

August 30, 2012 — In this post, Andreas Bovens shares an introduction to how Opera Mobile Emulator can help you optimize your responsive designs. Try it out for yourself! Read more…

August 22, 2012 — Brad Frost analyzes the websites and techniques of the two US presidential candidates of 2012: Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Why did the candidates attempted to create mobile-optimized Web experiences? Learn more about an early case of a link between a presidential race and making websites mobile-friendly. Read more…

August 17, 2012 — Axure enables you to quickly create a prototype for a mobile app or website, with no investment in development. In this article, Will Hacker goes through some of the capabilities of Axure by showing how he used Axure RP 6.5 to prototype a theoretical iPhone app for the Chicago chapter of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA). Read more…

August 2, 2012 — Clay Allsopp tries out RubyMotion by making an app that grabs some data from the Internet and updates the screen’s content accordingly. If you’ve hit stumbling blocks learning native iOS development or are just curious about what Ruby on iOS looks like, you should read on. Read more…

July 26, 2012 — Android is an attractive platform for developers, but not all designers share our enthusiasm. Making an app look and feel great across hundreds of devices with different combinations of screen size, pixel density and aspect ratio is no mean feat. Android’s diversity provides plenty of challenges, but creating apps that run on an entire ecosystem of devices is rewarding too. Read more…