Tag: Mobile
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The Mobile Book by Smashing Magazine
A fully packed 334 pages of analysis on the current state of mobile and best responsive design practices. Bottom line: most people working in web design today should probably read this book, whether they’re designers or developers. See the full post for my six key points.
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My Dev Setup, part 3: Browser Testing
Some years ago browser testing meant just testing in Firefox, Safari and possibly Opera, and cursing and testing in IE6. Good standards support in current browsers has made development easier on one hand, but more complex than ever on the other hand with the demands of responsive design, the rise of mobile and websites themselves…
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On Pragmatic Responsive Design
Responsive design shouldn’t be just about checking screen width and removing stuff on mobile devices, even though this is what it often amounts to. I also admit to doing this myself. Designing with a mobile first approach is sensible, but we run into problems with the typical wireframes/photoshop/html pixel-perfect workflow. Stephanie Rieger made this excellent presentation…
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Using iStat to monitor remote servers
The iStat App from Bjango is one of the many cool reasons for having an iPhone. In addition to giving system stats of the device itself (not so interesting) it enables easy monitoring of remote servers. There’s a free server app for those with a Mac server they want to monitor, but most interestingly they…
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Google Maps for mobiles – very nice!
At Google they seem to know how to make good mobile applications. After getting a hint from a friend via email, I installed Google’s latest mobile map software on my Nokia 6233 phone. Initially I ran into some trouble — for some strange reason the UI was all in German! Perhaps they thought that wouldn’t…