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Oh man, I’d love to use something like this.
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On "Page Weight Matters" 4 months ago
On "Page Weight Matters" : tl;dr - page weight never stops mattering It’s always a relief when you see your own personal opinions reinforced by industry heavy-weights. The linked article discusses the impact of page weight on the viewing experience of YouTube. There’s a prevalent developer …
iosOverlay.js — iOS Overlay/Notification Plugin 4 months ago
Here’s a plugin that allows you to place iOS-style notifications over your web app. It’s useful for showing short succinct messages, or notifying the user of what action is being performed. It’s great for the same reason that the native iOS overlays are too; it’s …
Styling File Inputs in iOS6 with jQuery Mobile 4 months ago
File this post under: “stuff that’s in obscure forum posts but not really documented well”. As per a previous post , iOS6 brought about access to the camera in Mobile Safari. While access is not real time ( getUserMedia would be amazing), we are able to prompt the user to take …
More Form Failures 5 months ago
In the post directly below I discussed the ramifications of bad form design on the overall customer experience. I compared Telstra’s woeful forms to those of The Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and how even a lethargic bank is beating them in the form stakes. Oh how I was wrong. Unlike the …
An Autopsy of a Bad User Experience 5 months ago
I’d like to take a moment to share a bad user experience with you. Why? I believe it’s important to diagnose the how and the why whenever these issues occur. It’s one thing to feel empowered by social media and sound off your 140 characters of fury. But what does that achieve? …
UX Lab 013: ThreeJS Battery 6 months ago
It’s been a bit quiet in the lab of late, and for that I apologise. To make up for it I thought I would have a dabble with something small in ThreeJS . I’ve played with it before, but never put out anything production-ready. 3D artwork has become pretty common place these days. But …
iOS Theme Update 6 months ago
I pushed an update to the iOS jQuery UI Theme to add support for the latest release - jQuery Mobile 1.2.0 . Not much should change, but there is a notable syntax change to “in page” buttons. The changes are: Added support for jQuery Mobile 1.2.0 Support for, and styling of new popup …
Delta jQuery UI Theme 6 months ago
Hey guys, just a quick heads up that I released the “Delta” jQuery UI theme a while ago over on the blog of my employer, Kiandra IT . It’s a completely free theme, and the best looking one yet. There are some known issues reported on the GitHub repo, so I’ve got to find …
Wishlist: An integrated iPhone experience 7 months ago
I’ve always liked the way that the iPhone fades out and pauses your music whenever a phone call interrupts. It took a bit of getting used to, but now I can’t imagine it working any other way. So I think it’s understandable that it feels a bit disconnected that my phone, ringing …
Tait Brown
I'm a UX designer/developer. I make stuff and tweet about shit user experience. http://taitbrown.com
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