The Business Case for Progressive Web Apps
Technical articles about Progressive Web Apps abound, but few tackle the question of why businesses should build Progressive Web Apps and why they should do so now.
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Redesigning Ceasefire Oregon
Last fall after the Umpqua Community College shooting in Southern Oregon, I decided that my donations and support for Everytown weren’t enough. I wanted to do more. And I wanted to do something…
Autofill: What web devs should know, but don’t
Many people know that you can scan your credit card in Mobile Safari. But how many web developers know how to create a form that supports that feature? Not many I’d bet. Auto-Fill…
Responsive Logo Composition With SVG
Logos are an ideal use-case for SVG. Because they’re typically designed for reproduction and versatility, they’re almost always vector to begin with. SVG’s support of CSS and media queries means we can adapt brand…
The Power of Responsive Design Sprints
In 2008, I sat gobsmacked in Web 2.0 Expo session. The topic of M. Jackson Wilkinson‘s presentation was “Design and User Experience in the Agile Process“, and I literally couldn’t imagine designing that…
Converting an existing site or app to a responsive design
Over the last few years, we’ve converted quite a few existing sites and applications to responsive web design. We’ve gotten pretty good at it so I thought I’d share our process. Not a full redesign…
Listen to WalmartLabs on the RWD Podcast
We had the great fortune to help WalmartLabs convert their sites to responsive design, and it is always nice to see our clients get recognized for their hard work. Mini Kurhan and…
A Responsive Guide to Type Sizing
When starting new projects, a CSS builder’s initial concerns tend to involve typography. Setting a typographic foundation with the right mixture of ingredients can form something solid enough to support many other building blocks of…
On the Device Context Continuum
The fact the Apple may soon release an App Store for TVs has me revisiting a couple of questions that have troubled me these last few years: Where does the common device context continuum start…
Will someone do this on mobile?
A frequent question that product owners face is whether not someone will do a particular activity on a mobile device or not. In my experience, people often arrive at two answers based on context. When…