Twitter for iPad : Finally, an iPad Twitter app I can use without cursing the UI. If it detects a reply, it will show the conversation from the individuals included ( screenshot ). If it detects a URL, it displays the web page ( screenshot ). … Read the rest here
jQuery Retina Display Plugin : Troy Mcilvena: The jQuery Retina Display plugin will substitute high resolution versions of your images (if they exist) for high resolution displays (such as iPhone 4) only. This plugins requires no client-side changes, other than the inclusion and initialisation of this plugin. If the 2x image doesn’t exist, the standard resolution image is displayed. Try the demo on your iPhone 4 and switch between the hi-res and low-res images. Here’s the shortened URL: http://drp.ly/1BNu3R … Read the rest here
iPhone 4 GUI PSD (Retina Display) : Not sure how I missed this news (dated August 12). This is the Retina Display-ready update to the original iPhone GUI PSD by Teehan+Lax. The task was no small effort: It wasn’t a simple scale-up from the last file. It was clear as we created it that Apple has spent a lot of time considering how each element should be translated to such a dense resolution. What were single pixel elements are now two or three pixels thick and effects are exaggerated to become visible. For anyone designing for the retina display (640×960) it really is quite a different experience. … Read the rest here
Display Caps Lock Warning in Most Browsers : A script that adds WebKit-like notification inside the password field when the caps lock is enabled, in a progressive-enhancement kind of way. It’s not a lightweight script (about 170 lines) and James Edwards doesn’t clearly state which browsers currently support it. … Read the rest here
This beautiful Apple Airport Basestation was my 30th birthday present from my wife, quite possibly one of the best presents I’ve ever had. The gift of wireless. In those days it was 1mb broadband, but it was still exciting being able to work from anywhere in the house. These days it’s been overtaken by N wireless devices, but it’s such a design classic that it has to be on display. It’s new home is the windowsill next to my desk at Webble Mill. … Read the rest here
If you upgraded Thunderbird and discovered that the fonts used to display messages suddenly changed, and worse still, you were unable to get all messages to obey your font display settings, then this post is most likely for you. Here’s what happened to me: I upgraded to Thunderbird 3.1, and suddenly all my messages were in a font I didn’t recognize or appreciate. I insist on seeing only the plain text version (technically, the text/plain part) of all my e-mail; and what’s more, that it be displayed in a monospace font. Courier 13, in my case. So I made sure “View > Message Body As” was still set to “Plain Text”, which it was… Read the rest here
Two sizes of dive slates, as displayed in my shower. I’ve written before about showering as an ideal model for creative pause —minimal distraction, mental freedom, and a change of scenery. What I haven’t written about is how to capture what comes of the pause. Inspiration is elusive and fleeting, and if it isn’t captured when it comes, it’s often gone for good. … Read the rest here
How to Make Web Content Look Stunning on iPhone 4’s Retina Display : Aral Balkan’s tutorial includes a number of helpful resources, as well as a petition to browser vendors: I’d like to suggest that browsers adopt the same naming convention that Cocoa Touch uses to find and load high-DPI versions of image and video assets. That is, if I embed an image using the following code… … it should load in flower.jpg when the device-pixel-ratio is 1 but it should attempt to find an image called flower@2x.jpg at the same relative path if device-pixel-ratio is 2 (and so on, for higher pixel-ratios), falling back to the original graphic if it can’t find a high-resolution version. … Read the rest here
Type Hinting : Peter Biľak: I have been designing type since the early 1990s, and for as long as I can remember, type designers have been saying that hinting would soon be made obsolete by new advances in hardware and software. Now, almost 20 years later, hinting seems to be more relevant than ever. According to Peter, hinting—the process of mapping a font’s mathematical outlines onto a monitor’s pixels—remains relevant even with @font-face in play, which explains why it’s likely we’ll see font foundries republish their libraries as “web safe” (e.g. FontFonts Web Fonts ): Last year there was considerable hype about the @font-face declaration, a function that makes it possible for a webpage to display any font, freeing designers from dependence on the ‘web-safe’ fonts and opening new design possibilities (not the least of which is the creation of visual identities which are consistent across both print and web media). On the other hand, this also raises new issues, including poor onscreen display of non-hinted fonts. … Read the rest here
In Chrome 5, Safari 4, Opera 10.53 and sometimes Firefox (although I was unable to reproduce it in this test case), changing the visibility of the element by toggling display:none will cause the scroll offset to reset to zero. Toggling visibility:hidden does not seem to trigger the same problem. Scroll the container and then toggle the classes applied. Class applied: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. … Read the rest here
Fontdeck : Another web font embedding service at your disposal, Fontdeck is now available to the public. In contrast to Typekit , Fontdeck is a piece-meal approach allowing you to select certain fonts and license those fonts annually per website. … Read the rest here
I remember when I first went freelance, paying for my first software bundle. I had the choice of buying Quark Xpress 5 for a few pounds shy of a thousand (that’s a complacent monopoly for you), or I could get Acrobat, Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator for just £600. It was a no brainer to leave what was the leading print design app of the day, that I’d used for all my career so far, and go for the plucky youngster that was InDesign. Back then, Adobe felt like the good guys. Nowadays they feel more like the Quark Xpress. Another weighty CS upgrade is upon us, and I was keen to see if there were improvements. … Read the rest here
Henge Dock for MacBook : If you use a MacBook or MacBook Pro as your dedicated machine, and if you disconnect it often throughout the day, hooking it up to a display and peripherals can be cumbersome. While Henge Dock may be reminiscent of the bulky PC/laptop docking stations we’ve all seen in the workplace, I could see myself springing for one. Canny name, too. … Read the rest here
iPad vs. Kindle: An E-Reader Showdown : Joelle Alcaidinho, Unplggd : While we love that the iPad is more than an e-reader, we do not like how difficult it is to read outside, the incredible amount of glare (even indoors, all too often all we could see was our reflection instead of the text), and the weight (one handed reading on the train is a serious no-go). Reading on the iPad also does not provide the same book-like experience as it does on the Kindle. Thanks to the e-Ink display on the Kindle we really are able to forget that we are reading on an electronic device. I don’t own a Kindle, so I can’t argue otherwise… Read the rest here
This second contest, much like the first , offers you a chance to win an iPad 16GB Wi-Fi (valued at $499 USD). It requires less cash but more effort. Contest #2: Win an iPad 16GB To have a shot at winning, here’s what you need to do: Using the content publishing method of your choice (Twitter, Tumblr, any blogging or CMS software, or even just straight HTML), write something that will be indexed and rank well for the Google search “ cameron moll colosseo ipad martian giveaway ”. Your text must contain a prominent link to colosseotype.com . A photo of the artwork may also increase your chances of winning. … Read the rest here
Some days you can tell that @font-face embedding is still trying to find its feet in becoming a stable and viable solution. Chrome 4 and 5 beta currently have a bug that creates some weird behaviour. In the following screenshot, you’ll notice that everything looks a little off . Okay, that’s an understatement. Image courtesy of Pete Lambert Every character is replaced by an A in a box. … Read the rest here
Helvetireader², the minimal & anti-social theme for Google Reader, is now out . Sort of. It’s an unfinished and ongoing project, but it’s in a ‘ready as it’ll ever be’ state. Helvetireader is simply a hosted user stylesheet for Google Reader served via a user script. It aims to make the interface a clean, minimal experience where you’re not assaulted by an array of colours, lines, social features and buttons. As it removes these bits, and is designed for the expanded view only, you may not like it. … Read the rest here
Elago M2 iPhone Stand : The two prongs protruding underneath are a bit bulky IMO, but if you’re wanting a stand that matches your iMac or Apple display, this is it. Also available in black . … Read the rest here
As Jon Hicks wrote a few days ago, the House of Lords recently passed the Digital Economy Bill . The bill panders to big players in the music industry is being hurried through without due democratic process, clearly intended to be made law before the election. Unsurprisingly the driving force behind it is Lord ‘Mandy’ Mandelson, the Business Secretary; a powerful but unelected passive-aggressive imposition. Through the partly Clearleft designed 38 Degrees , I wrote to my local MP , the retiring Des Turner , to present my objections, and to urge him to speak out against rushing through the Digital Economy Bill without due debate and process. … Read the rest here
Thanks to this fine piece of huffduffing I’m reminded that there hasn’t been a Biscuit Friday for over four years. That’s about to be rectified. To the tune of the Hokey Cokey: Facebook Mum YouTube Dad Seabass, manbag Fifty quid to Chad Would the congregation like to rise and sing Hymn number 252 Here come the Barmy Army They’re absolutely crazy Bart, Elvis and the baby Kill kill kill stab murder and dispatch From Petty Sessions on CSI :Ambleside . Read or add comments … Read the rest here