Microsoft Talks Dirty on Windows Phone Sexy App Guidelines
Microsoft’s Windows team has put together a guide covering Windows Phone app branding and giving out developer design advice, in which it sets out the rules regarding getting your “sexy” content on WP....
View ArticleRetina Display MacBooks Seem Inevitable Now
Here is another sign of the arrival of Retina(ish) displays to the next-generation MacBook Pros: in addition to new high definition cursors in the previous version, the latest Lion update has new...
View ArticleComputer Icons That Don’t Make Sense Anymore
Scott Hanselman is a Microsoft programmer, stand-up comedian, and author. And now, he is a philosopher of computer iconography. The bane of his existence? It’s the Icons whose real world analogues no...
View ArticleFinally, a Left-Handed Person Can Feel Normal on the Internet
Left-handed people have it tough. Scissors aren’t meant for them; the average mouse isn’t shaped for them and gloves aren’t meant for them. Everyday life has been backwards. But it’s okay! You can be...
View ArticleHow Many Icons Do You Have On Your Desktop?
There are plenty of ways to keep a desktop. On the one hand, it’s kind of like your default folder, immediately displayed to you on login. It’s a convenient place for those things you need quick, like...
View ArticleZen, and the Art of Stunning App Icons
HD screens have ushered in a design revolution where details don’t just matter — they’re a requirement. Now an emerging scene of designers bound by format guidelines are treating their icons as visual...
View ArticleThe Iconic “Mind the Gap” Is Back After Widow’s Request
It’s not often government shows a touch of class, but TfL’s gone and done just that. After a letter from the widow of Peter Lodge, the original “Mind the Gap” man, requesting that it be played on the...
View ArticleThese New iOS 7 Icons Sure Look Familiar
Apple’s new app icons are sure something, aren’t they? Each one is so delightful and cheery and vibrant. Who knew shading would look so much better than drop shadows! But wait! I think I’ve seen some...
View ArticleA Lot of Cameras Are Going to Change in the Tiniest Way Possible
If you use a Sony or Fujifilm camera or Nokia phone or anything like that, you may notice a slight difference in future editions of your favorite camera and phones. The iconic Carl Zeiss imprint on the...
View ArticleHow Different Your Favourite Apps Look in iOS 7
All that chatter about the death of skeuomorphism, the rise of flat design, and what that means for the next major incarnation of Apple’s mobile OS have all been leading up to today. And truth be told,...
View ArticleAlleged KitKat 4.4 Images Show Flattened 2D-Style Android
Some images of what’s alleged to be Android 4.4 appeared over the weekend, with screen captures of a phone supposedly running the new KitKat release giving us a look at what may be Google’s...
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