Some really cool examples here. I really like the helix effect personally. Check them out: http://lab.hakim.se/scroll-effects ! And the code on github: https://github.com/hakimel/scroll-effects Embedded Link Hakim / CSS3 Scroll Effects Decided it was time for some CSS tinkering again and ended up creating this set of CSS3 scrolling styles. Not intended for any practical use [...]
So this is all about writing CPTs into a plugin and not in your theme. Is there a time to not do that and include it into the theme? I'm thinking specifically when you are making the custom theme for the client rather than for stock. The client won't really be changing themes willy nilly, [...]
Nielson recently stated that he thinks we should keep building a mobile version of a site that is trimmed down and optimized for mobile, and a full version. This contradicts the growing momentum in the industry regarding among other things Responsive Web Design. Josh Clark, another expert in Mobile and Usability, correctly dissects Nielson's stance [...]
Thanks to Chris for this high level evaluation of the state of responsive images. THis post lays out descriptions pros and cons of each of the 3 foreseeable options: a new image format, a new syntax/html element or use existing technology. Embedded Link On Responsive Images | CSS-Tricks There are three ways we can go [...]
Dave Rupert shares a quick tut on how to use percentage based padding-top (and height:0) with images as background images to let them be responsive and still keep the proper proportions. Thanks for sharing Dave! Embedded Link Uncle Dave’s Ol’ Padded Box Uncle Dave's Ol' Padded Box. Here's a CSS trick I've been using lately [...]
This is a huge hand to gaming in flash, which is quickly becoming a big driver to the flash roadmap. Lee shows a quick tut on how to accomplish this here. I like this solution from Adobe and thought initially it should have been something similar. Better late than never though. Embedded Link Flash Player [...]
Check out the parent theme on github and use what works for you. I'm very interested to see the functionality Mitch has included in here. It is blazing fast very responsive and looks like a great place to start a new site. Check a demo: http://dev.studionashvegas.com/coretheme/ Embedded Link I’m Open Sourcing My Core Theme The [...]
Here's a great example of how to embellish a design without adding (much) markup and using tools available to progressively enhance the experience while not burdening users with downloading any more kbs. Embedded Link Create the Illusion of Stacked Elements with CSS3 Pseudo-Elements – Inspect Element By now, hopefully you're familiar with the use of [...]
Here are my notes on the presentation from Lee Brimelow of Adobe at the Atlanta Adobe Users Group Meeting: http://www.meetup.com/Adobe-User-Group-of-Atlanta/events/56200162/ What is flash for? Doing things the browser can’t! If you can use HTML5 then do it. Learn about it and learn the capabilities and know when to use what tool and when they are [...]
Here are my notes on the presentation from Mike Chambers of Adobe at the Atlanta Adobe Users Group Meeting: http://www.meetup.com/Adobe-User-Group-of-Atlanta/events/56200162/ Honestly, the announcement from Nov was handled horribly, it was a mess. Adobe has learned a lot and there have been many changes since then to keep this from happening again. They are really pushing [...]
Proposals in the works for new media queries specific to touch enabled devices. Examples include pointer, which will differentiate wether the device has a fine or coarse pointer (finger vs mouse) and hover, which would say if the device supports hover states. I can see this being helpful and useful for building mobile friendly sites [...]
Jason explains the root of the problem and why no one has been able to devise a solution that makes everyone happy yet. The browsers (in their awesome drive to make browsing faster) are prefetching images and developers want to only use one image based on criteria the browser doesn't know until the layout is [...]
This post on creativejs picks apart how this doodlue was made. Nice they they are able to support HTML5 audio even if it is only supported on chrome and the rest fall back to – you guessed it – flash. Embedded Link Google Moog synth tear-down Yesterday we featured Google's web-based analogue synth Moog tribute [...]
Synth Emulator on Google Japan Doodle Today Embedded Link Moog 自分のオリジナル曲を創って、 #moogdoodle で共有しよう。
New additions to the plugin directory include: favorites, incorporating support forums into it's own tab for each plugin as well as support stats being displayed! Great! I think we also need the ability to give plugins ratings and reviews (bonus points if it can be done from within a wordpress admin dashboard when installing plugins). [...]
Use zipf's short head to tune your website rather than redesign the whole thing. To make a website successful it needs to meet the needs of the users. Find out what those needs are by using the short head philosophy to equate most searched things as the biggest needs of the users. Use personas to [...]
Great article at a list apart discusing the state of the industry regarding responsive images. This picks apart the set attribute of the img element from a surprisingly objective view coming from someone so close to the picture element. Insightful discussion about the principle behind the proposals than the actual solution too. If the working [...]
A great developer story about the differences on what Git is vs other version control and what Git is not. This is how we should learn it. I heard over and over that it was distributed, but never grasped what that meant, so here are a few links and explanations that will help unlearn version [...]
I'm very excited to share the news that the tween library from GreenSock (hands down the best tweening library I used in flash) is not ported for use in javascript! This will be great! I missed that simple syntax from as3 when animating javascript, and now I can have my cake and eat it too. [...]
I'm Evan Mullins. I'm a web designer and am very interested in the intersection of art & technology, user experience, and interactive design. I like contributing to make the web incrementally a better place. I love simultaneously solving problems & making things aesthetically brilliant. circlecube is my interactive design site chock full of tutorials, critiques, techniques, technologies, ramblings and a playground of experiments. Welcome to it!
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