Preface I was inspired to write this post after browsing the new Galaxy Nexus microsite and coming across the bullet navigational technique that I have struggled to interact with on various websites in the past. Lets get something straight, it’s not that I feel users do not understand how to …
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Government of Ontario Improves Accessibility and Usability Across the Board
The government of Ontario has launched a new initiative, which is currently being rolled out to all the ministry websites. It addresses the core issues with respect to user experience and accessibility.
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April 26, 2011
Tools of the Trade: Jumpcut – the essential cut and paste utility for mac
Throughout my years as a programmer I have used a variety of different operating systems, GUIs, utilities and so on. When I come across applications or procedures that makes my life as a developer (or computer user) easier, it’s nice to share them with peers and even debate their usefulness …
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October 15, 2010
iPad Development 101 – viewWillAppear… gotcha!
Every so often when your programming with in various different languages you will come across what’s known as a “gotcha!”. These are the subtleties and sometimes undocumented (or hard to find) tricks to getting your code fully functional or working around a bug. These tricks can be differences in hardware/software, …
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September 13, 2010
iPad Development 101 – Orientation
Thanks to the introduction of orientation-aware computing devices, designers and developers must now come up with orientation-compatible layouts and implementations. In some cases, switching the orientation will simply modify the layout of the application elements; other times the user experience or application layout could be completely different for each device orientation. Users of orientation-capable devices expect applications to respond to orientation changes, and often rely on them to provide improved/alternative usability options. In this tutorial we will explore the iPad’s orientation capabilities and look into a few methods for orientation implementation.
