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Gene Crawford breaks down key principles for any responsive strategy and highlights five websites that execute it flawlessly. Responsive web design is hands down the most effective way to get a company’s website ready for the mobile market. There are several approaches to building a responsive site: “mobile first,” “content first,” retrofitting an existing site …
Mobile web design experts Anna Dahlström, Dean Evans, and Sam Hampton-Smith are sharing their top advice for anyone working on mobile-focused web pages. In recent years, mobile design has boomed—but figuring out what to do and where to start can be tricky. Mobile web design isn’t just about choosing between a mobile site or an …
Responsive web design isn’t just a nice-to-have anymore—it’s a must for any modern website. The good news? Implementing RWD is easier than ever, thanks to tons of great tools that help you build, test, and polish designs to create top-notch user experiences. Below is our roundup of some of the best resources to help you …
Test Your Site Across Devices (No Need to Buy Them All) Testing your website’s responsive design is critical to making sure it looks and works exactly how you want it to on every device. Any modern web designer knows the basics of responsive web design—its whole goal is to make sure sites display perfectly, no …
Mobile design is a relatively new yet critical consideration. Just a decade ago, web design meant designing for desktop computers—today, it means designing for mobile devices too. Mobile phones drive a growing share of web traffic, and that trend shows no signs of slowing down. According to Statista, October 2018 saw 3.9 billion unique mobile …
6 Steps to Ensuring Your App Works for Everyone Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other U.S. guidelines, public-sector websites and apps are legally required to be accessible to all users—and this standard is increasingly becoming a best practice for private businesses too. In today’s digital world, mobile apps are a go-to way …
Apple’s App Store first rolled out back in 2008, and over the years, it’s grown into one of the world’s largest platforms for mobile applications. Today, it’s overflowing with innovative ideas and creative builds—but a new effort to tidy up the marketplace means some of your go-to apps might soon disappear. As part of its …
App user interface (UI) design, much like web design, evolves through countless phases. When the iPhone first hit the scene, most apps stuck closely to Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines. But as the device became ubiquitous—and Apple itself rolled out more of its own apps—UI design branched off in all sorts of directions. Whether it’s the …
These platforms are unlocking fresh revenue streams for artists. Making a living from art has never been easy—but for artists and curators in major cities, sky-high real estate costs for galleries and studio spaces have made building a sustainable career even harder. The rising popularity of art fairs hasn’t helped either: while they’re great for …
Below is our curated list of the best JavaScript APIs available today, plus a quick guide to getting started with them. These tools will help you add fresh, engaging features to your websites and apps. A quick heads-up: many of these APIs are still in development, so be sure to check browser support before you …