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Overwhelmed by the Full Width

I almost always prefer adding stuff to a page with a constrained, fixed width. Of course the width will adjust to the device viewing the page, but building a page in a web app that uses the full width of the browser often ends up being ugly. There's just too

Adding more depth to modal View Controller Transitions in iOS

Adding more depth to modal View Controller Transitions in iOS

The default modal view controller transition in iOS is something that I've become a little annoyed of. If the view controllers (the one being presented, and the one presenting the modal view) both have vivid bright colours, the flat dimension to the transition makes it a little difficult to sense

Prototyping your iPhone app idea

Prototyping your iPhone app idea

You have an idea for an iPhone app. You believe it's great. You can think of so many ways it will be successful. In fact, you can only think of how your app will become a huge success. You constantly search the App Store for similar apps, but they all

A Weird Case of UIVibrancyEffect on iPhone 6 vs. iOS Simulator

I've often seen a couple of differences between how a real iPhone device and the iOS simulator renders some advanced stuff. But it's often the iOS simulator that is acting out, and everything is good on the device. I was adding a background image to the log in screen of

Fall in Love with the Problem - get over the Solution

We've all been seduced by the awe of a genius and beautyful solution to a problem. As developers and entrepreneurs we just love new technology and simple solutions, and we often jump right into the beauty of the solution with little to no consideration about the problem you're actually supposed

UX Trust

I've been paying a lot of attention to my behavior and expectations when using different kind of products. It may be web or mobile apps, but anything from a refrigeator to a car also delivers a user experience (UX) that you either like or dislike. Let's start with a question:

Turn around the order of incentives

Give before you take. Let a visitor book their treatment before requiring email and phone number. They'll feel like they've gotten something in return for their work (the success of a finding vacant time) before they give you something (their e-mail address, name and perhaps credit card). What if you

Mental Model vs. Implementation Model

Mental Model vs. Implementation Model

One of the most useful concepts of UX and product design I've learned, is the difference between a mental model and an implementation model. As programmers we have a tendency to think in technical, modular terms which is an implementation model. What does the implementation of this feature do? It

Anti-aliasing issues in UITextField with Blur and Vibrancy Effect

Anti-aliasing issues in UITextField with Blur and Vibrancy Effect

You probably know these days when you end up spending quite a lot of time fixing a small detail. At times you just feel like giving up and taking another direction. But I really wanted to use the new UIBlurEffect [https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documentation/UIKit/Reference/

Smooth transition from Launch Image to View Controller in iOS

Smooth transition from Launch Image to View Controller in iOS

The LaunchImage in iOS is a static image (or a screen) being shown at launch of the app and it dissappears in a couple of seconds, and then showing your default view. For Høst [http://hoest.ag] I wanted to display a nice photo I took a couple of years

Make features obvious -- forcing usage is even better

When creating software, make your features obvious. A long time ago, Facebook introduced friendlists – a feature where you can group friends by any name you want.Along comes Google+, and have a feature called circles that, unlike Facebook’s lists, are very obvious and an integral part of the design