09.05.08

Matt

Immersed in search

PicLens logo
OK, so you’ve got the minimal approach to search typified by Google, but what if you’re after something a little more exciting. Well PicLens can offer you a full-screen, 3D, visual solution to searching and browsing images and video.

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Technology, Web

01.05.08

Matt

Web site footwear

Picture courtesy of Flickr user \
The footer, as if to warrant its physical position in life, can often be left until last during the design process, like some sort of digital outcast. To the contrary, the footer deserves so much more attention than that. It can often be the next port of call in the event of a site’s navigation lacking a link that a user feels should be there (most commonly, this is a link to contact details). It can reinforce a brand, offer up exciting tools and just simply finish of a page in an aesthetic way. Read the rest of this entry »

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Design, Web

05.03.08

Jamie

Dusted at Web Directions North

Web Directions North

Web Directions North 08 wrapped up a few weeks ago and I have finally found time to write up my notes. As with dConstruct 2007, all of the speakers were excellent and although I didn’t get to see all of the presentations, here are my notes on most of them. Read the rest of this entry »

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Design, Dusted, Technology, Web

26.09.07

Jamie

dUsted at dConstruct

A few of us at Dusted had the opportunity to take a trip to Brighton for the dConstruct 2007 conference. The conference was extremely interesting and covered some topics that will definitely encourage great design for the user experience! Read the rest of this entry »

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Design, Dusted, Technology, Web

12.07.07

Jamie

Jamie and his magic iPhone

iPhone HeroThe iPhone finally went on sale here a couple of weeks ago, at last! I had been anticipating the launch since the announcement a few months back, at which point I was happy to hear that Apple were joining forces with AT&T, the network I had a contract with.
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Design, Technology

25.06.07

Jamie

Choose your JavaScript toolkit

For some time now JavaScript enhanced and Ajax driven web applications have been attracting a huge amount of interest. With so many of these applications popping up, it is very difficult to keep up with latest industry developments. Although Dusted’s applications aren’t heavily reliant on JavaScript or Ajax functionality, we do use them both to enhance the user experience. Our methods generally rely on Script.aculo.us and Moo.fx libraries. Read the rest of this entry »

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Design, Technology, Web

21.06.07

Jamie

Develop for Facebook

Facebook PlatformBack in 2005 the wife first told me about Facebook and how she couldn’t help but spend hours on there, communicating with her college pals. As it was a college only town back then I couldn’t experience it for myself, which I was quite happy about considering I had no time to write on walls! Read the rest of this entry »

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Technology, Web

31.05.07

Jack

The road to convergence

surface.jpg
When I first saw this product it looked like something that would be very inviting and playful to use. I couldn’t imagine that this came out of a Microsoft lab but hey, life is full of surprises and Microsoft Surface is one of them. Read the rest of this entry »

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Design, Technology, Web

24.05.07

Jamie

Watch your visitors

ClickTaleHave you ever wished you could see what your users are up to? Well, it seems we can now watch movies of their every move!!! ClickTale is a new online service that could help us design and develop more usable applications for our users. Read the rest of this entry »

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Technology, Web

24.05.07

Jamie

Flawed usability techniques

“Take a design… Put it in front of users. Change anything that doesn’t work. Repeat.” According to Jared Spool, customers don’t care about usability and design, it seems they are more interested in increased revenue and getting more business. Read the rest of this entry »

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