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by hurricanesugar 3y ago
The linked Figma resources in the OP still aren’t available on https://developer.apple.com/design/resources/
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by hurricanesugar 3y ago
Sure there are design resources but look at the resources themselves and compare them to Joey’s stuff. I may be remembering incorrectly, but when I used Sketch the Apple design resources weren’t as comprehensive.
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by hurricanesugar 3y ago
This is significant because all previous iOS resources attempting this level of detail have been created by the design community. A designer named Joey Banks created widely adopted UI Kits for iOS 13-16[1]. Earlier iOS resources were creat
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by hurricanesugar 4y ago
Some are. Look at the similarities between UIs in these movies and today’s Space X shuttle navigation UI: https://www.shanemielke.com/work/spacex/crew-dragon-displays...
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by hurricanesugar 5y ago
A font snob wouldn’t ask this question :) But I’m glad you asked. Learn about how font characters are structured[0]. Then zoom in, inspect and compare the details of a few characters from both fonts. This will help you understand how they’r
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by hurricanesugar 5y ago
Xfinity has an app that lets you create profiles (for each individual in your family, for example) and associate them with devices. You can set time boundaries and limits on the profiles. This is the smaller, tactical side of a bigger strat
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by hurricanesugar 5y ago
I love it. The internet would be a boring place if it weren’t for “pages” like this. We design pages like this because unique, one-of-a-kind creations matter. For the target audience, who think about typefaces more critically, there is valu
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by hurricanesugar 5y ago
Disclosing these details to a popular blog seems to go against principles that keep him anonymous. My curiosity wonders which of the details ($55M, California, “sister”) are actually true or skewed to sustain his anonymity. Tip of the hat t
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by hurricanesugar 6y ago
No, not organizationally related to the restaurant. https://www.thealineagroup.com/companies/alinea
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by hurricanesugar 7y ago
Agreed, although the idea of MyFitnessPal being killed for a moment activated my long-held desire to build an alternative. MFP is bloated, locked down (without a premium subscription) and the UX lacks thoughtfulness in many painful ways (t
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by hurricanesugar 7y ago
Relevant HN discussion and further details about Casper’s relationship with sleepopolis.com: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15321807
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by hurricanesugar 7y ago
In design this is called “the illusion of completeness.” “The illusion of completeness happens when the visible content on the screen appears to be complete, when in fact more information exists outside of the viewable area.”[0] It’s a desi
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by hurricanesugar 7y ago
Reminds me of Nathan Barry (nathanbarry.com) who did the same thing before he launched a successful product called ConvertKit.
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by hurricanesugar 7y ago
One thing Dan didn't mention in the article is that he wrote 3 books about web design before Dribbble's launch: Web Design Solutions (2004), Bulletproof Web Design (2005) and Handcrafted CSS (2009). These books were unique among
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by hurricanesugar 7y ago
“Link in bio” is something an Instagram post creator/author says at the end of a post that provides additional context to the photo. [Photo] “Love my new custom Yeti cooler on road trips like this! Link in bio” You cannot post URLs in
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by hurricanesugar 8y ago
I was trying to make that point without the snark :)
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by hurricanesugar 8y ago
The desktop version of Figma is built using Electron. The web version is not.
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by hurricanesugar 9y ago
I’m fascinated by this story. I was searching for a new mattress months ago. I found a casper.com case study from a web designer, which piqued my interest in a Casper mattress. After some research, I found sleepopolis.com. The site owner re