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How Android’s Multitasking Experience Could Be Even Better
Lately, I’ve been thinking about the multitasking experience on Android, and I feel like there’s still a lot to improve. I love how the thumbnails come up, but in Android 4.2.2, they made it so that the current app joined the list of “Recent Apps”. This looks great on phones and small-sized tablets, but it looks really bad on large tablets in landscape mode. Here’s how to make it better.
Rethinking Instagram (On The Web)
Surely, by now, we’ve all seen the latest addition to Instagram, the long-awaited website. What did you think of the turnout? Was it what you expected? To be perfectly honest, I had no idea what to expect. My hope was that they would create some sort of a nice grid layout. To my surprise, they did not. As a long-time interface designer, I wanted to test my skills and design the Instagram I wanted for myself.
All The Tiny Details From Facebook’s Latest Redesign
Zuck bought Facebook its fanciest new outfit in many years this week, and naturally, the new News Feed is getting all the swooning. But Facebook added a handful of delicate tweaks and turns to the site — some you might not have noticed yet.
Facebook’s Most Overlooked Design Change
Facebook showed us its new News Feed yesterday. It’s as pretty as anyone could have hoped, and it’s a wonderful update to the design. But lost in the big images and new feeds was a pretty major change that actually started weeks ago: the first thing you look at on Facebook’s page has moved.
Bringing iPhone Safari Up To Speed
Safari is technically a platform on its own, separate from the iTunes App Store. Until the day that Gatekeeper comes to iOS, it will continue to be the most open way for users to access information on Apple’s mobile devices. But besides iCloud Tabs and Reading List, Mobile Safari has remained basically unchanged since its unveiling in 2007.
The Next Kinect Will Turn Everyone Into A Jedi Everywhere
Capri, the next 3D sensor by the makers of Microsoft Kinect, will bring precise, fast motion tracking to everything — laptops, TVs, lifts, robots and appliances. Basically, it will turn everyone into Jedis or wizards, allowing you to casually wave your hand to make machines do whatever you want.
13 Design Trends For 2013
What better way to start the year than to make predictions — some obvious, some not so obvious — as to what trends will become more widely used in the design community. Each year seems to bring new ideas to the community and once they gain enough traction, they eventually become the norm (we’re looking at you, “pull to refresh”).
Watch This Three-Year-Old Fly Around Windows 8 Like A Boss
Have your doubts about the tiled interface in Windows 8? Well, if this kid is any indication, it’s not hard to get the hang of. With some commands from his dad, and a little (sometimes a little annoying) guidance here and there, he’s able to get around just fine, and he’s only three years old.
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