38. 88% of people have a mobile phone. The
number of people that use their phone to
access the Internet went from 31% (2009) to
55% (2012).
35% of people in the
US don’t have
Internet access at
home.
59% of Americans
who make less
than $30,000 have
no Internet access
at home.
88% of Americans
without a high
school diploma
don’t have Internet
access at home.
—Karen McGrane, via Luke Wroblewski. http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1602
61. “I’m not making a case for ditching
Photoshop altogether and designing
solely in the browser but rather better
understanding how we use Photoshop in
modern web design.”
—Brad Frost, Front-End Designer
62. “I don’t think we’re in a post-P S D era, but
I do think we’re moving towards a
post-‘full-comp’ era.”
—Me
111. “Obviously this is not a website.
But I see how it could be one.”
—The perfect client’s reaction to an element collage
clearleft.com/thinks/visualdesignexplorations
118. “We must move away from the place where the
client sits with arms crossed in the role of judge,
and we take to the stage with song and dance in
the role of auditioning talent. While both parties
find the showmanship of our craft titillating, the
practitioner’s is a stronger place than that of the
performer. It is this practitioner’s position from
which we must strive to operate. Practitioners do
not present. Stars do not audition.”
—Blair Enns, dmall.me/13eVrWD
123. 4 design process tips for
responsive web design
From Vox Media Director of Design Ted Irvine (@ted_irvine)
124. “Things can look beautiful in Photoshop, but having
them work responsively in code gives you a more
honest sense of the design. As designers, we're often a
bit dishonest about content. We realized that the more
quickly we got into code, the more quickly things
broke, and the more quickly we could fix them.”
be honest
j
1
126. “We still do a lot of work in Photoshop when we
needed to focus. Sometimes when you work only in
code, you work too fast. We needed to slow down.”
Slow down
j
3
127. “We always start with a 2-week typography study in a
browser. For responsive projects, design elements go
away when the viewport gets smaller, so typography
plays an important part in carrying the brand.”
Start with type
j
4
134. “How would I ever have discovered that
[animation idea] if I had to compile every time I
made a change? So much of creation is about
discovery, and you can’t discover anything if
you can’t see what you’re doing.”
—Bret Victor
135. For some, “designing in the browser” actually
means skipping design to starting building instead.
136. “Let’s change the phrase
‘designing in the browser’ to
‘deciding in the browser.’”
—Me, http://the-pastry-box-project.net/dan-mall/2012-september-12/
137. Yes, I realize I just cited myself.
Again.
I am so sorry.
