How SASS made my site better
Sass, or Syntactically Awesome StyleSheets, is a CSS interpreter. It lets you use advanced programming features in your Stylesheets, such as conditionals, functions, math, and other things, to aid in writing large, complex stylesheets. Sass can help tremendously when writing both advanced (CSS3) stylesheets, and even basic projects.
The design process for Reddit mobile
As you may have heard, reddit mobile launched today, at http://i.reddit.com. Reddit mobile is a specially designed version of the big reddit for mobile phones. It is more than just a custom stylesheet and a few other changes, it is a complete web app. Development on this app took approxamately 6 months, and it is only in beta. Keep reading this post for more info about the design process, ideas, and deleted content from the app.
More reddit mobile screenshots
I know you guys are excited for Reddit mobile. While I can’t comment on the release date yet, I can provide you with screenshots of the changes that have been made over the past couple of days. Full gallery after the break.
Notes on mobile design
Mobile web design is different than desktop web design. Different screen sizes, input devices, are difficulties that designers must work with. But designers are also presented with a set of powerful tools; tools they cant use on a desktop, for various reasons.
This article is a series of observations I have made wile working on reddit mobile.
Reddit mobile Update
Work has been progressing on Reddit mobile nicely, and we are looking to roll it out soon. New features have been continuously added, and its really shaping up to be a good app.
Screenshots of Reddit Mobile
As some of you may know, KeyserSosa and I have been working on a secret project for reddit for a while now.
Today, that project is being unveiled. As you can tell, by the title of this post, the project is: Reddit mobile.
Flaws in the W3C’s working draft on print
Recently, I designed a [[print stylesheet]] for this site. In doing so, I became quite friendly with the W3C’s stylesheet working draft. Most of this draft is well thought out, but here was one section that seemed very poorly drafted; the section on page-margin content.
Developing an image free design
With modern CSS properties like gradient, border-radius, and box-shadow, you don’t need images to make a compelling and beautiful website. While you may argue that none of these properties are supported in IE, some actually are (more on this in a bit), and, as for a beautiful web said, Keep calm and carry on (with HTML5)