The British Government Digital Service (a new team within Cabinet Office, which in its turn supports the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister) is totally getting it: Stand-alone mobile apps will only be considered once the core web service works well on mobile devices, and if specifically agreed with the Cabinet Office. Above that: Apps …
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Browserdiet
And what if we got together a bunch of experts who work on large sites to create a definitive front-end performance guide That’s exactly what we’ve done! And we’ll guide you in this battle to create even faster sites. Patting myself on the back as the tips mentioned are exactly those mentioned in my own …
RasPlex — Plex on a Raspberry Pi
Simply put, RasPlex lets you turn your TV into a Smart TV. Similar to the AppleTV, but completely free and open source, RasPlex is basically a set-top box. Once RasPlex is stable, it will have support for legacy console game emulation (NES, SNES, etc), as well as Plex Channels (Netflix, Crackle, Youtube, etc). In due …
Dropbox acquires Mailbox
Mailbox has been around for about a month now and it’s already been acquired by … Dropbox! Quite surprising I must say. After spending time with Gentry, Scott, and the team, it became clear that their calling was the same as ours at Dropbox—to solve life’s hidden problems and reimagine the things we do every …
What is/isn’t Webkit?
Especially with the news that Opera has moved to WebKit, we have a lot of WebKit browsers out there, but its pretty hard to know what they share and where they part ways. So let’s take a moment to understand some things: What is WebKit? What isn’t WebKit? How is WebKit used by WebKit-based browsers? …
SketchInsight
SketchInsight is an interactive whiteboard system for storytelling with data by using real-time sketching. Creating personalized, expressive data charts becomes quick and easy. The presenter simply sketches an example, and SketchInsight automatically completes the chart by synthesizing from example sketches. SketchInsight: Natural Data Exploration and Presentation through Sketch-based Interaction → (via teusje)
Hook.js — Pull to refresh. For the web.
The Accessibility Project
Breaking Bad, 1995 Style
Responsive Struggle
Photo by Marc Thiele Once you overcome that initial struggle of adapting to a new process, designing and building responsive sites needn’t take any longer, or cost any more money. The real obstacle is designers and developers being set in their ways. I know this because I was one of those people, and to those …