On a side note since this is the last UMS Post of the year – thanks all for a great 2015! See you next year!
Each week, we do a round up of curated “stuff from the interwebs” that we call Radar.
Copying Text From Images to Your Clipboard
Getting the text out of a raster-based image when you don’t have access to the original source files is something that no one looks forward to. Retyping text is a waste of time, and waiting to get original source files is inefficient. What you really want to do is to take a screenshot of just […]
BizCraft Episode 57: Risk and losing passion and companies surviving founders.
In this Episode of BizCraft we talk about Risk (with a big R) and losing passion for what you do then finally companies surviving founders.
Hire People, Not Skills – MailChimp
Hiring is hard. It requires time, patience, and sensitivity to subtle signals that help determine whether someone is a fit for the position. I’ve spent more than a year searching for the right candidate for some positions, because I’m not just trying to find the right skills for the job—I’m trying to find the right […]
How to fix a bad user interface
Have you ever experienced a user interface that feels lifeless? Have you created a UI that just seems to be missing…something? If that’s the case, you’ve probably experienced a case of Awkward UI. Awkward UI is a missing loading indicator. It’s forgetting to tell your customer where something went wrong. Bonus points for doing so […]
Avoiding Temptations that Harm Website Performance
Life’s short, and time is money. As web developers, we’re paid to get the job done – by clients, bosses and colleagues who may not appreciate the importance of site performance. So the temptation is to cut corners to get the job done – to find the quickest solution, without regard for performance. In these […]
Mobile Navigation Design Fundamentals
There are many different ways to structure navigation when building a mobile app. Each structure has its advantages and disadvantages. Usually, the content of the app itself will dictate the type of navigation. But how do we know which one to use? Luckily for us, there are thousands of apps already built that use various […]
Technical SEO 2015: Wiring Websites for Organic Search
Ask ten people what SEO is, and you’re likely to get ten different answers. Given the industry’s unsavoury past, this is hardly surprising. Keyword stuffing, gateway pages, and comment spam earned the first search engine optimisers a deservedly poor reputation within the web community. Snake oil salesmen continue to peddle these harmful techniques to unsuspecting […]
Applied UX Strategy, Part 3: Platform Thinking
Many designers still focus on deliverables—work products of their creative process. Following this approach, they do research on a market and users, define scenarios and information architectures, explore solutions through sketching and prototyping, create mockups and guidelines, then give all of their deliverables to the developers. Next, they review the implementation of their design, which […]
Creating a “Jump Loader” Animation with SVG and GSAP
Learn how to create a playful “Jump Loader” animation with SVG and GSAP.
Animate Transition .js Library
Animate Transition allows you to easily make transition between any two (or more, it all depends on you ) HTML elements. It can be used in different variety of situations, whatever you want to enhance appearance of your web site or navigate between pages in hybrid mobile application.
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Here’s the link to this week’s batch of goodness: Radar #125.
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