What the new iPad means for web developers & designers At first glance I like many others scoffed…
What the new iPad means for web developers & designers
At first glance I like many others scoffed at the new display in the iPad 3 but after seeing it for myself and watching keynote I have compiled a set of tips to make sure your website looks great on the new iPad.
Tip1: Use the media tag in conjunction with your images
Explanation: Just like icon designers make different size icons so that they look great on any screen resolution you need to make different images for different PPI's You don't want to link to a high-res 2MB image for your shopping cart when you don't have to.
Tip2: Don't use text in your images
Explanation: With the advent of webfonts and CSS positioning there is no reason to have text in your images. By using text in your images you risk anti-aliasing and pixilation in all the wrong places, a font is vector based and gets rendered by the browser at runtime which means you'll take advantage of every pixels the new iPad has.
Tip3: Remember the 50' UI
Explanation: Remember that with 2048-by-1536 screen real estate you have a lot of room to bring your design to fruition. But with that your user has a lot of information to have to perceive. Make use of the white-space your given, spread things out, make them bigger, don't be afraid to use 16pt font in a list of items. I know we have all been stuck at 1024X768 forever now. Use that media tag and break free.
Tip4: Remember the call to action
Explanation: With all that new screen real estate you might get carried away with big images and lots of white space but don't forget your call to action. It should be upfront and clear.
Tip5: Make your website look like an app
Explanation: With HTML5 there is no reason your website cant function like an app. In fact many of the native apps on IOS are just HTML5 extensions of the companies website. Safari is one of the most HTML5 compliant browsers according to: http://findmebyip.com/litmus
Tip6: Use a CDN
Explanation: How do you think you are going to deliver those huge images and jquery libraries across america much less across the pond? What about to China? I recently did speed test across to Beijing and had over 200ms/packet latency can you imagine having HTML5 video or ajax updates stream across that? Seriously if you might even potentially have international customers get some Amazon S3/EC2 or Azure hosting, put your videos on +Vimeo (They have HTML5 video streaming) and get closer to your customers.
I hope you find the above useful
David Bates
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I have to say there are a couple of productivity things in windows that I have yet to find an alt…
I have to say there are a couple of productivity things in windows that I have yet to find an alternative to on the mac. How to cycle through windows within an app is one… on windows you just control+tab instead of alt+tab but on mac you can't do it. drives me nuts
rant out.
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Media thinks there audience is dumb I just saw a local newscast that was warning people that duri…
Media thinks there audience is dumb
I just saw a local newscast that was warning people that during a storm the most dangerous part was the wind.
The stat quoted for this was that in 20 years 7 people had died in Georgia and North Carolina from fallen trees.
Now I don't know about you but that seams awful low. They presented the facts but used fonts, colors, and hype to twist the facts into a good way to keep you indoors and watching tv.
Meh
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Bug in Kinect for Windows SDK So I concluded my weekend spree to try and get another chapter of m…
Bug in Kinect for Windows SDK
So I concluded my weekend spree to try and get another chapter of my book done by finding a bug. I don't know if it is the SDK itself or how windows handles audio during a remote desktop session.
This is what I do know:
1. Anytime you try to mess with the audio of a Kinect device during a remote desktop session it fails with a null reference error.
2. Direct access methods (monitor/keyboard) don't have this issue.
3. it is bugging the hell out of me.
To correct this make sure you do a try on any Kinect Audio functions if there is even a remote possibility your user's will use remote desktop.
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Kitchen Remodel
Several of you had asked me about my kitchen remodel where I had posted the renderings on my social feeds:
Well you wanted actual pictures and while I refrained from blogging about it (I stick to technical hacky stuff) my mother-in-law sure took lots of pictures and blogs about it (since it is her husband doing the work 
)
Here is her blog were you can keep up with the remodel: Merry Heart Crafts
They finished what we contracted them for on Friday. All we have to do now is get the painter to come out (My sister) and finish it up.
