I used to pin my frequent websites into Chrome’s bookmark bar removing the descriptions, so that it looked like a row of favicons linking to the most useful websites.
The problem with this method is that bookmark bar only has space for 38 icons (maybe more for a larger screen) before they get sucked into the dropdown. The other thing is when you want to bookmark more then one URL under the same domain/favicon (github repos, for example).
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I attended Smashing Conference, an event for web designers and developers. Here’s a roundup with tools, tweets, quotes, links and slides.
Marked with #mustwatch are the talks that have been of the most interest for me personally. The videos of these talks should be available soon enough, and I will update this post with the links when they are released.
My early morning in Oxfordshire (got up at 4am to get there by 7:30 from London).
TL;DR
Read a lot to write better.
Crowdfunding and flexible pricing for publishers.
Users will use your app “wrong”, use the tools to see how.
Dispel your mistaken assumptions.
Solve real human problems.
Do the hard work to make it simple.
Use srcset for optimisation and picture element for art direction.
Web or native — try hybrid apps.
Everyone should have a different favourite browser, because web standards.
Debug HTTP and SSL with the tools.
Use flexbox in production right now — progressive enhancement (watch this video to learn how).
Make web apps work offline. Service workers!
Great talk from perspective of designers and developers who worked on re-structuring and re-designing (i.e. making simpler and faster) the website of Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (rbkc.gov.uk)
Btw, do you know why Chelsea mansions are sooo expensive? :) Partly because of this:
Hilarious, educational talk about responsive images, picture element and srcset. And previous version of this talk (from Smashing Conf 2014 Whistler) is already on vimeo.
Deep flexbox talk with production code examples. Enjoyed it. There’s a great followup blog post in Zoe’s blog: http://zomigi.com/blog/leveling-up-with-flexbox/
Great talk on performance. Also, check out this super smooth website: aerotwist.com
#mustwatch
Polle de Maagt — “Crafting for #WORLDDOMINATION”
@polledemaagt | Changes companies like IKEA and KLM to be less about ads and more about acts
Slides: (to be updated)
Rachel Ilan Simpson — “User reach for designers & engineers”
@rilan | UX Designer on @googlechrome #MakeMunich cofounder & Head of http://www.designj.am
Slides: (to be updated) “User research is going to change what you make and how you make it.”
– What users are thinking?
– What is this?
– Do I trust you?
– What are you offering me?
– How do I get it?
@rilan
Didn’t expect another talk on user research to be so engaging. Lots of user research tools mentioned. And this awesome animation.
#mustwatch
Jake Archibald — “The UX of offline-first”
@jaffathecake | Developer advocate at Google.
Slides: (to be updated)
This little browser extension called ZenMate for Google Chrome™ allows to access a website that is blocked for you due to censorship or geographical restrictions, such as Facebook for China or Songza for non-US residents.
ZenMate not only removes location restrictions by tunneling your traffic through the ZenMate Cloud but it also fully encrypts all traffic with the highest security standards.
Today I’m going to share my favorite tools for managing music library, as well as listening, streaming and discovering music.
There’s a bunch of streaming services, players and apps avaliable for various platforms. However, I’m not going to list them all. I’m going to only describe favorite ones, and hopefully, someone will find this useful. Sharing your experience and suggestions is more then welcome in the comment section:)
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(MIH for “make it happen”) helps front-end developers to debug and optimize their webpages on iPad and iPhone. It’s an iOS web inspector and debugger that makes various dev tools accessible right on the device you are testing on.
There are tons of Chrome extensions I’ve been trying out and testing. Few of them made it into the Chrome toolbar and I’m using them every day. Here is the list of my currently active best chrome extensions 2013. Hopefully, you find something interesting for yourself.
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