UI development

• Firewatch sports one funky parallax implementation, explained here, should you wonder.

• I know I’m late to the party, better now than ever. I finally got a chance to dig into React. Here’s where I started: Pete Hunt: React - Rethinking Best Practices. Half-way through the talk there’s an app demo that changed it all for me. Now I’m hooked.

UI Design

• UX Check is UX Check is a Chrome Extension that helps you identify usability issues through a heuristic evaluation.

• Why We Banished the Hamburger Menu From Our iPhone App. Few take-aways: after change of their main navigation patter, they noticed that:

  • Customers used the app more frequently: the number of sessions more than doubled!
  • They spent more time in the app: session time increased 70%
  • We ultimately saw more customers return, with a 65% increase in daily active users nearly overnight.

  

• Looking into prototyping tools? Stephen Meszaros just published an extensive review of some major players.

Data visualization

• Chartist.js seems like a valid option for when in need of a couple of charts here and there.

• Datamatic is a visualization generator where you can create and publish interactive D3.js based charts. Via Medium.

Multimedia

• A fun in-the-browser take on Ableton’s Push: Super-Looper.

Being human

• One classy advice served with style: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck.