Remember that post about the new Belgian Railways signage? Apparently they added a tutorial. Photo via Rik.
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Author Archives: Johan
Branding needs to be a separate job
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Some time ago, I used to make a lot of these “brochure” type websites. What frustrated me back then was that more often than not I was forced into an uncomfortable position. I had to make a good website, but the client’s branding would be subpar. Their logo wouldn’t be any good, they would have […]
CRUD
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I mention CRUD a lot, and then people have this look on their face like they don’t know what I’m talking about. So I think I’ll explain CRUD, this way I can always link back this article. In software there is this term called CRUD, which stands for Create, Read, Update and Delete (sometimes called Destroy). […]
Native = expensive
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I was reading another article in the great native vs. web discussion. And then I thought: native apps are all fine and dandy, but how many companies can actually afford to maintain a mobile application? In Belgium some banks and some newspapers have apps, there are some hobbyist games, and I know a few indie […]
Simple flexbox check
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I love Modernizr to check if a browser support a certain CSS feature, but I found myself in the situation where I only had to check for flexbox support. In this case, it seems a bit ridiculous to load Modernizr. You can use the following code instead: Via Ethan Marcotte’s article “Putting My Patterns through […]
Designing for performance
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In 2015 there were two talks that kept me thinking for a few days. They are “The website obesity crisis” by Maciej Ceglowski and “Delivering Responsibly” by Scott Jehl. Both authors went to great lengths to make their talk available as a responsive web page. This is important because it underlines the points of their […]
Signage
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On Twitter I’ve seen people complain about the new information systems from the Belgium railways, so I decided to take a closer look. This is what the new signage looks like: I think there are 2 main issues with the design: the “hours” are not so scannable because they are not aligned there is not […]
Hello world (again)
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Time for a new blog! This time I will try to actually blog a bit like… uh… blogging used to be? For those who don’t know, I have a long history of blogs all the way back to 2006. In the beginning I blogged to learn, and when I went freelance a couple of years […]
Prefill credit card information on web forms in iOS
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Wouldn’t it be nice if you can prefill credit card information when filling out forms on the web? Well, in iOS, you can. Make sure Safari > Settings > Autofill > Credit card is turned on. This setting will allow you to add a credit card by taking a photo of it or manually adding […]
Sony A7RII
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The DSLR is looking like not just a dinosaur, but a lame dinosaur, given these advances. How long will CaNikon watch Sony advance without responding? The optical viewfinder is great for some things, but I say get rid of it—it is a huge liability for most things. Mirrorless is now the leading technology on the […]