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Rulers for everyone

by Stephen Chinnadorai on Jul 20, 2008 at 10:43 PM

IconFactory makes a great universal tool for designers called xScope — for people who constantly use this kind of tool, it’s a worthwhile investment. But, a new app now gives you similar functionality — for free. Rulers provides a subset of xScopes useful features in an easy-to-read format. Photoshop-style rulers… Continue Reading »

Freeway 5 adds CSS menus, Blogger templates

by Stephen Chinnadorai on Mar 27, 2008 at 01:07 PM

Softpress announced a new version of their flagship web design software for OS X, Freeway 5. The visual page layout-style interface of Freeway is what separates it from other traditional web design software. Its intuitive interface makes graphics and web designers alike feel comfortable using it. Freeway 5 brings some… Continue Reading »

Insight into the Apple design process

by Adam Fisher-Cox on Mar 17, 2008 at 07:54 AM

In a very interesting article, BusinessWeek goes over Apple’s Design Strategy and while, Apple TV notwithstanding, they seem to nail it every time. The article is broken up into the following headers: Pixel Perfect Mockups Though is tacks on a lot of time to the beginning, detailed mockups prevent any… Continue Reading »

Apple changing their update strategy?

by Adam Fisher-Cox on Feb 29, 2008 at 01:22 PM

At Macworld 2008, Steve Jobs noted that Apple had provided updates every week for the year so far (at the time only 2 weeks). He also remarked that that was only 2 down, and 50 more to go. As time goes on, it’s becoming more and more clear that he… Continue Reading »

Follower or Leader? Audi vs iMac design

by Chris Marshall on Aug 13, 2007 at 11:28 AM

Now if the inspiration for the iMac is the Audi, check out the windscreen on the Audi, that would make an awesome screen size for the next iMac! Years ago it seemed to me that all car designs started to merge into one as they all went through the wind… Continue Reading »

New interface improvements for Leopard

by Zach Flauaus on Jul 29, 2007 at 01:55 PM

When Leopard was originally shown off at WWDC 2007, there were plenty of features shown off. Finder was upgraded, the Dock had an overhaul, Spaces was shown, among others. Although these will no doubt be some of the biggest features in Leopard, one of the most noticeable changes was the… Continue Reading »

Apple everywhere

by Michael Mistretta on Jul 4, 2007 at 01:30 AM

What would the world be like if Apple made more than just technology? What would an Apple guitar (iGuit), Apple deodorant (iSmell), or an Apple toilet (iPottie) look like? La Repubblica.it has compiled a gallery of 19 Apple inventions that will (hopefully) never come to pass. They have taken Apple’s… Continue Reading »

New Spotlight search at Apple.com

by Marvin Sum on Jun 16, 2007 at 11:00 AM

Aside from the major redesign on Apple.com, several minor updates were also launched on Apple’s website throughout the week. The search bar is the latest item to receive the same treatment; it now has the dynamic look and feel of Spotlight on Mac OS X. Possible results start to appear… Continue Reading »

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