Material Design And The Return Of Rules To Interface Design
A practical look at Material Design in 2014 and why a structured design language was interesting beyond the visual style itself.
Category: User Experience
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DevelopmentWordPress 3.5 And The Moment Media Management Started To Feel Serious WordPress 3.5 And The Moment Media Management Started To Feel Serious
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An article about the repeated interface decisions that made reusable front-end systems feel increasingly necessary in 2011.
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A practical look at why Bootstrap felt interesting in 2011: not because it solved every front-end problem, but because it gave repeated interface patterns…
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