Blame Bank of Ireland for this gratuitous lolcat. Had I access to their business online banking site, I’d include a shot of that. But guess what? Bank of Ireland business banking just doesn’t work on Macs. That’s right, if you’re a forward-thinking business and hence do the Mac thing, Bank of Ireland have a little message for you: fuck off.
Dan Cederholm via Dan Cederholm. Those that don’t get that, don’t get it.
So, which city is easier to navigate: the one without a grid layout (Dublin, above) or the one with a grid layout (New York, below)?
Show your clients this graph at the start of your next project and make sure they understand it. Via Laurence Veale.
I’ve come across two types of NDA-loving individual in my career: the clueless and the very clueless. The first type of clueless are simply inexperienced; they’re naive and have yet to actually use an NDA. The second type of clueless are the old-school, the hyper-paranoid and the truly witless; the type of person that “just doesn’t get it”. This post is for both of you guys.
This PayPal community site is a great demonstration of the importance of clear visual hierarchies. The title of the site is smaller, its type is thinner, its colours are of lower contrast and its position is of less importance than the object above it. As a result, it’s very hard to find out what the hell this site is about! This short paper by Pete Faraday demonstrates the importance of visual hierarchies with an eye-tracking study on seven subjects.
How cool is this? I want a font for each of the typefaces drawn here! Via Mark Bolton, another man who loves him some type.
…are a crime against humanity and should be punished as such. I’m not joking when I say I’d advocate medieval-style torture applied to those committing such atrocities.
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