#mobile design

[paulcirigliano]

[chemicalarospec]

The Four Horsemen of graphic design: oversimplified logos, mobile-orientated redesigns, comic sans, and the Pepsi doc.

[mesaprotector]

As more and more websites get redesigned to basically only look good on phones (limited text width, hamburger menus, and so on - Medium is an example, and Wikipedia is changing to that soon), I'm getting really interested in a browser extension that would force adaptive layouts everywhere (text goes the whole width of the page, for a start). It doesn't seem that difficult to code and I might be capable of doing it, but I'm lazy and incompetent enough to just hope this matters to enough other people that somebody else does it first. I hate the huge empty margins on both sides of the screen and being made to scroll down endlessly to look for the information I need.

I already use a setting that puts every website into dark mode, even websites that don't offer it, and it's a little buggy (my tumblr looks terrible since it inverts the background) but I much prefer browsing with it to the alternative.

[prokopetz]

If you’re wondering why even basic utility apps have become so much more hostile, what you must understand is that it has become an article of faith in the ad-supported mobile design world that user engagement is fungible.

What that means in plain English is the idea that the time people spend using apps is interchangeable, regardless of what that time is used for, and that it should in principle be possible for any given app to capture 100% of that time (and thus, up to 100% of that user’s ad views), regardless of what that app is.

So: if, for example, we’re building an app that’s used to check weather reports, our goal is to engineer a user experience such that our users will devote 100% of their engagement to checking weather reports.

Now, you know and I know that this is absurd, and the people doing the actual, on-the-ground work of mobile user experience design know this too, because they are human. Their paymasters, however, are not human, and do not understand that humans do things to meet particular needs, so here we are.

[sirnippalot]

"Current" Feelings

[studio-biro]

Apfel&Zwiebel

Project by: Studio Biro

[nydialilian]

New project: OPPO ColorOS Wallpapers Full project: https://nydialilian.com/project/coloros-wallpapers

OPPO company launched ColorOS a new Android-based operating system for their smartphones. Along with this, Oppo invited several artists to collaborate in the "Artists wallpaper project". I participated with 3 wallpapers, each one with its unique nature, the fluid of organic shapes, colors, and movement showcasing their own inner microcosm. I really liked this one that looks like lava flowing 🌋.

Nydia Lilian 2019-2020