Redefining boundaries with interactive experiences
Immersive, interactive experiences are in high demand, especially when it comes to digital. We sat down with Jenny…
Designing an Interactive Experience
Here at Hanson, collaboration and conversation matter. We thrive on working together to produce projects and believe our…
Meet a Hansonite: Mike Louviere
Welcome to the second installment of our “Meet a Hansonite” blog series! In this series, we’re interviewing Hanson…
Designing for ADA Compliance
Sometimes it’s what you don’t see on a website that’s most important. In September 2010, the Department of…
iPhone X: The devil is in the details
Apple’s new flagship phone has plenty of new features to get excited about. If you want to pose…
What We Know Now: Chas Ryder
What have you learned in the course of your career? That’s what we’ve been asking Hansonites across our…
Device Detection, Decoded
I was recently reading a proposal, and a certain phrase caught my eye: “If the visitor is on…
Why We Design The Home Page Last
There’s no denying that the home page of a website is important. And it’s because of this importance…
Easing, Excessiveness, and Pace in Motion Design
As a motion designer, I pay more attention to animation than most people. Among the biggest issues I…
Design Systems: The Cure for the Responsively-Challenged Site
In my previous post, I reviewed some of the characteristics of responsively-challenged sites. I ended with this mantra: To move forward, we have to discard the idea of web pages and instead create design systems. Tomorrow’s web will be designed and built from collections of content modules, each optimized to provide the best experience for each type of viewing device. Today I’ll outline a new responsive process that we’re using at Hanson to create a better end product with fewer wasted steps.
Is Your Site Responsively-Challenged?
This year, the world wide web turns 25. It’s been a long, sometimes awkward journey to adulthood (a journey I recently summarized elsewhere). From simple beginnings (check out the first website ever published), the web has grown up to change the world. Recently we’ve seen the web transcend the computer and become ubiquitous. That ubiquity presents a problem for people who write, design, and build content.
The Internet Explorer Saga
I’m sometimes asked, “Dave, why do web developers hate Internet Explorer?” It’s true that IE is sometimes the bane of our existence, and always the butt of our jokes. But the history of Microsoft’s browser is a Darth Vader-esque tale of hope, betrayal, and redemption.