Designing in the Browser
Topics: Industry Trends, Web Design
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Designing in the browser isn’t really a new concept, just a relatively unused one. It’s been championed by a few prolific personalities in the web design community, but we at Worthwhile haven’t had the opportunity to give it a try until just recently when designing for a mobile-optimized site we’re working on. If you aren’t familiar with the concept, this is a good place to start.

So why would you as a designer want to design in a browser instead of Photoshop? Well other than that fact that it means you don’t have to suffer through using Photoshop anymore, we have three big take aways from our first foray:

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Something’s Coming
Topics: Company Culture
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We’re stoked to release a project next week that’s been in the works for awhile now. Sadly, I’m not at liberty to disclose any further information at this time. All I can say is that it’s going to be good.

Effective Web Photography
Topics: Web Design
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Using photography on your website can be a great way to connect with your users on an emotional level and help communicate your message quickly. Unfortunately, it’s often misused and abused. How can we avoid such misuse-age and abuse-age? Follow these three checks to help improve the way you use (or don’t) photography on the web and you’ll be well on your way.

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iPhone Design Survival Kit
Topics: Technical
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If you couldn’t tell from our last two posts, we just launched the Tech After 5 iPhone app last week. This was my first time designing for iPhone so I wanted to make sure I was well equipped before diving in. In the process we came across some great resources, so I thought I’d share them for those of you thinking of diving in to app development on iPhone. Here’s what our toolbox ended up looking like:

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Usability Myths: “The Fold”
Topics: Web Design, Web Strategy
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The term “fold” was originally used in the print industry, specifically applied to newspapers. The fold is used to describe the area of content on the front page that’s visible before needing to unfold the paper to read the rest of the article. So, editors always placed their most marketable content above the fold to capture the attention of those walking by news stands.

Somehow this term has made a migration to the vernacular of the web. Marketers and consultants started pushing it, and as a result many clients think that if their content is going to be seen, it needs to be shown in the ~600 pixel high area that most common screen resolutions can see before users have to scroll. This has resulted in a lot of cluttered websites with ruined designs and terrible information hierarchy. Let’s tackle a few misconceptions about the fold so we can prevent such travesty from happening to you!

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