apple M2 Pro Macs have been announced Apple's M2 Pro Video Announcement If I am being really honest, this really just needed to be a press release. All I learnt from the video was: Mac Mini has been updated to get M2 and M2 ProMacBook Pro has M2 Pro and M2 Max, and a better battery life.
UI Navigation in streaming services is a mess. Streaming Service Navigation relies on showing a lot of options at once, but what if it were simpler?
UI Redesigning the macOS Ventura Form Layout macOS Ventura introduces a new design to display forms. The design looks like this: As you can see with this design, it's got a couple of glaring of issues when used in wide width situation: There's too much space between the title and value. This makes reading the values veery
iPhone 14 Pro’s Black Stainless Steel Apple seem to have updated the way they coat the stainless steel on iPhone. Especially for the Space Gray models, which they now call Space Black again. Previously, Apple used DLC (Diamond Like Coating) to coat their Watches and iPhone, but they stopped it in 2020. Based on a comment
ui design Design Concept: Menu Bar and Multitasking for iPadOS Imaging what a menu bar for iPadOS would look like When we look at apps like Illustrator, or Affinity Designer or even Procreate on the iPad. They are powerful utility apps that some how struggle with providing a simple, easy to use and understand navigation for their actions. Actions are
ipad Designed for iPad Over the last few years, the iPad has transformed significantly from being a large touch screen device to a device that supports multiple inputs and can be used in a variety of situations. It’s changed the way people interact with their apps. A good iPad app experience is not
ui design Always on display on the Apple Watch Series 5 For anyone who has used the Apple Watch Series 5, the always on display is something that’s literally hard to miss. It’s an essential feature that Apple’s done well. The watch faces elegantly fade into their dimmer versions. Not only reducing the alpha values, but also
Introducing Bondi It started with a twitter thread about how people didn’t like the latest Photoshop icon, as it was a rounded rectangle compared to the square of the illustrator. I’ve always hated the aesthetic, but my latest experience with designing a macOS icon for my Catalyst app was so
pixelquiz Pixel Quiz January 2019 Q1. Designed by Travis Kochel, X uses the OpenType font features to create a useful utility out of a type-face. For example: Typing 50 using the X font ren- ders it into a semi circle. The reason behind creating X was to make it easier to edit a particular visualelement
apps The Laziness of the Home Tab If you use apps and websites like I do, you’ve probably seen a “Home” tab on many them. It’s usually meant to tell the user that it’s the first screen in a number of screens. It’s where you start your navigational journey. I’ve been thinking
typography Variable Fonts Variable Fonts This is a really cool resource to play around with Variable Fonts. Not only can you adjust the font weight and width, but you can also adjust the ascenders, descenders, x-height and other more advanced settings in some of these fonts. To me the difference between Variable Fonts
pixelquiz Pixel Quiz July 2018 Q1.When you plug your phone into a car stereo, the phone starts playing music alphabetically, this usually means that there’s one song that you’ll hear whether you want to or not. Many songs starting with the letter A have probably been ruined thanks to this quirk, but
automation Getting Started with iOS Automation Vidit Bhargava I’ve been using the workflow app since it came out back in 2014, and over the years, I’ve been able to amass a few nifty workflows that help me increase my productivity. With Shortcuts (a successor to Workflow, which was acquired by Apple about an year
marzipan What I want Marzipan apps to be I’ve been observing the Marzipan* apps on Mojave for a couple of days now and there’s something that’s been nagging me. Design paradigms on iOS are very different from that on macOS. On iOS there’s a lot of direct manipulation involved, and so it makes sense
hardware Oppo’s Find X ditches the notch for pop-up cameras Oppo’s Find X ditches the notch for pop-up cameras A unique design choice. I’m trying to wrap my head around the idea a little bit. It seems as though, On one hand, I’m not a fan of a dynamic chin being added to the phone, but on
markdown Why I prefer Markdown over Word Processing Software Last month I completed my undergraduate engineering studies, with the submission of my Bachelors of Engineering Project, the Project was supposed to be accompanied with a 50 page report of how the project was made and what methodologies were followed. I wrote my entire draft on an iPad app called
hardware How does Over the Air Charging work (Truly Wireless Charging) Vidit Bhargava With the number of smart gadgets increasing by the day, Charging them has become a hassle. You need to charge your phones, your computers, watches, et all. at regular time intervals. And the number of wires can be staggering. One solution to this problem is Wireless Charging. Well,
font San Francisco: Understanding the Features Dealing with Numerals in San Francisco The SF Pro font family provides a wide variety of adjustments and features for using numerals. Proportional and Tabular Numbers When numbers are used along with static text. They need to blend in with the text by following a similar baseline and having the
apps Best Apps from 2017 Halide Professional Photographers have forever gloated on tweaking ISO, Exporsure, white balance etc, giving their photos more flexibility to look better. But what if an app were to bring these complex tools to the iPhone and make them easier to use? Halide does just that. True, there have been many
topstories Top Stories of 2017 Workplace culture finally get its due importance 2017 was the year when workplace culture, got the due attention. It started with Susan Fowler’s blogpost detailing workplace harassment at Uber. But ultimately resulted in a much bigger discussion about Silicon Valley treated its employees and was backed by many more
pixelquiz Pixel Quiz: December 2017 Q1. “During those bubble years while the stock price was going up 30 per cent a month, we would have all-hands meetings, and I would ask employees, ‘Please do not feel 30 per cent smarter because the stock went up 30 per cent, because when it goes down 30 per
apple Things I learnt from the coverage on the performance downgrade issue on older iPhones Vidit Bhargava These last couple of weeks have been riddled with angst and reactions over the internet about iPhone’s being throttled to avoid power surge issues that need to be mitigated in order to avoid unexpected shut downs and other battery related issues. There have been interesting arguments both
pixelquiz Pixel Quiz: November 2017 Q1. In early 1993, Charlie Jackson and Jonathan Gay, founded FutureWave Software. The intention was to create a graphic design tool that would enable pen-input for users. And so, they released SmartSketch. However, SmartSketch was a little ahead of its time and just as pen-computing didn’t take off. However,
iphone x (no title) iPhone X First Impressions I had the opportunity to goto an Apple Reseller Store (Sadly no Apple Stores in India yet) this week and I played around with the new iPhone X. Here are a few things that I got answers answers for: 1. The Top of the Screen isn’
