Here’s a great article on the surprising news that the next version of MacOS is going to be more fun-looking.
π The Comeback of Fun in Visual Design
Or as Apple puts it:
Although the design language strongly encourages visual consistency, it doesnβt preclude judicious expressiveness.
That’s Appleβs way of saying you can be more fun now. π
Via iOS Dev Weekly.
Xcode 12 is adding a new metric to objectively track how smoothly your app scrolls. This is kind of cool since scrolling smoothness feels right and is a sign of a good design.
Via iOS Dev Weekly.
A great article via iOS Dev Weekly on defining a design system for your app. A design system ensures consistency, efficiency, accessibility, and reusability.
A design system defines the visual language of a product’s design.
π Building a Design System for iOS – Part 1 – Introduction
Holy crap, how did I not know about InVision? I just ran across it at work.
InVision is a free (to start) “digital product design platform powering the worldβs best user experiences”. They even have a free screen design tool. π€―
Thinking about making a new app, I was trying to figure out the best way to design and prototype it. It looks like I’m going to try this!
My Sweatcoin app, which I had reluctantly decided to allow tracking all my steps, reported to me that in 2019, I had walked over 3 millions steps, or the distance from Lubbock (Texas) to Rochester (New York).
This was cool to know, helped inspire me, and turned out to be a surprisingly delightful experience. π It’s much better than the usual “medal” or fireworks for doing my regular workouts. Granted, there was a full-year buildup for the one.
My only complaint is that the distance shows up in kilometers. I know this is America-centric of me, but srsly, kilometers? ππ I had to convert them to miles on Google to get any real meaning out of it. π€·π»ββοΈ (It’s 1472 miles.)
Mental Break Town 