Adobe has released an emergency security update for its widely used Flash media player to patch a vulnerability being actively exploited on the Internet. The company is advising Windows and Mac users to install it in the next 72 hours.
I’m still hoping this is why they have a fire in their new campus.
The title says it all.
I love detailed case studies like this. I especially like the way Softfacade demonstrate their process, as in the screenshot below.
Sacha Grief on not wireframing:
I start straight in Photoshop. I work fairly quickly, so I know I can produce a decent first draft in a couple days.
And that first high-definition mockup will be much more useful than a black-and-white wireframe to make design decisions.
Basically, the only way to really judge a design is to use a live prototype. The further away you get from that the less accurate your insights will be.
So for me, Photoshop mockups are a nice middle-ground between accuracy and speed of execution, while wireframes aren’t that much faster to produce while being vastly less representative of the final product.
I completely agree with Sacha. A few weeks ago, we started the process of planning a iPhone app and instead of wireframing the app, I quickly mocked up a design. Immediately my ideas came to life and was much easier to demonstrate and explain to others as it was much more familiar to them than a wireframe would ever be.
A good set of quick Photoshop tips by Kamil Khadeyev.
I’ve been using the exact same custom shortcuts for Copy Layer Style (cmd+ctrl+c) and Paste Layer Style (cmd+ctrl+v) for years now and it is easily the biggest productive.
I’ve been using caniuse.com as a reference for what HTML5 and CSS features are supported in which browsers (and which versions). It really is an excellent resource.
Looks pretty amazing. I hope they’re going to throw everything Flash related into that fire.
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