Shark Lady Tech » web design http://thesharklady.com/tech Technology, Internet, Gadgets and Geeks Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:36:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 User Interface and Realism http://thesharklady.com/tech/web-design-and-graphics/user-interface-and-realism http://thesharklady.com/tech/web-design-and-graphics/user-interface-and-realism#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:27:53 +0000 The Shark Lady http://thesharklady.com/tech/?p=83 This is a truly wonderful post by Lukas Mathis about UI, realism, icons and usability.

People are confused by symbols if they have too many or too few details. They will recognize UI elements which are somewhere in the middle.

[ Read Realism in UI Design ]

The trick is to figure out which details help users identify the UI element, and which details distract from its intended meaning.

]]> http://thesharklady.com/tech/web-design-and-graphics/user-interface-and-realism/feed 0 Create Custom Backgrounds for Twitter, YouTube and MySpace http://thesharklady.com/tech/internet/create-custom-backgrounds-for-twitter-youtube-and-myspace http://thesharklady.com/tech/internet/create-custom-backgrounds-for-twitter-youtube-and-myspace#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:50:22 +0000 The Shark Lady http://thesharklady.com/tech/?p=27 Mashable published a useful post which explains how to create custom backgrounds for different social networks, such as Twitter and MySpace.

The post takes you through all the stages needed to create your own custom backgrounds, even if you don’t have Photoshop on your computer.

Click here to read the post.

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