Author: David Cochran

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Behind The Scenes Of Nike Better World — Smashing Magazine

Nike Better World Screenshot
If you appreciate an excellent parallax scrolling interface, don’t miss this:

In this article, we’ll talk to the team behind Nike Better World to find out how the website was made. We’ll look at exactly how it was put together, and then use similar techniques to create our own parallax scrolling website. Finally, we’ll look at other websites that employ this technique to hopefully inspire you to build on these ideas and create your own variation.

via Behind The Scenes Of Nike Better World – Smashing Magazine.

Design for 3 Screens — Make That 5: Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox

Summary:

Mobile use will rise, but desktop computers will remain important, forcing companies to design for multiple platforms, requiring continuity in visual design, features, user data, and tone of voice.

via Transmedia Design for 3 Screens — Make That 5: Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox

Mozilla Developing a WebAPI to replace native apps with HTML5

Mozilla has launched an ambitious new project aimed at breaking down the proprietary app systems on today’s mobile devices. The project, dubbed WebAPI, is Mozilla’s effort to provide a consistent, cross-platform, web-based API for mobile app developers. Using WebAPI, developers would write HTML5 applications rather than native apps for iOS, Android, and other mobile platforms.

Mozilla isn’t just talking about WebAPI, it’s already hard at work and plans to develop the APIs necessary to provide “a basic HTML5 phone experience” within six months. After that, the APIs will be submitted to the W3C for standardization.

Among the APIs Mozilla wants to develop are a telephone and messaging API for calls and SMS, a contacts API, a camera API and half a dozen more.

via Mozilla WebAPI wants to replace native apps with HTML5 — Ars Technica.

Delete photos from your iPhone in 8 Steps

Once you’ve imported your photos, you may find yourself wanting to reduce a few (or a few thousand) of the ones you’ve left on your iPhone. Here is how to delete them:
  1. Connect the iPhone.
  2. Open Spotlight and type in “Image Capture.”
  3. Launch Image Capture.
  4. Click on the iPhone icon in the left hand column.
  5. The iPhone’s camera roll appears.
  6. Command-Click each photo you want to delete. Or use shift-click or Command-A to select multiple photos or all.
  7. Click the Delete Icon at the bottom on the Window

The deletion process begins. (If you’re deleting hundreds or thousands of photos, it will take a bit.)

via How do I delete photos from iPhone…: Apple Support Communities.

CMSify: Simplified Admin WordPress Plugin

CMSify is a new plugin that features an admin panel where you can easily hide or enable features you may or may not need, all in one clean sweep.

As you can see below, there are dozens of options for customizing WordPress administration. Highlights include the ability to disable the upgrade notice for non-admins, remove dashboard and plugin widgets, remove post and page columns and remove every kind of post and page meta boxes from the post editor screen.

via Simplify WordPress with CMSify: Dozens of CMS Options in One Plugin.