I love the London Transport Museum shop, especially the classic posters. I love how they provide a preview pane with an everyday object so you can imagine how the poster might look in your home. However, I don’t love this ridiculous default size when you first arrive on the page – makes me think I’m […]
Continue reading →This is a web version of the common problem you see in subtitled films – white text on a white background is going to be very hard to read (see Gaîté lyrique). I always prefer automatically overlaid text to have a dark mask behind it to guarantee sufficient contrast. The consumerist website tries to avoid […]
Continue reading →This search form on iLounge seems to have archives going back to the birth of Christ, either that or they’re not using a sensible default start date.
Continue reading →This is the branch locator page for BNP Paribas on the French island of La Réunion. As you can see, the default zoom level in the Google maps widget is set a little bit too low! I’ve adjusted it to a more useful zoom level below. This is a good example that shows why UX […]
Continue reading →Spotted what I thought was an amazing offer the other day on the Guardian : Turns out it was €1 per child – and children under 4 don’t pay anyway. Thanks for nothing Eurostar!
Continue reading →I just chose my seats for a trip to London – but despite the Eurostar site knowing the exact number of seats, passengers, and journeys involved, it was too lazy to show an appropriately worded confirmation.
Continue reading →This cinema app from Allocine injects a bit of humour into an otherwise humdrum error message. Quite appropriate really, since Sean Bean is known for his bad luck…
Continue reading →This little flag tells you how much time left to read till the end of the article. I don’t know if it’s pandering to people with low attention spans, but I like it anyway. See it in action here: http://informationarchitects.net/blog/responsive-typography-the-basics/.
Continue reading →How can you tell if it’s worth trading your personal info for something online?
Continue reading →The Book Depository just sent me a newsletter reviewing the buying trends of 2011. In the list was this fun infographic on the sale of zombie related books and graphic novels. It reminds me that a lone zombie is slightly pathetic, but a horde (the proper collective noun) is terrifying!
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