В WB-Tech мы любим разрабатывать проекты полного цикла, начиная от прототипов на салфетке и заканчивая деплоем на продакшн сервер и дальнейшей поддержкой. Часть этапов разработки проекта идет последовательно, например, до тех пор пока не будут собраны все требования и готово ТЗ, мы не начинаем писать код. Основная же часть процесса работы над проектом (непосредственно разработка) ведется параллельно backend и frontend командами. Такое распараллеливание значительно уменьшает календарный срок разработки проекта и увеличивает качество конечного результата. Но также как в программировании, в управления проектами распараллеливание создает определенные трудности. Тому как мы решаем эти трудности и посвящен этот пост.

nanoScroller.js is a jQuery plugin that offers a simplistic way of implementing Mac OS X Lion-styled scrollbars for your website. It uses minimal HTML markup being .nano > .nano-content. The other scrollbar div elements .pane > .nano-slider are added during run time to prevent clutter in templating. The latest version utilizes native scrolling and works with the iPad, iPhone, and some Android Tablets.

My eyes puked from the motion sickness of not-knowing-where-to-look-oh-my-god-everything-is-everywhere-ness of the page. It’s a typical case of ‘designed for developers, by developers’, and I’m sure most regular Stack Overflow users have got used to it and don’t mind. Perhaps they even like it. But a little bit of care over the design could make a huge impact on usability for newcomers, and regular users too.

The mobile-friendly, responsive, and lightweight jQuery date & time input picker.

Ultra lightweight, customizable, simple autocomplete widget with zero dependencies, built with modern standards for modern browsers. Because <datalist> still doesn’t cut it.

Previously I wrote about clarity being the most important characteristic of a great interface. Let’s talk about icons now. They’re an essential part of many user interfaces. The thing is: more often than not, they break clarity.

Почему нативные приложения — говно, а веб-приложения рулят

How do we make navigation as simple and predictable as possible? As explained in part 1311 of this series, the first two steps are to structure content in a way that naturally narrows the navigation options, and to explain those options in a way that minimizes the cognitive load on users. via Pocket

Want to see just how inhumane most of our web apps and sites are? Imagine those web apps and sites as human beings with whom you are trying to have a civil conversation. You’ll find that most of them are rather … inhumane! via Pocket

Fun stories and trivia about the origins of well-known microinteractions

In today’s world of infinite-scrolling websites and touch devices, you must understand interaction design in order to create user experiences that feel fluid and life-like. As described in Interaction Design Best Practices Vol. via Pocket

See how publications and data-driven journalists use open source to power their newsroom and ensure information is reported fairly and accurately.

That Game’s UX exists to celebrate user experience in gaming. It’s about taking a look at gaming from a user-centered design point of view. Where the user interface in a game succeeds, and where it might need some improvement. After all, gamers are users too…

Scrolls other pane in Sublime Text. Usage: [Alt+PageUp] or [Alt+PageDown] when the 2-column-mode ([Alt+Shift+2]).

Gripes about UI/UX of Android phones/tablets and so called "openness" that is nonsense to consumers.

a magical utility belt for stylus

People will use tools you give to them in the most unexpected, but still effective to them ways

If you’re working on any kind of redesign project involving a large amount of content, such as that of a website, intranet or mobile site, one of the first tasks you’ll need to perform is a content audit.

I say need, not want—a content audit isn’t something you’re necessarily going to want to tackle. It’s one of those un-sexy, tedious jobs that hardly anyone talks about. But you can’t undertake a redesign of a content-heavy site without it.