:hover is Not Dead
:hover interactions are back on the table with Samsung's Air View and Air Gestures support opening up a world of new possibilities for mobile application development. Read it
Hello! I'm Sara. I'm a front-end web developer, interested in
web design, UI design, interaction design, and HTML5 and CSS3.
You can read more about me, or go ahead have a
look at some of my experiments or start reading my tutorials and articles below.
Tutorials & Articles:
Lessons from the "Seductive Interaction Design" Book
In this article I share with you some valuable UX design lessons and insights I learned from an amazing book called "Seductive Interaction Design" by Stephen Anderson. The book talks about how we can turn online user experiences into more human, enjoyable, and fun experiences by understanding people and applying psychological principles to the interaction between people and interactive devices to make them "fall in love" with our websites and applications. Read it
Test Your CSS in Black-and-White
An article about using reverse colors to make better design decisions and how that can help pinpoint some CSS cascading issues. Read it
How to Create Windows-8-like Animations with CSS3 and jQuery
A tutorial in which I show you how to use CSS 3D transforms, animations, and transitions along with some jQuery to some create neat 3D effects like the ones built into the Windows 8 dashboard. Read it