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Cistercian Numerals - Futility Closet
Cistercian Numerals - Futility Closet
In the 13th century, Cistercian monks worked out a system of numerals in which a single glyph can represent any integer from 1 to 9,999: Once you’ve mastered the digits in the top row, you can represent tens by flipping them (second row), hundreds by inverting them (third row), and thousands by doing both (fourth row). And now you can combine these symbols to produce any number under 10,000: The monks eventually dropped the system in favor of Arabic numerals, which reached northwestern Europe at about the same time, but it was being used informally elsewhere as recently as the...
·futilitycloset.com·
Cistercian Numerals - Futility Closet
Toggles suck! | Axess Lab
Toggles suck! | Axess Lab
You’ve all seen them, tiny switches that let you toggle a setting. And maybe, just like me, you sometimes pause, thinking “...Is it on or…
·axesslab.com·
Toggles suck! | Axess Lab
UX for the Enterprise
UX for the Enterprise
Enterprise UX often involves navigating cumbersome processes, ancient technology, and clients skeptical of design’s value. Yet Fortune 500 companies are often the ones most in need of well-designed…
·alistapart.com·
UX for the Enterprise
Bret Victor, struggling
Bret Victor, struggling
Bret Victor has been provided by the management for your protection.
·worrydream.com·
Bret Victor, struggling
How to Comment on Social Media
How to Comment on Social Media
Rebecca Solnit with a cheeky & hilarious piece on How to Comment on Social Media. 1) Do not read the whole original post or what
·kottke.org·
How to Comment on Social Media
Virtual Stickers to Manage Replies By
Virtual Stickers to Manage Replies By
Dan Hon: “Over on Mastodon, which has a Kind of Person, I made these images to attach to help people manage replies.
·kottke.org·
Virtual Stickers to Manage Replies By
Comparison Tables for Products, Services, and Features
Comparison Tables for Products, Services, and Features
Use this versatile GUI tool to support users when they need to make a decision that involves considering multiple attributes of a small number of items.
·nngroup.com·
Comparison Tables for Products, Services, and Features
13 QR-Code Usability Guidelines
13 QR-Code Usability Guidelines
To be effective, QR codes need clear, brief, contextual information and must lead the user to relevant pages.
·nngroup.com·
13 QR-Code Usability Guidelines
Brendon Burton
Brendon Burton
Work by Brendon Burton, Photographer.
·brendonburton.com·
Brendon Burton
What football will look like in the future
What football will look like in the future
Something is terribly wrong. Something is terribly wrong. Something is terribly wrong. Something is terribly wrong.
·sbnation.com·
What football will look like in the future
What does CSS measurement unit 'em' actually stand for?
What does CSS measurement unit 'em' actually stand for?
As the title says, I want to know what exactly the CSS unit 'em' stands for. As in 'cm' stands for centimeter. I am not asking what 'em' is or how it is used! I couldn't find an answer on W3C. The
·stackoverflow.com·
What does CSS measurement unit 'em' actually stand for?
Intranet Usability Guidelines: New Findings From 57 Intranets
Intranet Usability Guidelines: New Findings From 57 Intranets
Updated intranet guidelines feature enhanced content practices by teams, refined search design to meet elevated expectations, task-oriented navigation, and standardized design elements for visual consistency.
·nngroup.com·
Intranet Usability Guidelines: New Findings From 57 Intranets
Tree Testing Part 2: Interpreting the Results
Tree Testing Part 2: Interpreting the Results
Analyze tree-testing results including success, first click, and directness to improve information architecture and navigation labels.
·nngroup.com·
Tree Testing Part 2: Interpreting the Results
Memory Recognition and Recall in User Interfaces
Memory Recognition and Recall in User Interfaces
Showing users things they can recognize improves usability over needing to recall items from scratch because the extra context helps users retrieve information from memory.
·nngroup.com·
Memory Recognition and Recall in User Interfaces