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App users: iPhones are for days, iPads for the nighttime

February 18, 2012 by Brent Sordyl 0 Comments

Mobile devices allow us to read what we want when we can. With the iPhone, it’s easier than ever to blast through a couple of articles on the bus, or while waiting for coffee. The iPad, on the other hand, offers a compelling experience of sitting back on the couch and catching up. As Read It Later put it, “Readers want to consume content in a comfortable place, on their own time, and mobile devices are making it possible for readers to take control.”

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How To Make Your iPhone’s Home Button More Responsive

January 5, 2012 by Brent Sordyl 0 Comments

open a stock iOS app (Weather, Stocks, Clock, etc.).
Once the app is open, press your iPhone’s power button until the ‘slide to power off’ screen appears.
From that screen, press and hold your Home button until iOS force quits the stock app you have open.
You’re done!

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iPhone Settings Shortcuts

November 26, 2011 by Brent Sordyl 0 Comments

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iOS Integration Testing

July 18, 2011 by Brent Sordyl 0 Comments

Today we’re happy to announce KIF, the “Keep It Functional” framework. KIF allows for realistic iOS integration testing through simulated user interaction.

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How to build an Apple Push Notification provider server (tutorial) « Boxed Ice Blog

May 25, 2011 by Brent Sordyl 0 Comments

1. You connect to the APNS using your unique SSL certificate2. Cycle through the messages you want to send
3. Construct the payload for each message4. Disconnect from APNS

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Best Practices of Touch Screen Interface Design

May 17, 2011 by Brent Sordyl 0 Comments

Response speed should be of utmost importance.
More space comes in at a close second to speed.
Intuitiveness of your design also becomes a heightened concern.
Ambidextrous design must come into consideration in the touch screen world.
Bright background colors or patterns can hide glare and reduce fingerprints.
Touch screen interfaces are more suited to information retrieval than data entry.
Be aware of screen coverage.
Problems with eye-finger and eye-stylus parallaxes lend even more credence to the argument for big, fat areas to press with plenty of space between them.Best to worst operations: Point, select > Position, orient (rotate), define path > Enter values > Enter text.

So, basically, touch screen interface’s are great for data retrieval, pretty good for data manipulation, and are kinda awful for data entry.

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