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Category: User Interface Design

Fresh Tilled Soil & Future M Present: The Future Of Web Apps >

We’re getting amped up for our Future M event next week! FTS Senior UI Designer, Mike Scopino, will be puttin’ on the ritz for the occasion.  Mike’s presenting on: “The More…


Facebook Updates UI To Address Accidental Over-Sharing >

Facebook recently launched some new features involving content sharing, location, & photo tagging. One of those changes is the additional specification options built into your newsfeed, which are meant to More…


Bust Out Your Microscope & Field Kit: It’s Go Botany Time >

Just last week, we wrapped up design for a web application project we’ve been working on since early January: Go Botany.  Although it’s not live yet, the folks over at More…


Why Gamification Isn’t About Fairies & Cupcakes >

 Gamification, implementing goals & rewards to encourage user engagement, has grown quickly and now seems to be at it’s peak of popularity. While gamification on the web was once just More…


UI Miracles & Touch-Enabled Technology >

People like to touch stuff.  Our ability to touch an object contributes significantly to how we experience it.  At some point in your life, you were subjected to the “look More…


What Not To Web REMIX Event Recap >

For your own sake, I hope you weren’t so unfortunate as to have missed the What Not To Web REMIX Event last night, which we co-sponsored with MIT Enterprise Forum More…


Common Treatments for Notifications and Alerts in UI Design >

Recently we were asked by our clients to research all of the most effective ways that web applications were handling Notifications and Alerts and report back with the most common More…


LaunchCapital Website Transformation: Before & After >

Last night, the new LaunchCapital website officially went live!  We’re proud to say that the Fresh Tilled Soil team worked with them to redesign & reinvent their website. The images More…


‘The Fold’ Keeps Moving Further >

Great news for any web designer confronted with the concerns of clients who fear “the fold.” According to the W3C Schools, more than 85% of users are now on devices More…


Is Your Website Ready for the Mobile Web? >

Your website may offer a great user experience on a computer screen, but will it be easily accessible to visitors visiting your site on a smart phone or tablet device? More…


Tips On Delivering A Successful Product Presentation >

If you’re building a web product you’re essentially responsible for the core of the business. It’s become so important for CEO’s of product businesses that I truly recommended making the More…


Abstracting CSS Styles for More Flexibility >

Here’s a post for all the front end code geeks out there. Recently I’ve been designing and coding a lot of web applications that have repeating elements like subheadings, form More…