Touch “slide to unlock” in Mobile Safari

Posted Aug 16, 2010 in Development // 10 comments

I've been reading a bit about implementing touch interfaces recently at work. I didn't realize that, for the most part, it's as easy as attaching Javascript touch events to DOM elements - just like you would with any other events in Javascript. The other thing that is a major help with Mobile Safari development is using the new CSS3 properties for animations and such. Thankfully, since you're primarily tagerting Mobile Safari/Webkit, you don't need to worry too much about […]

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An Experiment in HTML5 and CSS3

Posted May 6, 2010 in Design, Development // 3 comments

A couple months ago I decided it was about time that I jumped on the HTML5 bandwagon. I really hadn't had any real world experience building anything in HTML5, and had only used a few CSS3 properties as progressive enhancements. I really wanted to take some time to design and build something awesome - without having to worry about the elephant in the room, *cough* Internet Explorer *cough*.

Unfortunately, I didn't have a whole lot of unique content laying around that could be the […]

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