A Field Guide to Web Apps

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Field Guide to Web Apps

Bert Appward of the Google team recently released a superb interactive book titled “Field Guide to Web Applications“. Through the literature Bert presents the best skills and practices of building modern web apps. The guide covers the following topics:

  1. KNOW YOUR WEB APPS
  2. DESIGNING WEB APPLICATIONS
  3. CASE STUDIES OF WEB APPS IN THE WILD
  4. BUILDING GREAT WEB APPLICATIONS

Not only is it a great read but a fun experience. The guide has an almost tangible feel to it as the pages flip and has a strong emphasis on texture. I recommend checking it out.

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  • Gareth Rogers

    The web designer/developer, when presented with a blank canvas such as a computer monitor has a whole world of interface opportunities available to him/her. And what does he choose in this case? A book metaphor.

    Apple’s unfortunate focus on pointless skeuomorphs is not something anyone should emulate. Using the interface presented in the site above it’s not entirely obvious how it’s supposed to work. The point of a metaphor is to help the user to quickly become familiar with how the interface should be used. In this instance, the user can’t reach in and peel back the page, so what should they do? Apparently, hovering over the edge of the page until it obediently jumps up before clicking it to send it on its way is the obvious thing to do. I’m unconviced.

    I worry that I’m the only one that sees how daft this interface is, and I worry that web developers and designers are doing things because they can rather than because it’s good for the user. In the end it’s the user that matters, not how many of our peers we can impress with our HTML/CSS/JS prowess.

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