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This generally works out of the box in traditional, server-side apps, but is often overlooked in client-side apps, especially single-page apps that implement continuous scrolling or AJAX search.
The UX of URLs
shalvah.me
If Apple stopped making it look like they’re running the App Store primarily to maximize their own revenue from it, regulators and lawmakers might stop thinking that Apple is running the App Store primarily to maximize their own revenue from it.
Daring Fireball
daringfireball.net
Paper had no Back or Close buttons.
We held the belief that early ideation is about always moving forward. This is the “Yes, and…” philosophy that unlocks creative flow. We took this literally and designed a navigational model where you never had to back out of a menu but would simply move on to the next thing.
At a time when most apps relied on nested menus that had you diving in and out (a la iPod), we came up with a spatial navigation model that you moved through with gestures. This meant you always had context of how you arrived and could see where you might go next. To close, a small pinch would take you back to your pages and a big pinch would take you all the way back to your row of journals. One single, interruptible gesture years before iOS’s fluid home swipe gesture.
Paper at 10
The Owl and Between Bears
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