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Microsoft opens up applications for developers to test iOS and Android app conversion tools

Apr30
by on April 30, 2015 at 8:59 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Willing to be a guinea pig? Microsoft has today opened up applications for developers who are interested in testing out its new tools that can convert an Objective C, Java or C++ mobile app to Windows 10. The iOS tools, called “Project Islandwood” allow you to import your XCode projects directly into Visual Studio and claims that it requires minimal changes to existing code to get up and running. On the Android side, “Project Astoria” allows you convert existing code and quickly publish it in the Windows Store. Both projects are running in limited preview form, so interested developers will need to apply…

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The 5 pillars of visual hierarchy in Web design

Apr30
by on April 30, 2015 at 8:28 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, web design

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Jerry Cao is a UX content strategist at UXPin — the wireframing and prototyping app. To learn more about how to create visually digestible interfaces, download the free e-book Web UI Design for the Human Eye: Colors, Space, Contrast. Visual hierarchy is the difference between a site that strategically influences user flow and decisions, and a site that just “looks nice.” An interface’s visual hierarchy relies on the same principles of aesthetics used by the Renaissance masters, but on top of that (or rather beneath it) there’s the subtext of secondary goals – promoting specific content, encouraging user signups and…

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