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They could at least be vector. And, could we have flat, solid-color silhouettes of each model?

Also: http://techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-ph...

Indeed, but with proper CSS, this shouldn't be an issue right?

Wow -- talk about fun facts!

Sure, but at least I got to say fuck you :)

I'd love your feedback on a similar Rack middleware for Rails: https://gist.github.com/frankie-loves-jesus/d7eec0ebab0525e9...

To me it's mainly for cosmetic purposes -- partly because Google does it and I want to be like Google -- and because I want to give a little "fuck you" to my competitors who will inevitably try to read my source.

Indeed. I mean I love grids, but only as a tool in architecture and design. Why some people see the need to transfer them programatically onto their CSS---when regular CSS with media queries will do just fine---is beyond me.

For instance, here's the guy responsible for their latest text ads: http://adnanvirk.com/ -- now I'm not saying he's bad. He's good. But is he good enough for Google?

> AdSense does let you specify all sorts of things about the look of the text ads though (font, colors, etc).

I'm afraid that's not enough. We need to control margins, paddings, line spacings, as well as media queries. We need to be able to remove the arrows, lines, buttons etc. that don't belong there. Ie. "perfection is achieved, not when there's nothing left to add, but when there's nothing left to take away".

Google has great designers, I'm sure we can all agree on that. Unfortunately, none of them are part of the AdSense team.

For text ads done right, see the ones in Gmail.

Same for med students on amphetamines

They also need to stop toying around with amateur designs at the expense of the whole AdSense programme:

http://adsense.blogspot.se/2014/05/a-new-look-for-text-ads-o...

I've seen the past works of the designers on the AdSense team and I'm not impressed. Plus it's quite naive to think that one design will fit all websites. Why can't AdSense, like other ad and affiliate networks, just open up an API so publishers themselves can be in charge of how their ads look and behave?

Interesting article in the Telegraph on how most Muslim countries are actually the least Muslim countries judging by the values found in the Quran -- whereas countries like Ireland, Denmark and Luxembourg top the list:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ireland/108...

Now you're just putting words in my mouth. I said something like this was available for Rails as well that would be awesome.

If this was a Rails engine whose views and CSS I could adapt to my own I'd be sold!

This is why I prefer https://github.com/radar/forem by the "Ruby hero" Ryan Bigg. It's also for Rails but without the bells and whistles from Discourse. A.k.a. "The best Rails forum engine. Ever.", it's perfect if you want to build something unique from the ground up.

This is exactly why I quit freelance design as well. It's a never-ending cycle of you having to pour all your heart and soul into making your clients richer. And what do you get? Just a lousy paycheck.

There are way cool business models out there requiring far less work with far higher pay.

Come on, they're not that different :)

I prefer affiliate networks because they, unlike AdSense, give me the freedom to design my own ads. Also there's this:

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-internet-marketing-discussi...

Who wants this eyesore on their websites anyway?

http://adsense.blogspot.se/2014/05/a-new-look-for-text-ads-o...

I'm surprised the AdSense team is still toying around with amateur designs at the expense of the whole AdSense programme. I've seen the past works of the designers on the AdSense team and I'm not impressed. Plus it's quite naive to think that one design will fit all websites. Why can't AdSense, like other ad and affiliate networks, just open up an API so publishers themselves can be in charge of how their ads look and behave?

Do check out the "CAFFEINATED" documentary as well while you're at it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OecTZBjFvw#t=259

You could always team up with your dad and create the coolest app your country has ever seen.

You talk as if they're the same.

Twitter just went from being an ubiquitous part of our everyday lives to some silly art project.

#wrongmove

This is absolutely amazing. Would love to see some demo code up on GitHub.

See http://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/57990/how-usable-are-b... for more.

> I admit, it's quite genius. And I bet that if Apple could, they would have patented it.

Maybe you need a polyfill or something? Those Android browsers are the new IE.

Yeah, that's true. But are we talking eyeballs within the same age group, or like teens vs. old people?

Keep it up!! Honestly you deserve more stars..

I really hope they'll bring up this issue at this year's IO.

Why would anybody want to enable zoom in the first place? Properly designed mobile web apps should already have decent sized text and graphics. In addition to the iOS orientation bug you mention, there's also that annoying click delay.

A lot of people at StackExchange seem to recommend zooming though:

http://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/19464/should-mobile-op...

Indeed:

http://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/33071/are-breadcrumbs-...

There's one in the works over here:

http://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/57990/how-usable-are-s...

How do scroll up bars perform vs. bars that disappear / reappear on click (ie. http://demos.jquerymobile.com/1.4.0/toolbar-fixed/), anybody know?

http://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/57990/how-usable-are-b...