andrewmackenzie

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by andrewmackenzie 14y ago
Thanks! The hidden nav is certainly a risk. The bumps on the bottom of the bar try to suggest it, but are very subtle. A major overhaul like this would involve some marketing efforts, and/or a NUX tutorial upon first launch. They'd lose tha
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by andrewmackenzie 14y ago
Scratch that – parsing just takes a few minutes.
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by andrewmackenzie 14y ago
Trying it out – UX is super fast, easily superior on both iOS and web. The confirmation email parsing doesn't seem to be working for the first few I've sent in. Feels kinda like filling out an expense report. Gonna run this side-by-side wit
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by andrewmackenzie 14y ago
Sure, totally valid. I just built the site from scratch in simple HTML/CSS, so I figure this is a risk-free place to learn something new. I've been doing a lot of IA and product management for 18 months, so I'm catching up on the latest pra
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by andrewmackenzie 14y ago
Agreed. I shrunk the header on the content pages to remedy that a little, but I'm still learning about responsive design to accommodate 11", iPad and phone screens. Feedback appreciated.
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by andrewmackenzie 14y ago
Awesome, checking this out. Didn't know Smashing did a totally responsive redesign either. Thanks!
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by andrewmackenzie 14y ago
Ha, thank you. I actually mapped out the existing app's "potential data" in a 51-slide Keynote before starting this, and the 11 iterations before it. Nobody will ever see that – it's just bones – but I hoped the thought process would show t
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by andrewmackenzie 14y ago
I changed it to :fixed and shrunk the header bar on content pages. Looks fine on the iPad. I need to learn more about responsive design principles, etc. before I rewrite it for phone resolutions.
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by andrewmackenzie 14y ago
Gotcha. Thanks for the insight. Strange to launch an app with such an issue.
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by andrewmackenzie 14y ago
(o, and I'm @andrewmackenzie on Twitter)
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by andrewmackenzie 14y ago
Ah, I see. The problem is that I'm an idiot and was :fixing the wrong div. For some reason it was collapsing ingloriously upon itself. Must've been a 3 AM hackjob. Also, I'm gonna shrink the header for all of the content pages. Good call. T
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by andrewmackenzie 14y ago
That looks pretty good. Any plans for companion apps for other modes o' transport? I didn't realize TripIt handled so much potential data, until I mapped out the whole app in Keynote to start this project. Credit where it's due – while I ha
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by andrewmackenzie 14y ago
Appreciated!
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by andrewmackenzie 14y ago
Ya, :fixed doesn't behave as intended there. I tried it out on a 15" MBP, 13" MBP, iPad, Cinema Display, and phones, so I've seen that it's pretty cramped. I'm not great at responsive design yet, but I'll mess with it. Any advice on getting
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by andrewmackenzie 14y ago
Same here, I'm on an iPhone 4. Apparently it's just constantly pinging the server when you launch it, even in airplane mode. You'd think it would know to skip that. Will certainly be testing it out on the iPhone 5 when I upgrade next month.
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by andrewmackenzie 14y ago
Yaaa guilty as charged. My last iteration carried the same topography pattern down from the menu bar, but it washed the whole thing out. Lacked contrast. This seems deeper, more pleasing to the eye.
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by andrewmackenzie 14y ago
Same. The parsing is incredible. I feel like TripIt is in "acquired" mode, where the new owners are more interested in profiting on it than innovating it. That said, I've never met anyone from there – just reading the news.
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by andrewmackenzie 14y ago
Comments appreciated! > What were the reasons for making it a custom drag down menu? It takes up so much valuable screen real estate! Though I haven't scaled it for the iPhone 5 screen yet. Path is a great example of skipping over syste
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by andrewmackenzie 14y ago
Ya that's what devs were telling me while I was working on it. Could loading the app on individual "event cards" with cached data, like I proposed, potentially "solve" that problem? Or is there a better way? If there are no upcoming trips o
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I love TripIt, but I hate their iPhone app, so I redesigned it.(drewmackenzie.com)
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