When Google released the Material Design Guidelines, they introduced many new design elements, including the Fabeingutton, a Floating Action Button. Normally, we see the Fab button in Android Mobile Apps, but many Apple iPhone, iPad, and Mac App Developers have started using it in their designs. Here, we will see how to programmatically add the …
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Why typing Devanagari Alphabets (Marathi, Sanskrit, Hindi) on a personal computer is so difficult? And why typing Devanagari in Latin is so easy and preferred by many?
Introduction & Background I have been planning to write this blog post for many years. I have been facing this issue since I had my first Microsoft Windows Operating System-based computer in 2002. After that, it was partially solved on a Mac in 2008. I faced the issue of Marathi on the web when I …
Every designer has questions about paying Adobe Creative Cloud (CC) Tax or paying for individual third-party design apps.
Today, I used Adobe XD for the whole day. I felt it was competitive to use the Sketch app on Mac. I have avoided using Adobe XD all these years because Adobe Subscription Tax usually costs me INR 5,000/—here in India. But I loved Sketch App’s payment model, which is almost INR 5,000/year. Then, you …
Best Design Advice that I have ever received.
The best advice I ever received about designing logos and symbols is to use humanistic elements/curves/lines and avoid mechanical drawings. The computer can handle mechanical drawings. This advice was given to me by Shirbhavikar sir and Pawar sir when I was doing my BFA in Applied Arts at Sir J. J. Institute of Applied Art. …
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In-depth Review of Matrimony Website by Suyog Ranade Vivaha, aka Shree Suyog Vivaha Mandal
Background: I have written a complete, in-depth review and analysis of the Suyog Ranade Vivaha or Shree Suyog Vivaha Mandal Matrimony website that I used for 6 to 7 months, mainly on WhatsApp groups, because of bad user experience on website format. I reported the following issues to them, but they were not ready or …
Cloudflare Flexible SSL Certificate Implementation Guide for WordPress Website.
Prerequisite:Please ensure you have an active CloudFlare account and have added your WordPress Website to CloudFlare. Also, make sure you are using CloudFlare nameservers for your domain. Step 01:Sign in to your CloudFlare account Step 02:Make sure a flexible SSL certificate is enabled under the “Crypto” tab for your selected website Step 03:While signing in …
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Colour Behaviour Study of Japan / True Black on Real Life Physical Paper & on Computer Displays or Screens
I am now documenting some thoughts about black colour behaviour on Physical Paper & computer displays or screens. I was from a BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) – Applied Art background, so we had subjects like Illustration, Calligraphy, Typography, Print Media Design, Logo & Symbol Design, Branding & Identity Design. We used to design our …
Using Google Public DNS for IPv4 & IPv6 to speed up internet browsing, A resource for Web Designers, Developers & Internet Surfers in General
As Wikipedia explains, The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. It associates various information with domain names assigned to each of the participating entities. Most prominently, it translates easily memorised domain names to the numerical IP addresses …
Irregularities of AdSense Advertisements Delivery, Why smaller 300×250 unit ads are delivered in 336×280 ad unit. Here is why?
For a while, I observed unusual behaviour of my 336 by 280 Ad units, where smaller ads were delivered in 300 by 250 units. I even reported this issue to the Google AdSense Support Team but received no reply & currently, they are not accepting any new support requests, but how can I get the …
How do you put comments in .php, .html, and .css files to declare? Remind third-party developers and designers of the code’s explanation.
Different ways of putting comments per file type on the World Wide Web exist. Comments help the code developer explain quickly to third-party developers, designers, users, or even himself why he used that line of code and what function it performs in that web application. So it is convenient to know how to put comments …