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How to label a Clear form button

In most circumstances, I try to altogether avoid using a dedicated "Clear" button in a software application interface. The action of clearing form fields is a destructive action and while sometimes that destruction is what you want (you actually do want to start over again) there are times that it’s absolutely the last thing you want to do.

February 20, 2012 by Geof Harries in Design

How to fix your Diamond BVU195 USB external video display adapter after updating to Mac OS X 10.7.3

I use the Diamond BVU195 USB external video display adapter to run three monitors from my MacBook Pro. When I say three monitors, I'm referring to the MacBook Pro as one, a 27" Dell U2711 as two and a 23" Dell U2311 as three. After updating to the latest version of Mac OS X, 10.7.3, my U2311 no longer worked.

February 8, 2012 by Geof Harries in Reviews 2 comments

Designing Windows software: Seeking Windows 8 desktop application guidelines

Looking at Windows 8 from a builder's perspective, almost all of the marketing and communications towards developers and designers from Microsoft about Windows 8 has been focused on Metro style apps: what they are, how to make them and in which ways they'll be delivered; that is, through the Windows Store. And of that information, most of it has been directed towards developers. So, what about designing Windows 8 desktop applications?

February 4, 2012 by Geof Harries in Design

Cash Hound is available in the Windows Phone Marketplace

This past weekend, our Windows Phone app, Cash Hound, was made available for download in the Marketplace. We're really happy with how the app has turned out and what it does.

January 31, 2012 by Geof Harries in Announcements 2 comments

Designing Windows software: Moving our Windows Phone app, Cash Hound, from design to prototype

After we learned that we won the Fast Track to the Mobile App contest, we looked at our schedule for this month and next, both of which were already packed, and were perplexed as to how we'd shoe-horn the actual development and design of our app into that time period.

January 19, 2012 by Geof Harries in Design 2 comments

Designing Windows software: Measuring vertical spacing for Windows Phone apps

Spend any amount of time designing a Windows Phone app and you'll discover that 12 is the magical number of pixels in the horizontal grid. But what about vertical spacing?

January 17, 2012 by Geof Harries in Design 2 comments

Making for happier customers

On our company page of this website, we talk briefly about the culture of Subvert. From listening to other people's opinions to charity donations and outsourcing tasks to delivering both speed and quality, we have a number of core beliefs that keep us on track. Something that I've been thinking about as of late is how we can make people, that is, our customers, happy.

January 11, 2012 by Geof Harries in Business 4 comments

Five years

The end of 2011 means that the fifth anniversary of Subvert is on the horizon. It's hard to believe that this company is already almost half a decade old. What started as a part-time "hobby" in our spare bedroom has grown into a full-time business that employs two staff and is soon to be supporting another person.

December 31, 2011 by Geof Harries in Business 6 comments

Our Windows Phone app, Rhythmatic, wins at the Fast Track to the Mobile App Design Challenge

Microsoft Windows Phone and Core77, an industrial design magazine, recently held the Fast Track to the Mobile App contest. The international competition asked designers to come up with business-focused apps specifically tailored for Windows Phone.

December 13, 2011 by Geof Harries in Announcements 8 comments

The reports of Windows Phone lacking in apps are greatly exaggerated

It's not fair of journalists to criticize the lack of apps for Windows Phone compared to those of Apple iOS or Android; they are doing a disservice to their readers by focusing on such a small, inaccurate "issue" of the Windows Phone user experience. Windows Phone has plenty of apps, many of the same as on other platforms, if you only search the marketplace.

November 28, 2011 by Geof Harries in Reviews 12 comments

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