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Malte Müller recommended Putting it into Practice from upstatement.com:

So we lined up the usual suspects from Adobe. Who would be our partner in crime — Photoshop? Illustrator? InDesign? Adobe Usual Suspects image Hands down, the answer was InDesign. At its core, BostonGlobe.com is a publication website, and InDesign is the best tool for laying out publications and content.

Estimated reading time: 10 min

Recited from Jan Weiss

Malte Müller Ace insight on the design process behind one of the best news sites.

January 30, 2012 | 0
kunstreich Been there, done that. Someone laughed at me.

January 30, 2012 | 0
Malte Müller well, i'm sceptical about that InDesign thing – but if it makes sense anywhere, it may be for a project like this. still, it's not what i liked about the article.

January 30, 2012 | 0
Malte Müller the whole "designing downward" thing – and the way they came up with good solutions for their widgets in the process. the weather widget is impressive.

January 30, 2012 | 0
kunstreich The one remaining problem with InDesign: You cannot assign the different Adobe apps to open specific smart objects. Would be great. What do you liked about the article, the breakpoint approach?

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Malte Müller whoops, looks like our comments got switched up and down, QUOTEfm.

January 30, 2012 | 0
kunstreich (I deleted and reposted because of typos.)

Yeah, I do agree with the 960 startpoint strongly. Actually, I never understood the mobile first approach at all. Doesn’t it makes more sense to craft a solid desktop experience and just scale down from that? I mean the most important things for mobile consumption is a) make sure deeplinks to the content and b) browsing of content just works? And maybe retain as much CD/CI while scale that far desktop sucker down …

January 30, 2012 | 0

Jan Weiss recommended Putting it into Practice from upstatement.com:

So we lined up the usual suspects from Adobe. Who would be our partner in crime — Photoshop? Illustrator? InDesign? Adobe Usual Suspects image Hands down, the answer was InDesign. At its core, BostonGlobe.com is a publication website, and InDesign is the best tool for laying out publications and content.

Estimated reading time: 10 min

Jan Weiss Tito Bottitta über die neue Boston Globe Website. (Responsive) Web Design und InDesign. Wer hätte das gedacht?

January 30, 2012 | 0

Christoph Rauscher recommended Putting it into Practice from upstatement.com:

Y’all might’ve noticed something in the last section. I talked about the design breakpoints from largest to smallest. Gasp! That’s not a strictly Mobile First approach. Uncool, man.

Estimated reading time: 10 min

Christoph Rauscher Upstatement on the responsive design of the Boston Globe, and also on chosing the right tools before fancy buzzwords.

February 23, 2012 | 0

Uli Schöberl recommended Putting it into Practice from upstatement.com:

InDesign’s internal logic parallels that of web design and development. Every new document begins with a grid. It uses type and object stylesheets that should be familiar to anyone who has used CSS, allowing you to change the characteristics of every headline (or object) from one master style.

Estimated reading time: 10 min