Mobile Vision, Part 3: Image Recognition

In part three of our series on mobile vision, Director of Mobile and Emerging Technologies Josh Jacob details image recognition.

Mobile Vision, Part 1: Face Detection

In this mobile vision series, we explore common computer vision tools and their potential uses in mobile apps, starting with face detection.

iPhone X: The devil is in the details

Director of Design Chas Ryder reviews the iPhone X and how it's noteworthy features impact design.

Device Detection, Decoded

Director of Front-End Development Dave Rodriguez answers the question: "what is a phone?" through a developer's perspective in the device detection process.

On Mobile Forms and Homer Simpson Fingers

There’s an old episode of The Simpsons where Homer, working from home, tries to call the nuclear plant to warn about a meltdown. As he dials, he hears the following recording: “The fingers you have used to dial are too fat. To obtain a special dialing wand, please mash the keypad with your palm now.”

Designing successful mobile forms is about removing as much data entry as possible and optimizing what remains so even Homer Simpson could fill them out.

Beyond “HTML5,” Part 1: The Present and Future of the Open Web

In April 2010, Apple CEO Steve Jobs wrote about his decision to ban Adobe’s Flash plugin from the iOS operating system. He voiced a number of concerns including battery life, performance, and touch incompatibility, but above all the closed, proprietary nature of Flash...

Dave Rodriguez, Hanson's director of front end development, introduces a blog series on HTML5 and the present and future of the open web.

SlideShare: What is Responsive Design?

Think about how you typically consume information on the internet. PC? Tablet? Smartphone? TV? Internet consumption is an essential part of our everyday life. But the devices we use to consume this content are multiplying and changing at a rapid pace. And these devices differ in screen size, resolution, and interface, to mention just a few variations. To give users access to this content via a variety of devices, we have to start making websites more flexible or responsive. By changing how we think about website design, we can maximize our audiences without having to rethink the wheel for every individual device. Our slideshare shows you how…

Slideshare: Responsive design is an approach where the design and development responds to the screen size, platform and orientation of each user.