Custom Styled Google Maps

With Google map’s new visual refresh, I’ve had to tweak a lot of the custom map colors for Hotwire’s hotel map. While many of the things were better, some stay the same… Here’s my learning and some tips to anyone looking very closely at styling google maps. Continue readingCustom Styled Google Maps

Ipad web inspection

Two helpful links for debugging websites when viewed through mobile safari. Apple: IOS dugugging web content on ios Web Design Tuts: Using web inspector to Debug Mobile Safari

CSS tutorial: Create text bubbles that resize & truncate text

Dealing with dynamic text can be particularly troublesome for designers especially when there is no min/max length. Truncation is nice for large amounts of text but doesn’t apply to inline elements that scale nicely for small amounts. Well, proof of concept time.