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  • Hands-On With the iPhone 13, Pro, Max, and Mini

    Hands-On With the iPhone 13, Pro, Max, and Mini

    Good web design has visual weight, is optimized for various devices, and has content that is prioritized for the medium. The most important elements of a web page should have more visual weight to “naturally attract” a visitor’s attention.

    Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful.

    Dieter Rams

    Most users search for something interesting (or useful) and clickable; as soon as some promising candidates are found, users click. If the new page doesn’t meet users’ expectations, the back button is clicked and the search process is continued.

    A good website should be easy to navigate

    Not all websites are made equal. Some websites are simple, logical, and easy to use. Others are a messy hodgepodge of pages and links.

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    Without website navigation, your visitors can’t figure out how to find your blog, your email signup page, your product listings, pricing, contact information, or help docs.

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    Quick and easy access to the content they’re after is more important for your website users than a… visually-stunning design.

    Bad navigation is an especially common problem. We’ve all struggled to find things on disorganized websites without any logical structure. It feels hopeless.

    Creating visual rhythms in your layouts

    In design, rhythm is created by simply repeating elements in predictable patterns. This repetition is a natural thing that occurs everywhere in our world. As people, we are driven everyday by predictable, timed events.

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    Rhythm also factors into the layout of content. For example, you “might have” blog articles, press releases, and events each follow their own certain layout pattern.

    Elements that can help website visual composition

    Nobody enjoys looking at an ugly web page. Garish colors, cluttered images and distracting animation can all turn customers “off” and send them shopping “somewhere else”. Basic composition rules to create more effective:

    • Direct the Eye With Leading Lines
    • Balance Out Your Elements
    • Use Elements That Complement Each Other
    • Be clear about your “focal points” and where you place them

    Diving into UX and UI design

    UX and UI: Two terms that are often used interchangeably, but actually mean very different things. So what exactly is the difference?

    Styles come and go. Good design is a language, not a style.

    Massimo Vignelli

    Provide distinct styles for interactive elements, such as links and buttons, to make them easy to identify. For example, “change the appearance of links” on mouse hover, “keyboard focus”, and “touch-screen activation”.

    Breaking down the barriers

    Design is not the end-all solution to all of the worlds problems — but with the right thinking and application, it can definitely be a good beginning to start tackling them.

  • Babiš: Czechia cannot be Europe’s assembly plant forever

    Babiš noted that countries supporting science and research are the most prosperous. He believes that thanks to its research background, technical tradition, and stability Czechia is well placed to become one of those countries.

    We cannot be Europe’s assembly plant forever; we must support innovations, science, research, new technologies and interconnect it all with the digital state, said Babiš. Our industrial tradition, research background, and entrepreneurial skills will help us close the research and education gap, he added.

    According to Babiš, Czechia must also offer good conditions for scientists that can make them stay in the country or even return from abroad. He believes that the state has to create a positive environment for innovative projects. To do so, it has to be more citizen- and company- friendly and allow them to deal with its agenda online, added Babiš.

    Babiš highlighted the Digital Czechia strategy adopted by the Government in December, which aims to support online communication between the state and its citizens. Now, it is important to implement the strategy; the technical conditions are met, he added.

    Foreign Minister Tomáš Petříček called on the EU members to join forces in modern technologies to face up to global competition. MEP Dita Charanzová pointed out that in information technologies, the EU is currently lagging behind the United States and China. Charanzová proposed creation of pan-European companies that could be competitive on the global market, mentioning Airbus as an example.

  • New strategy to place the Czech Republic among the most innovative countries

    The Strategy aims for the Czech Republic to become one of the most innovative countries in Europe. It consists of nine chapters, on which there is a broad agreement among entrepreneurs, academicians and researchers. It puts an emphasis on research evaluation and funding.

    The Strategy puts emphasis on research funding and evaluation and aims to increase the Czech Republic’s share of science and research spending of GDP to 2.5 percent by 2025 and to three percent in 2030. In terms of spending on science, the Czech Republic is currently behind the European average. For example Sweden, Austria and Germany fund science more than the Czech Republic. On the contrary, Poland, Hungary and southern European countries invest less.

    The document also emphasizes the development of start-ups and spin-off companies, or smart infrastructure. The Czech Republic is now very dependent on the automotive industry that will not only deal with car production in the future but also with the development of solutions for self-driving cars.

    Another pillar of the strategy is a change in support for patent policy as the Czech Republic lags behind the most advanced countries in the world in protecting intellectual property. One of the pillars also addresses the promotion of the country abroad.

    The Government Research, Development and Innovation Council has received a positive stance from the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, universities, business associations such as the Chamber of Commerce and the Industry and Transport Association, and key Czech innovators. The Council was inspired by geographically and similar sized countries, such as the Scandinavian countries and Switzerland.

  • Hungarian billionaire finances Slovak flying car

    Hungarian businessman Zoltán Varga has invested billions into Slovakian flying car project AeroMobil.

    Varga has a history of investing in successful projects and actively endorsed the development of Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz air when it was relatively unknown.

    Now the billionaire has turned his attentions to AeroMobil. “In case of involving other investors we are always making principal strategic decisions, because it has long-term effect on the company,” Juraj Vaculík, the co-founder of AeroMobil, told Hospodárske Noviny.

    The AeroMobil flying car is a prototype roadable aircraft which was first flown in 2013, designed by Daniel Klein. Vaculík believes that the vehicle, which is intended for wealthy buyers should be available for preorder in the near future. 

    The flying car can carry two passengers with the maximum air speed of 200 km/h, up to 700 km in air. After an accident of an early prototype in 2015 a new version of the car is being developed by the investors who are competing in a dynamically evolving environment, other multinational companies (such as BMW and Mercedes) are also researching their own versions of flying cars and drone taxies.

    According to experts the AeroMobil should be one of the first companies to provide a functioning, reliable prototype able to both fly and travel on the ground.