flisterz / Gaddafi Rusli

This is the place where I like to post some weird and random stuff that I've created when I'm not busy doing my bit as a front end developer at an awesome Malaysian web startup company.

Category: Review


  • Showtimes.my: A design practice

    30 Dec 2011 | 2

    Check out the full view

    Here is the mock that I have been playing with for the past few days. This redesign of Showtimes.my is on my own initiatives – just for my own design practice. I didn’t plan to redesign the whole site actually. I just wanted to play around with the elements and information arrangement of the current features on the website.

    The owner of Showtimes.my (TS Lim from Flexnode Solutions – whom I know in real life) contacted me for possible implementation of this design. However, for some reasons, it is not going to happen. And oh, I also posted some shots on my Dribbble account along the proces:

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  • RT.my redesigned

    01 May 2011 | 2

    I helped @mohdismail redesigned RT.my, a URL shortening site. Did this in few hours just for the fun of it :)


  • TO.DO.TO – playing with HTML5 localStorage

    21 Feb 2011 | 12

    I spent some time last weekend to actually sit down and learn about HTML5 localStorage feature. It is a pretty nifty feature that allows us to store data locally, without the need to have a dedicated database. That was when TO.DO.TO is born.

    TO.DO.TO is a simple to-do list web application, built based on this tutorial. Instead of just changing the look and the feel of the app, I also spent time to enhance it more – by adding sorting capability (based on the codebase from this tutorial), status change of each task ( active/inactive), extra note field and some other small stuff.

    The development of this so called web app also helps me to improve my jQuery skill, because almost all parts of the app work with the power of jQuery. So it is a good practice for me. Finally, after months of procrastination, I managed to force myself to learn jQuery – and I’m getting the hang of it pretty quickly. It is not as tough as I thought. :)

    So, go and try it out. Add some tasks, sort it up and down, and try restart your browser to see everything is still there.

    It is not perfect, but I think it works. I’ll improve my code from time to time. :)


  • CSS border radius

    11 Oct 2010 | 7

    Safari

    Mozilla Firefox

    Safari (or rather webkit browsers) seems to render a better border radius compared to Mozilla. Above screenshots highlight the difference. Although both share the same pure CSS, we can see some jagged borders on the corners of the blue bars, thus making the background of the black bar visible between the blue border and the blue bar itself, as rendered in Firefox.


  • Application User Interface attempt

    07 Aug 2010 | 8

    This is what I have been working on for the past few hours. It started with a typical visual practice in Fireworks. Apparently, I got attached and decided to do more – something like a desktop application.

    I’m not sure this kind of interface is feasible in terms of practicality of a desktop app. I just lay it out rather briefly. It was fun. Some of the icons are custom made, and some are taken from free sets, since I got tired already. Now, anybody would like to code this graphic into a working application? :)

    Update: Posted this on Forrst!


  • Forrst

    18 Jul 2010 | 2

    I got the invitation into Forrst few weeks ago, but I didn’t anything much in there. Forrst is much like Dribbble, but with more than just screenshots, because it also has options for links, questions and code. However, I still think Dribbble is better to browse for inspirations. Anyone can give me an invite?

    Anyhow, I started to upload some stuff into Forrst, including a shot from a redesign works that I have been working on for KreativeThemes. If you have an account in Forrst, do follow me.  If not, you can apply for one.

    Extra note: I’m back in UTP now. Working on my FYP project, hopefully.


  • Favorite Website: Emptees

    09 Apr 2010 | 9

    I have some a lot of favorite websites that I visit regularly. I can spend hours on these websites, which is not a good habit for busy people like me. Ahem.

    Emptees is one of them. It is community-generated website, specifically for designers and tee enthusiasts to share (as in show off), and talk about their ideas and designs for amazing tees. Simple concept, simple website design, but great community. It is a product of Indie Labs, which is also the owner of Big Cartel, my another favorite website (different story).

    Going through the design one-by-one, admiring the details in the illustration (and wishing how I can draw something like that) and read all the feedbacks – great time waster. I’m not a tshirt designer, because I suck at drawing. But as some of you might know from my Twitter, and my old blog, I’m quite a crazy person when it comes to tshirts. Statistically, I’ve spend over USD500 on online tshirt in 2009. Yeah, that kind of crazy.

    Check out their Tees of the Day to see daily selection of amazing tee designs. Too bad the RSS feed on that page is not working correctly.


  • It is iPad turn

    04 Apr 2010 | 3

    Similar to what happened when Apple first released their iPhone, now it is iPad turn. Everyone is talking about it on the internet. Well, at the least fanboys.

    When Steve Job announced the iPad, I was pretty dissapointed at the design, and the name. Come on.. iPad? Really? And the design is quite typical. Like a piece of something. But the only thing that changed my perspective on iPad is the software. The operating system in it. It just, amazingly breathtaking. Check out the video yourself. The one where Jonathan Ive in it. Amazing guy by the way.

    If you’ve used Apple product – either iPod touch, iPhone, or even Mac – you’ll see the effort they put into the details of the software. The transitioning, what happen when you click here, to here, the animation between it – everything is considered. Click the home button on your iPhone, you can see the transition where the icons coming in from the four corners. Do it with other device, you can only see the home screen immediately, no effect to please you. Apple somehow put some lives in their software to act and react in a natural way.

    Now that Apple started shipping this thing, a lot more reviews on the applications and the hardware itself can be seen around the tech blogs – Gizmodo for example. Some apps can be really really good looking. That is the major factor of attractiveness in iPad.

    I’m not saying that I’m getting one, or not getting one – although there is a thread selling it on Low Yat (via @mohdismail). It is a great device – for those who really need or want to use it or just want to smash it. I’m just proud of the technology and the advancement in it.

    What do you think?

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