It would be great if they just used Apple’s “Smart App Banner” (or a similar display on other mobile devices), which displays details of a specified app on the App Store at the top of the page and doesn’t block access to the website.

It seems like Kent Web Host have made some changes as they said the would in the phone call. I still don’t think it’s enough but at least they’re doing something about it, even if it’s a shame they had to be called out about it to prompt them to do something. The good thing I suppose now, is that it looks like a poor rip off of ClearLeft which may actually make them end up looking more pathetic.

Lesson of the day is don’t rip of other designs. Obviously.

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The requirements are, of course, quite different this time around:

• CSS3 is in. Transitions, gradients, shadows, whatever. Just make sure to properly prefix it for all browsers. Webkit-only designs will be discarded with prejudice.
• Responsive is so in. You don’t have to build a responsive version of your design, but it wouldn’t be a bad idea. It might even be a great idea.
• Web fonts? Sure. Though I’m not quite sure how you’re gonna pull it off. TypeKit and other hosted services that require tag insertion are out, and licensing probably means you shouldn’t submit your purchased font files. If you can work out some other way to make it work legally, go nuts, but it’s looking like free fonts are your best friend here.
• Your new browser testing list: IE9+, recent Chrome/Firefox/Safari, and iOS/Android. That should be your baseline. Graceful degradation is acceptable, and in fact highly encouraged.
• Only the best will be published. High quality design, well coded execution. Same as it has ever been.
• Please, no garden-themed / Zen pun / self-referential designs. Let’s see some originality.

David DeSandro’s latest incarnation of his original Masonry layout engine is out and it is very impressive. I’ve been using it to create a concept prototype recently which really helped for me to quickly demonstrate an idea directly to my team.

It even supports multi-touch dragging:

I’ve been told a good alternative is Sketch by Bohemian Coding. I’ve used it briefly and it feels nice and fast and easy to use. It’s also much cheaper than any of Adobe’s apps at only £34.99 ($49.99).

It’s good to see Adobe finally add the ability to edit rounded corners, even it it is years overdue but the biggest improvement I’m looking forward to is the font rendering. You can now match the font rendering of Mac and Windows operating systems. This will make designing for the web much much better. I will no longer be tearing my hear out at how bad Photoshop renders text.

The one big change that is a little controversial is you will only be able to get any CC (Creative Cloud) apps with a monthly or yearly subscription. I think it’s great. I’ve already been subscribing to Photoshop and it means I’ll automatically get Photoshop CC as soon as it comes out.

What do you think of Photoshop CC? Let me know on Twitter.

I’ll definitely be reactivating my Typekit account. This is a killer feature.

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