Design Details

This week, we take an early look at the fourth iOS 13 Developer Beta and discuss some of the new features, interactions, and patterns we've noticed. We also answer a few listener questions, including how big a prototype should be, when to expand your skillset, and how to intentionally grow as a designer. And as always, we a share a couple cool things, like a prolific Quora answerer and a novel series discovered through an online class. Followup "It Depends." merch might actually happen, so... Marshall suggested a slight change to the keyboard shortcuts for Truncat Michael Knepprath shared an alternative to Bartender called Vanilla, which lets you "hide menu bar icons on your Mac" Listener questions Q: "Do designers ever make prototypes of entire apps, or is the process more about chunking out the main areas and adding as the product develops?" A: "Once your app structure becomes sufficiently complex, building everything into one prototype becomes less and less tenable.