The Subtle Design Gems And Internet Easter Eggs You Never Knew Existed

Little Big Details reminds us to appreciate the little things.

If you live in a city long enough, you start to notice little things: small architectural quirks and bits of invisible infrastructure in your surrounding environment. They're tiny, fascinating bits of detail that are a reminder of the attention and care that goes into building something at a grand scale. The excellent Tumblr, Little Big Detail, highlights hundreds of worthwhile web and app design Easter eggs and reminds us that the same is true on the internet and in most software. Here are a couple of favorites:

In iOS 7, the clock app icon is always animated to show the correct time.

In iOS 7, the clock app icon is always animated to show the correct time.

Via littlebigdetails.com

If you hover over Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" button, it animates like a slot machine and offers up some other possibilities for how you're feeling.

If you hover over Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" button, it animates like a slot machine and offers up some other possibilities for how you're feeling.

Via littlebigdetails.com

In your Tumblr dashboard, the activity tab shows a small graph of your actual past post activity.

In your Tumblr dashboard, the activity tab shows a small graph of your actual past post activity.

Via littlebigdetails.com


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