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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24737268-badass
is a good book, though its primary focus is more to do with how to work out what kind of UI to build not the specific details of the UI itself ( which is quite fickle ).
This seems like guerilla marketing for refactoringui.com
It's cool, though, how a guerrilla marketing post like this still has the substantive discussion at the top rather than advertising spam.
Take a look at https://refactoringui.com/ Very tactical guidelines to follow geared towards devs.
Firstly, I read the title and the sub-header sentence. I understood that the site had generic guide on concepts designing web. Okay, I'm interested.
Then I scrolled down to the 3 categories. The first one collects some tips. None of them is related to the grand project announced in the title, they seem much more restricted.
Looking inside the categories, I don't even understand their organization. What is specific about "Articles"? The first content inside "Articles" is named "7 practical tips…", so shouldn't it be under the "Design tips" category?
So I went back to the top of the page, thinking I had missed the more generic links. Hmm, of course, those blue words in the header sentence must be links… No they are not.
Now I don't even want to read the content.
The only downside to the book is it will ruin every elevator, door handle and stereo amplifier you ever use. My wife tires of me explaining how a door that requires a “pull” sign is a major UX fail.
After reading the book it helped me understand the different models the creator and user have and has allowed me to recognize when I’m making design decisions that make a lot of sense to the creator and no sense to the user.
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information: Edward R. Tufte Ways to Connect: On Interface and Product Design, Ryan Singer Something on color theory Design language books (Bauhaus, etc) The entire Google design team has quite a few open resources: https://material.io/design/ and https://design.google
This seems like guerilla marketing for refactoringui.com
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Don Norman's book The Design of Everyday Things has indeed altered how I look at the world from a design perspective. It teaches you design awareness, and you'll find yourself noticing and understanding design elements all around you, that you didn't before. Even though it might seem a little old, the information presented in there is timeless, so I highly recommend it as well. It is in fact the first book I would su…
That book made me start getting annoyed at bad design like Norman Doors (doors that require a "push" or "pull" label instead of being intuitive).
https://refactoringui.com/ Just came out yesterday, doesn't necessarily teach 'from scratch' UI, but a great aide.
For $249 (fake price anchor, I know) you can get all the classics from Tufte, Cooper and Norman, a bookshelve and a stool to sit your behind down and study first principles.
There is room for both and I’m sure you can find a lot of value in the applied examples as well, but at $249 RSP I would not recommend it.
This seems like guerilla marketing for refactoringui.com
Haha I actually opened this thread intending to post it. It looks really good so I'm thinking about buying it.