Tip No. 1. - Don’t make UI design courses for developers if you don’t have a solid experience in it.
This reads like a harsh criticism; arguments would be welcome as to why you feel this way
UI design for software developers. Part 1, Colors
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#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not trying to be snarky, just trying to understand. What are you defending against by refusing to visit a read-only, plain HTTP site?
I’m not the parent poster, but one reason I can suggest is: When you know about the security properties of using the HTTP protocol over internet, and proceed to visit a read-only plain-HTTP website, your attention and time are used up unnecessary on thoughts like “did the author really include this bit of content, or is it being MITM’ed?” with no inexpensive way to find out.
... but realistically, the risk of that is extremely low in this specific case.
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#43I learned a quick tip recently to easily implement a nice-looking dark mode without picking a whole new color palette. You can just take your regular colors and desaturate them and they will instantly look better in dark mode. If you don't understand saturation, think of it like using the "pastel" version of each color.
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#44I'm no design expert but this advice is really thin and not that useful. Trust me that using a color palette generator is not the One True Way! Also there's no advice on how to pick a base color, just "pick one".
Second this author is basing the advice on this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.amortizedc...
Again I am not an expert and I don't mean to be rude, but that's not a very nice looking app in my opinion. The colors, fonts, alignment, spacing, etc all seem just a bit "off".
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#45See also https://every-layout.dev for schooling on typography and layout (among other fundamentals).
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#46The best resource I have found for devs who want to improve their design skills is (1). The article below is even about coloring schemes of apps. Very insightful. (1) https://refactoringui.com/previews/building-your-color-palet...
Yep. I’ve been designing UIs professionally for 10 years and yet I learn something new every time I read something from Adam Wathan.
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#47Tip No. 1. - Don’t make UI design courses for developers if you don’t have a solid experience in it.
This reads like a harsh criticism; arguments would be welcome as to why you feel this way
I don’t have time for argument war, but same thing is with coding/vim/emacs/everything other courses on youtube from people that just started to learn them.
If you’re learning and trying to learn others at the same time will you take responsibility for passing on bad knowledge and your own mistakes? It takes years to get solid grasp of professional wisdom and experience in specific field. Without it, we have people who think git is too hard...
If you want to learn, learn from the best. Don’t get me wrong, I know that many people advise to write such thing to make yourself recognizable, but don’t start from learning others. :)
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've had going through RefactoringUI on my todo list for a very long time. I'm working at a small startup [0] on a fairly complex product and design resources is always a challenge. Being able to make some of the simple decisions myself feels like it could be a super power. 0: https://kitemaker.co , super fast, highly collaborative issue tracker
FYI this link on mobile iOS goes into an endless redirect loop of data:urls for some reason.
Thanks. Managed to typo my own domain. Fixed now.
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#49Color, typography & design - in the context of user interfaces - is hard! Understanding color is great, but how that color relates to a user interface: totally different story.
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#50Not surprising to see no mention of "let the system (and by extension, the user) choose the UI colours if at all possible". It wasn't long ago that you'd set your preferences for colours, fonts, etc. in one place and every application would automatically use them and be consistent. Perfect for colourblind and those who have trouble seeing smaller fonts. UI design has gone backwards.