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UI design for software developers. Part 1, Colors

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Re: UI design for software developers. Part 1, Colors

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Post by Jerard_Victor »

V-2 wrote: post #53
habosa wrote: post #44

I'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 a…

Perhaps the fonts and alignment are deliberately off so that they can be improved in subsequent parts of the cycle. I'm not exactly blown away by the palette either, though. Wording is sloppy, too ("into an email attachments"?).

hey, could you suggest a better wording for that? Will try to fix it in the upcoming release

Re: UI design for software developers. Part 1, Colors

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Post by Jerard_Victor »

austincheney wrote: post #39
EricE wrote: post #29

One of the best discussions of color - especially from an accessibility standpoint is from the US Digital Web Design System: https://designsystem.digital.gov/design-tokens/color/overvie... It has one of the best discussions of contrast I have seen; very timely given the trends for low contrast design that seem prevalent combined with my now over 40 eyes (darn those kids!)

The greatest challenge when considering colors and accessibility is dealing with more than 2 colors. I wrote a tool to solve for all comparisons in a color scheme: https://github.com/prettydiff/colorContrast In every real world scenario there will be a multitude of colors present that impact accessibility. It is almost never so simple as a single text color on a single background color.

looks great, it will be useful to be able to import an actual image (let's say a mock) instead of hex numbers

Re: UI design for software developers. Part 1, Colors

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Post by appleflaxen »

habosa wrote: post #44

I'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 a…

i found the OP useful.

i also kind of feel like your comments distill down to something very close to:

"there's no right way to do it, but that way is wrong"

design is inherently subjective. no single tool will seem "right" to everyone, and that's ok.

Re: UI design for software developers. Part 1, Colors

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Post by systemvoltage »

appleflaxen wrote: post #64
habosa wrote: post #44

I'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 a…

i found the OP useful. i also kind of feel like your comments distill down to something very close to: "there's no right way to do it, but that way is wrong" design is inherently subjective. no single tool will seem "right" to everyone, and that's ok.

Then shouldn’t we stop giving authoritative advice on subjective things? It’s as arbitrary as my own taste.

As someone mentioned in this thread, look up US WDS advice on color. It’s a lot more objective.

Re: UI design for software developers. Part 1, Colors

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Post by layoutIfNeeded »

monkin wrote: post #47
Biganon wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 w…

>same thing is with coding/vim/emacs/everything other courses on youtube from people that just started to learn them.

Spot on! I think we need a concise name for this phenomenon of low-effort rookie-level tutorials from people who barely have learnt the subject themselves.

How should we call it? Tutorial-spam? Tutorial farming? Amateutoring?

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