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Ask HN: What are good high-information density UIs (screenshots, apps, sites)?

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Re: Ask HN: What are good high-information density UIs (screenshots, apps, sites)?

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Post by alwa »

abound wrote: post #21

I didn't see anyone mention the McMaster-Carr website [1]. It may not be the "densest" out there, but it's clean, functional, and nicely presents a lot of information at once. [1] https://www.mcmaster.com/

Part of its pleasure is the way it reduces an intrinsically dense catalog of parts to such a consistent and sensibly-structured interface.

Even though it’s never failed to connect me with precisely the part I’m seeking, to this day their interface spooks me a little: where are they hiding the endless walls of text and part numbers, the kaleidoscopic wall of bins?!

Re: Ask HN: What are good high-information density UIs (screenshots, apps, sites)?

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Post by cluckindan »

wackget wrote: post #31
chromy wrote: post #17

Look for tracing/profiling/binary analysis UIs: - https://superuser.com/questions/1117466/using-windows-perfor... - https://github.com/wolfpld/tracy - https://github.com/WerWolv/ImHex 3D modeling / CAD software: - Blender/Rhino etc - Similar for audio you can search for 'DAWs' ( https://blog.landr.com/best-daw/ ) Many examples on https://x.com/usgraphics/media only some software. Not on the data side but can be usefu…

As someone who recently tried to use Blender for an extremely simple task... Blender's UI is absolutely terrible and should not be used as an example of anything except how to design an unintuitive UI.

It is geared towards keyboard use, but I agree, the UI is not structured very well - too much mystery meat!

Re: Ask HN: What are good high-information density UIs (screenshots, apps, sites)?

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Post by abraxas »

mg wrote: post #9

I am developing this project, which replaces product lists with what I call "product charts": https://www.productchart.com The idea is to sort products not by one parameter (like price or release date) but by two - which creates an x/y chart. The product info is displayed dynamically - by default only the image is show. On hover, more info is displayed in a tooltip. And when you click "details", all data is shown. Th…

I like your project. If I may suggest a feature, DPI option in the side panel would be valuable to me. I won't consider any products that have a screen with less than 220 DPI (e.g. laptops, tablets, monitors etc).

Re: Ask HN: What are good high-information density UIs (screenshots, apps, sites)?

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Post by radiorental »

toddwprice wrote: post #49

https://www.edwardtufte.com/

The premise of Tufte's work make sense until you try to apply it to functional and usable user interfaces.

He has strong opinions strongly held but as someone who's designed industrial strength UIs for over 20 years (networking CLIs & UIs, CAD modeling/simulation, Devops dashboards, cybersecurity tooling) I've read all his books, attended his lectures... he's a king with no clothes

Re: Ask HN: What are good high-information density UIs (screenshots, apps, sites)?

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Post by [deleted] »

wackget wrote: post #31
chromy wrote: post #17

Look for tracing/profiling/binary analysis UIs: - https://superuser.com/questions/1117466/using-windows-perfor... - https://github.com/wolfpld/tracy - https://github.com/WerWolv/ImHex 3D modeling / CAD software: - Blender/Rhino etc - Similar for audio you can search for 'DAWs' ( https://blog.landr.com/best-daw/ ) Many examples on https://x.com/usgraphics/media only some software. Not on the data side but can be usefu…

As someone who recently tried to use Blender for an extremely simple task... Blender's UI is absolutely terrible and should not be used as an example of anything except how to design an unintuitive UI.

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Re: Ask HN: What are good high-information density UIs (screenshots, apps, sites)?

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Post by gr33nq »

achr2 wrote: post #66

This is my own software, but – as a project engineering data exploration tool – high information and functional density was a key goal: https://engdata.com/

What UI framework did you use to build this? I love these types of interfaces in native applications.

Re: Ask HN: What are good high-information density UIs (screenshots, apps, sites)?

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Post by smoe »

danielvaughn wrote: post #25

I’ve been on a similar journey, and I haven’t found any good resources. Much of the low-density trend can be traced back to Tailwind. I love the library, but I do find it frustrating that pretty much all designers lean towards low-density by default. The problem is that it only works well for casual/consumer applications. Once you start building for professional, productivity-driven products, you need density. One sh…

I think Tailwind didn't start the trend, but continued from what Bootstrap and Material Design started in the 2010s
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