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An easy to follow design course for programmers

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Re: An easy to follow design course for programmers

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Post by Cyranix »

eranation wrote: post #19
Cyranix wrote: post #18

I hate to be "that guy" but I'm genuinely having a hard time reading this page. * thin white text on light grey buttons * thin light grey text on almost matching light grey background (anti-spam message below email input) * small thin light grey text on white background * on highlight, dark grey text on... burnt orange?! I'm in the target market for this program -- a developer whose design skills are pretty weak -- b…

There is a site dedicated to the topic actually: http://contrastrebellion.com/ I think there is a difference between "looks good aesthetically" and "readable" and sometimes making it more readable doesn't overlap with pure artistic choices, so sometimes it's the best designers that fall into this trap. Edit: see previous discussion on this here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2807047

I might cut them a bit more slack if the image to the CTA wasn't for "Typography Crash Course"!

Thanks for the reminder on Constrast Rebellion.

Re: An easy to follow design course for programmers

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Post by rvkennedy »

I'd feel happier going along with this is the commercial relationship between hackdesign.org and the makers of the Objectified documentary was upfront and clear before sign-up for a putatively free course. There's nothing wrong with making money this way (if they are, I can't tell). But tell us, before asking for email addresses: what it actually costs, and whether (in your country) you can even get the required content.

Re: An easy to follow design course for programmers

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Post by mynameisvlad »

wells-riley wrote: post #6
gketuma wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't even get the first lesson. This is a lesson to all developers. Don't underestimate the power of HN.

On it, fellas. We weren't expecting so many beta signups... didn't think we needed more dynos until launch ;) Check back in a few minutes, we're already working on it.

Still super flaky. Alternating between Application Error and half-loaded pages. :(

Re: An easy to follow design course for programmers

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Post by vineel »

Cyranix wrote: post #18

I hate to be "that guy" but I'm genuinely having a hard time reading this page. * thin white text on light grey buttons * thin light grey text on almost matching light grey background (anti-spam message below email input) * small thin light grey text on white background * on highlight, dark grey text on... burnt orange?! I'm in the target market for this program -- a developer whose design skills are pretty weak -- b…

What operating system are you using? It looks great on OS X 10.8.2.

Re: An easy to follow design course for programmers

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Post by PommeDeTerre »

wells-riley wrote: post #6
gketuma wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't even get the first lesson. This is a lesson to all developers. Don't underestimate the power of HN.

On it, fellas. We weren't expecting so many beta signups... didn't think we needed more dynos until launch ;) Check back in a few minutes, we're already working on it.

How much traffic are you actually getting?

HN doesn't drive all that much traffic to a site, even for sites at the top of the first page. It's virtually nothing compared to what Slashdot could drive to a site in its heyday, or what reddit's front page can drive today.

I don't mean to offend you, but something is seriously wrong with your web app, your database(s) or your other infrastructure if it can't withstand a relatively minor amount of traffic. It's hard to tell for sure given all of the application errors, but it seems like your web app's functionality is pretty basic.

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