Comments on: Design Rules to Live By #4 http://www.thisisaaronslife.com/design-rules-to-live-by-4/ Design, Development, and the Pursuit of Happiness Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:46:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Boban Amoureuse http://www.thisisaaronslife.com/design-rules-to-live-by-4/comment-page-1/#comment-1281 Boban Amoureuse Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:07:51 +0000 http://www.thisisaaronslife.com/?p=942#comment-1281 Good post. Even after the 2nd spellcheck , i continue misspell words and publishing. I am damn stupid gr Good post.

Even after the 2nd spellcheck , i continue misspell words and publishing. I am damn stupid gr

]]> By: Mark Dodge Medlin http://www.thisisaaronslife.com/design-rules-to-live-by-4/comment-page-1/#comment-1238 Mark Dodge Medlin Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:13:03 +0000 http://www.thisisaaronslife.com/?p=942#comment-1238 Don't run your copy too wide, or it'll be a real chore to read. I see this all the time, and unless the writing is incredible, I won't bother reading it. AisleOne suggests that a column of type should be 40-80 characters wide, which seems about right. http://www.aisleone.net/2009/design/8-ways-to-improve-your-typography/ Don’t run your copy too wide, or it’ll be a real chore to read. I see this all the time, and unless the writing is incredible, I won’t bother reading it. AisleOne suggests that a column of type should be 40-80 characters wide, which seems about right. http://www.aisleone.net/2009/design/8-ways-to-improve-your-typography/

]]> By: Jin http://www.thisisaaronslife.com/design-rules-to-live-by-4/comment-page-1/#comment-1233 Jin Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:36:08 +0000 http://www.thisisaaronslife.com/?p=942#comment-1233 I think it takes 10% of the time to get a site up, then you spend another 90% of the time to "polish" it, aka adding details. Good sites have a common trait, that is paying attention to details. Good read Aaron. .-= Jin´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/8164/~3/Dc9ENaqmqYA/" rel="nofollow">Complacency</a> =-. I think it takes 10% of the time to get a site up, then you spend another 90% of the time to “polish” it, aka adding details. Good sites have a common trait, that is paying attention to details. Good read Aaron.
Jin´s last blog ..Complacency

]]> By: Aaron Irizarry http://www.thisisaaronslife.com/design-rules-to-live-by-4/comment-page-1/#comment-1227 Aaron Irizarry Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:52:31 +0000 http://www.thisisaaronslife.com/?p=942#comment-1227 Great article Niki! Thanks for commenting Great article Niki!
Thanks for commenting

]]> By: Ezrad Lionel http://www.thisisaaronslife.com/design-rules-to-live-by-4/comment-page-1/#comment-1225 Ezrad Lionel Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:16:53 +0000 http://www.thisisaaronslife.com/?p=942#comment-1225 If there are design rules then there are a lot of design criminals and absolutely no design police. Maybe a few design citizens signing design petitions in a design dictatorship. I really do hate "design". It seem so obvious to me, what should go where, without the underlying theory. I always turn back to my voting booth analogy. Why would you place a sign explaining how to vote in a voting booth. That just sounds dangerous to me. Look, all the people who replied know it. But those who don't never will. I love web 2.0. I mean I hate it and everyone who says web 2.0 without vociferous disdain in their tone. I know there are some great things that have come out of this 'movement' but all the cookie cutter /template/ PSD slicing sites, trend setting trends, and other convolutions really remind me of why I couldn't stand being around Flash developers back when having huge flash movies was considered ground breaking. To me, there are two kinds of developers, artists and adobe fans. Artists are either naturally talented or they worked hard at it because they love what they do, and now they're good. Adobe fans can't wait to get their hands on the latest Adobe product, and duplicate tutorials for his portfolio, eventually they also get good. They're like the auto tune artists who sound like crap on a live stage. I've watched many tutorials and when I got good, saw them again and realized how poor a tutorial it was. But I still learnt something, that's why mediocrity will always be king. Because the layman can't tell crap from carp. If there are design rules then there are a lot of design criminals and absolutely no design police. Maybe a few design citizens signing design petitions in a design dictatorship. I really do hate “design”. It seem so obvious to me, what should go where, without the underlying theory. I always turn back to my voting booth analogy. Why would you place a sign explaining how to vote in a voting booth. That just sounds dangerous to me. Look, all the people who replied know it. But those who don’t never will.

I love web 2.0. I mean I hate it and everyone who says web 2.0 without vociferous disdain in their tone. I know there are some great things that have come out of this ‘movement’ but all the cookie cutter /template/ PSD slicing sites, trend setting trends, and other convolutions really remind me of why I couldn’t stand being around Flash developers back when having huge flash movies was considered ground breaking.

To me, there are two kinds of developers, artists and adobe fans. Artists are either naturally talented or they worked hard at it because they love what they do, and now they’re good. Adobe fans can’t wait to get their hands on the latest Adobe product, and duplicate tutorials for his portfolio, eventually they also get good. They’re like the auto tune artists who sound like crap on a live stage. I’ve watched many tutorials and when I got good, saw them again and realized how poor a tutorial it was. But I still learnt something, that’s why mediocrity will always be king. Because the layman can’t tell crap from carp.

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]]> By: John Wooton http://www.thisisaaronslife.com/design-rules-to-live-by-4/comment-page-1/#comment-1212 John Wooton Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:57:43 +0000 http://www.thisisaaronslife.com/?p=942#comment-1212 I agree. You must have room for a site to breathe. There's not much use in cluttering up a site with too many details. I follow the philosophy from the book "Don't Make Me Think". Simplicity and usability are key! Thanks for the great blog post. .-= John Wooton´s last blog ..<a href="http://inspiremediablog.com/2009/03/08/twitter-updates-for-2009-03-08-2/" rel="nofollow">Twitter Updates for 2009-03-08</a> =-. I agree. You must have room for a site to breathe. There’s not much use in cluttering up a site with too many details. I follow the philosophy from the book “Don’t Make Me Think”. Simplicity and usability are key! Thanks for the great blog post.
John Wooton´s last blog ..Twitter Updates for 2009-03-08

]]> By: Niki Brown http://www.thisisaaronslife.com/design-rules-to-live-by-4/comment-page-1/#comment-1211 Niki Brown Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:55:25 +0000 http://www.thisisaaronslife.com/?p=942#comment-1211 Its always the little details that set great designs apart from the good ones. I wrote a post about this a while ago over at web design ledger: http://webdesignledger.com/tips/design-is-in-the-details .-= Niki Brown´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/designoblog/~3/ld_OH-RYQDI/" rel="nofollow">Who Inspires You?</a> =-. Its always the little details that set great designs apart from the good ones. I wrote a post about this a while ago over at web design ledger:

http://webdesignledger.com/tips/design-is-in-the-details
Niki Brown´s last blog ..Who Inspires You?

]]> By: Mandi Leman http://www.thisisaaronslife.com/design-rules-to-live-by-4/comment-page-1/#comment-1204 Mandi Leman Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:25:25 +0000 http://www.thisisaaronslife.com/?p=942#comment-1204 In most cases, don't use more than 2 typefaces on a page - 3 at the most. Fonts should look as if they belong together, preferably even from the same family. Never use all caps in serif or script and a very basic rule for fine art or photography pertains to print or web design as well - make sure your overall page design keeps the eye circling the content & doesn't lead it off of the page (for example, don't use photos with the subjects facing to the right on the extreme right hand side). :) In most cases, don’t use more than 2 typefaces on a page – 3 at the most. Fonts should look as if they belong together, preferably even from the same family. Never use all caps in serif or script and a very basic rule for fine art or photography pertains to print or web design as well – make sure your overall page design keeps the eye circling the content & doesn’t lead it off of the page (for example, don’t use photos with the subjects facing to the right on the extreme right hand side). :)

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