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My list (let me know if any of these are unclear): - good use of whitespace - objective driven ("let me help you balance your checkbook" rather than "click he
by Travis 16y ago
My list (let me know if any of these are unclear):
- good use of whitespace
- objective driven ("let me help you balance your checkbook" rather than "click here to login to our system and enter your account information")
- design elements highlight functionality (buttons like buttons, unusable elements greyed out)
- no clutter -- most important stuff is most obvious
- shortcuts for the advanced users, handholding for novices (if you've ever used Mailchimps Campaign Builder, like this)
- concise text written at about a 11th grade level (simple non-compound sentences, etc.)
- lack of jargon
- fun
- d0m 16y agoI was terrible too at design.. and I have to agree to those points. However, the one that made the biggest difference for me was the use of whitespace. I would also add: - Don't be afraid to take space for important stuff. And to simply delete useless stuff. For instance, when I create powerpoint presentation, I put only one picture that takes all the screen.. this is way better then 5 small pictures a little bit everywhere. Or on a web page, I like when the logo takes 1/3 of the page. The main content 1/3 and the "a little bit" less important stuff 1/3. For an example of that: http://us.battle.net/?rhtml=y http://us.battle.net/?rhtml=y