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I'm an engineer, but I design my own. I'm not a great designer, but most importantly, it's usable. I mainly stay away from too many fancy things, and stick with
by iamwil 16y ago
I'm an engineer, but I design my own. I'm not a great designer, but most importantly, it's usable. I mainly stay away from too many fancy things, and stick with a general color palette, the right font, and most importantly, spacing and vertical rhythm.
I suggest you take a look at a book called design for non-designers by robin williams (not the actor).
And this post has really helped me.
http://www.betaversion.org/~stefano/linotype/news/169/ http://www.betaversion.org/~stefano/linotype/news/169/
- yesimahuman 16y agoFWIW I think people over design their websites sometimes. Too many shitty looking websites do too well for me to worry about every little detail on my page.
- MisterWebz 16y agoI think i should do the same thing. I always try to make fancy web 2.0 buttons, but they usually turn out ugly which is really discouraging.
- anurag 16y agoWith Compass you get fancy buttons for free: http://github.com/imathis/fancy-buttons/ http://github.com/imathis/fancy-buttons/