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Well... I've been thinking a lot about this terminology. On one hand it is useless/oldschool/ugly/trash/weird kind of effect, but on the other hand it can be ex
by dsalaj 8y ago
Well... I've been thinking a lot about this terminology.
On one hand it is useless/oldschool/ugly/trash/weird kind of effect, but on the other hand it can be extremely effective (like described in motivation of my quirky-ux (see talk by Vitaly Friedman of smashingmagazine)).
tl;dr ...websites with a lots of character which break best practice guidelines and design rules are able to capture audience better and produce better results (turnover, traffic, user retention, etc.)
So I ended up finding a neutral sounding word:
QUIRKY - having or characterized by peculiar or unexpected traits or aspects.
I would gladly reformat quirky-ux to be primarely this collestion/list of quirky stuff, but maybe awesome-quirky makes more sense or awesome-quirky-ui or something similar...
- vanderZwan 8y agoQuirky sounds apt. How about awesome-quirksmode as a historical reference? :P
- dsalaj 8y agoCool. I would say awesome-quirks sounds a bit better and also avoids the confusion with the meaning of quirks mode, the compatibility feature of browsers. I have created the list: https://github.com/dsalaj/awesome-quirks https://github.com/dsalaj/awesome-quirks Please contribute! If you really prefer the name awesome-quirksmode I have no problem with renaming the repo or adding you as a contributor so you can do it. Thanks for the feedback!
- vanderZwan 8y agoHey, it's your project, I just made a silly joke :)