The examples of GuiLite and those of Littlevgi (posted in this thread) all look a little outdated and messy. And I can understand this. Most programmers aren't

The examples of GuiLite and those of Littlevgi (posted in this thread) all look a little outdated and messy. And I can understand this. Most programmers aren't designers. But if you know why it looks outdated and messy it can help to create better looking products. The reasons are: lack of alignment and padding / font sizes all over the place. To make your product look good there are simple tricks you can use: * Only use one size of padding (and multiplications of it). * Align your items horizontal and vertical. * Try to use one font family and maybe only 3 font sizes. The above is why frameworks like Bootstrap work. They are all about alignment and consistent use of space.