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I've gotten some criticism that Appleseed's design and user experience was lacking, so I decided to work on a set of mockups for where I'd like to see Appleseed
by michaelchisari 16y ago
I've gotten some criticism that Appleseed's design and user experience was lacking, so I decided to work on a set of mockups for where I'd like to see Appleseed go for a 1.0 release. While we're still on version 0.7.9 (publicly), I usually feel that solid mockups can set good guidelines for building software for the future.
I would love to hear HN's thoughts on these, I'll be taking criticism to heart as I break these out into HTML over the next few weeks.
- e1ven 16y agoWay to go! Those mockups look amazing- They're clearly Facebook inspired, but it brings it's own flavor to the party. Did you make these in Photoshop, or HTML? Did you do these yourself, or have these made up? Either way, FANTASTIC work.
- michaelchisari 16y agoThank you very much! There is definitely some Facebook influence, I tried to take the best from the best, so you'll see some Gmail in there, some Livejournal, and some Facebook, along with a little bit of others. No MySpace, though. :) I did these myself, I'm not a designer instinctively, but I had a vision for how I saw things working, so I just started hacking away and refining things until I found something I liked. And I did them in Photoshop, that's how I usually do web design, since it's what I'm most comfortable in.
- bdclimber14 16y agoI know its a matter of opinion, but I suggest doing these in HTML/CSS. I could tell these were done in Photoshop. I think HTMl/CSS will let you fine-tune these to make them very presentable.
- michaelchisari 16y agoThat's the next step, I always do mockups in Photoshop, then breakouts in HTML/CSS as the next step.
- jdp23 16y agoGreat approach, and kudos to you for going this route! It's a very clean look, and a great base to build on.