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It is a good idea, but the layout hurts my eyes due to the Hermann grid illusion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_illusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gri
by aplc0r 5y ago
It is a good idea, but the layout hurts my eyes due to the Hermann grid illusion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_illusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_illusion
- jmstfv 5y agoIt wasn't intentional! I experimented with different colors, but seems like all of them produce this illusion :/ I'll see what I can do.
- onychomys 5y agoYou might have to do 144 circles instead, I think that would have enough whitespace around each one to stop the illusion.
- cyberge99 5y agoTry hexagons, they’re equidistant between centers.
- peterburkimsher 5y ago"Hexagons are the bestagons" according to CGP Grey. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thOifuHs6eY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thOifuHs6eY Personally I prefer fractals. A 6-sided hexagon is just 2* 3-sided triangles. Or 6 of them, depending how you prefer to tile the plane. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c9/44/99/c94499bb9a0057f8573e8a5a5fede33d.gif https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c9/44/99/c94499bb9a0057f8573e... So how about a day schedule organised by Sierpinski triangles? Lots of space in the middle for resting.
- pan69 5y agoReduce the contrast, i.e. make the black less black.
- randyrand 5y agoOr add the circles intentionally? At least they wont pop in and out then.
- smoe 5y agoFiddled around with it a bit and if you reduce the spacing between the boxes to a few pixels the illusion goes away for me or is barely noticeable. But, the aesthetics of the whole thing are quite different then.
- allenu 5y agoCould rounded corners help here?
- omgitsabird 5y agoSeems better with a border radius of 1.25rem. Also making the border thickness very thin seems to help, as well as some making it more oblong.
- xwdv 5y agoEliminate all space in between rectangles. Aesthetics be damned.
- phil-martin 5y agoMaybe try using circles instead of rectangles, and the progress within each circle is shown like a pie chart?
- mattlondon 5y agoRounded corners might help?
- jmstfv 5y agoUPDATE: * rounded corners to make rectangles look more pleasant * switched to pastel colors to lower the contrast and make the grid less taxing for the eyes Thanks everyone for the input!
- zagrebian 5y ago“There are 121 fleeting black dots in a day”