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I find these sorts of shallow design specs irksome. There’s so much fluff to make this seem more thought out and systematized than it was. Prime example, a few

I find these sorts of shallow design specs irksome. There’s so much fluff to make this seem more thought out and systematized than it was. Prime example, a few screenshots down you see a form layout for some “myself” profile. They’ve gone in and pointed to random colours with “WCAG AAA/AA” and the contrast ratio. Great. But the toggle button it shows is pretty ambiguous considering the light grey on white background they’re using. Is the form accessible just because the colours are contrasty enough? No one reads the WCAG spec but everyone loves to cite the tables of acceptable minimums from it! I’ve seen some design systems that people actually make use of, and they’re never as verbose as this kinds are.

masswerk 4y ago
Especially, provided that this actually a good old tab interface. Not that there had been a time when we knew how to make tabs unambiguous that anyone could still remember, but… Ok, on closer inspection, is this rather a horizontally laid out select (or radio group)? Does the content below change with options? Is there anything, so we could tell, whether it's tabs or a select and what the consequences are of choosing either option? Is the vertical white space a functional divider/separator or just flat UI design? I guess, the transaction business is just a leap of faith…