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I took this approach for https://legiblenews.com/ https://legiblenews.com/ and https://www.thingybase.com/ https://www.thingybase.com/. The art on Thingybase is
by bradgessler 3y ago
I took this approach for https://legiblenews.com/ https://legiblenews.com/ and https://www.thingybase.com/ https://www.thingybase.com/. The art on Thingybase is all poorly drawn stick figures that I sketched out on my iPad.
Not only do I recommend doing this when building apps or websites initially, but I recommend it for the final product. It ends up being much faster, easier to maintain, easier for people to read, and more accessible.
I have another app in the works that’s using https://picocss.com/ https://picocss.com/ with basically no CSS. It’s great not having to think too much about design elements and focus on only the most important bits of the application.
- s1k3s 3y agoMinimalism for the sake of minimalism is just as bad as the concept described in the article. For example I find your blog very easy to read but very hard to navigate. I don't understand its structure, I can't find any menus and I don't know when I'm at the end of "something".
- bradgessler 3y agoGlad it’s easy to read! That’s exactly what it’s optimized for. There’s no real structure to the site, hence no menus and nothing really to navigate to. I agree minimalism for the sake of minimalism is bad design—I don’t advocate for that. What I do advocate for is minimalism for the sake of accessibility, ease of maintenance, improved readability, etc. I'm also not categorically opposed to adding this stuff if needed. What I find is that most of the time its not a great starting point.
- woozyolliew 3y agoBookmarking Legible News! I have been surviving on https://lite.cnn.com https://lite.cnn.com, https://text.npr.org/ https://text.npr.org/, and http://68k.news/ http://68k.news/, but your site is much easier on the eye, so will be taking it for a spin.
- welovetacos 3y agoIf you're into sports also check out https://plaintextsports.com https://plaintextsports.com Amazingly well done
- akpa1 3y agoFor Thingybase, unless I'm mistaken, your privacy policy and ToS have "if xyz, contact us" scattered all over them, but there is no email address anywhere to be found on the site to contact you at. Edit: oh, and the delete profile button doesn't work.
- WalterBright 3y agoI needed some artwork for the Empire game, and needed it right away. So I made some "placeholder" graphics with MS-Paint, in my 2nd grader style, and never got around to doing proper artwork.