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I'm a programmer not a designer but here's my $.02. As a user I like the flat UI concept not because of the flatness, but because of the colours. I'm tired of l

I'm a programmer not a designer but here's my $.02. As a user I like the flat UI concept not because of the flatness, but because of the colours. I'm tired of looking at grey all day and these provide a welcome change.

afandian 12y ago
That's kind of my point. Do you like the colours (specifically these ones, or colours like them) because they're an alternative to grey or do you actually like them in and of themselves?
- etimberg 12y ago
  Some of them I like as colours, some I don't (bright teal for instance is just horrendous)
a3n 12y ago
When I look at code in a text editor I prefer it to be colored. All white text on black puts me to sleep. It's also easier to see that this is not the same kind of thing as that.
- afandian 12y ago
  I like colours too. I'm not talking about colours, I'm talking about these colours.
  - gagege 12y ago
    I do like these colors.
    - aragot 12y ago
      Design isn't about us liking those tastes or not. One part is about ergonomy of course, and the other is about looking up-to-date. Just watching the colors of a website/app, you could tell which year it was made and whether it's well maintained or not. One could ask "Why do we define a fashion, given this fashion costs heaps to everyone in the industry and isn't necessarily nice or ergonomic". Remind that for every free land, humans will populate it, define rules and laws and regulations and fashions and richness, and whether it is good or not it can only go forward, with more laws, regulations, fashions and richness. And taste only tells how close you are with society and how distinct you are from uniformity. http://xkcd.com/915/ http://xkcd.com/915/ So you must both stick to the trend and stay peculiar. The trend is defined by very few "haute couture" designers in the industry and we're only adapting it to our clients.
interfacesketch 12y ago
"As a user I like the flat UI concept not because of the flatness, but because of the colours" I did an unsolicited redesign of a wikipedia article page a few months ago (mostly a tweak to the current layout). Although Wikipedia is a website rather than an app, the site's pages are are quite stark and many pages feel bereft of colour. In my (unsolicited) redesign I added colour to soften the appearance of the page and to highlight elements. Are the colours superfluous? Or do they make the page or site more pleasant to read? Opinions very welcome :-) http://www.interfacesketch.com/wikipedia/ http://www.interfacesketch.com/wikipedia/
- AdenFlorian 12y ago
  Website seems to be having issues. Connection is timing out. Would like to see what you did with it. I agree that wikipedia could use a redesign.
  - deleted 12y ago
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  - interfacesketch 12y ago
    Sorry you're having trouble with the site. I just tried visiting and it loads ok at my end. Here's a direct link to one of the designs (PNG image: the file is quite large at 2.7mb) http://www.interfacesketch.com/wikipedia/wikipedia-article-redesign-01.png http://www.interfacesketch.com/wikipedia/wikipedia-article-r...
- lukifer 12y ago
  I like that design a great deal, and at a glance I find it subjectively more readable. I'd have to A/B test it with real wiki content for a while to be sure.

afandian 12y ago

That's kind of my point. Do you like the colours (specifically these ones, or colours like them) because they're an alternative to grey or do you actually like them in and of themselves?

etimberg 12y ago
Some of them I like as colours, some I don't (bright teal for instance is just horrendous)

a3n 12y ago

When I look at code in a text editor I prefer it to be colored. All white text on black puts me to sleep. It's also easier to see that this is not the same kind of thing as that.

afandian 12y ago
I like colours too. I'm not talking about colours, I'm talking about these colours.
- gagege 12y ago
  I do like these colors.
  - aragot 12y ago
    Design isn't about us liking those tastes or not. One part is about ergonomy of course, and the other is about looking up-to-date. Just watching the colors of a website/app, you could tell which year it was made and whether it's well maintained or not. One could ask "Why do we define a fashion, given this fashion costs heaps to everyone in the industry and isn't necessarily nice or ergonomic". Remind that for every free land, humans will populate it, define rules and laws and regulations and fashions and richness, and whether it is good or not it can only go forward, with more laws, regulations, fashions and richness. And taste only tells how close you are with society and how distinct you are from uniformity. http://xkcd.com/915/ http://xkcd.com/915/ So you must both stick to the trend and stay peculiar. The trend is defined by very few "haute couture" designers in the industry and we're only adapting it to our clients.

interfacesketch 12y ago

"As a user I like the flat UI concept not because of the flatness, but because of the colours" I did an unsolicited redesign of a wikipedia article page a few months ago (mostly a tweak to the current layout). Although Wikipedia is a website rather than an app, the site's pages are are quite stark and many pages feel bereft of colour. In my (unsolicited) redesign I added colour to soften the appearance of the page and to highlight elements. Are the colours superfluous? Or do they make the page or site more pleasant to read? Opinions very welcome :-) http://www.interfacesketch.com/wikipedia/ http://www.interfacesketch.com/wikipedia/

AdenFlorian 12y ago
Website seems to be having issues. Connection is timing out. Would like to see what you did with it. I agree that wikipedia could use a redesign.
- deleted 12y ago
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- interfacesketch 12y ago
  Sorry you're having trouble with the site. I just tried visiting and it loads ok at my end. Here's a direct link to one of the designs (PNG image: the file is quite large at 2.7mb) http://www.interfacesketch.com/wikipedia/wikipedia-article-redesign-01.png http://www.interfacesketch.com/wikipedia/wikipedia-article-r...
lukifer 12y ago
I like that design a great deal, and at a glance I find it subjectively more readable. I'd have to A/B test it with real wiki content for a while to be sure.