|
Monitoring app for work. You can roll over anything to get info, but if you are one of the people who is doing overview monitoring of our systems, you know what it all means, so thus the minimalism.
|
#
¿
May 27, 2008 15:48
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 4, 2024 15:41 |
|
|
Zaasakokwaan posted:
please please please align the left edge of the logo with the left edges of the input fields. It may not seem like a big deal, but it will drive a certain percentage of your users bat-poo poo insane if it's centered and nothing else is.
|
|
#
¿
Jul 7, 2008 22:43
|
|
|
/\/\ except now you have "Logging In..." centered when nothing else is. -10 points.  Adhemar posted:Better to leave the image in the centre and move the inputs to the left to line up with it. Please. Then the window has to get wider because there's no room for the labels if they inputs move over. Lumpy fucked around with this message at 20:54 on Jul 8, 2008 |
|
#
¿
Jul 8, 2008 20:20
|
|
|
Zaasakokwaan posted:Just a thought - what do you think about this: Delete and pretend you never made it.
|
|
#
¿
Jul 8, 2008 20:50
|
|
|
I'll stop obsessing now.
|
|
#
¿
Jul 9, 2008 00:53
|
|
|
leedo posted:I am working on an open source one right now. It is pretty functional and is incredibly responsive. I am using the multipart/mixed content-type to stream JSON in an XHR. Here is the github URL. It only works in Safari and Firefox right now, and I don't think it will ever work in IE unless I switch to polling. If you were trying to blur the channel names, you forgot the big one at the top of the browser there.
|
|
#
¿
Jul 3, 2009 03:25
|
|
|
Id4ever posted:
Beautiful. Thanks for the new font!
|
|
#
¿
Aug 25, 2009 22:08
|
|
|
Lexical Unit posted:NoDamage, awesome app. Looks like it's specifically for the iPad; are you planning on a iPhone version? Another nice feature would be to generate shopping lists from a set of selected recipes. If you could intelligently combine them into one list, that'd be perfect. Observe the bottom right screenshot.
|
|
#
¿
Sep 4, 2010 01:31
|
|
|
Parantumaton posted:Monaco is monospaced Comic Sans. Almost. The h, e, q, u, i, c, f, j, m, a and g are modified, but they are variants of the same face. Now I have a terrible urge to make a monospaced Market Felt. 
|
|
#
¿
Oct 12, 2010 16:25
|
|
|
yaoi prophet posted:Hey this was my idea What would be cool to add to that type of thing are "tails" towards the next key that was hit. With my typing skills, Backspace would be the most frequently hit key. 
|
|
#
¿
Dec 5, 2010 02:13
|
|
|
I spend far too much time tweaking my VIM colors, so I wrote this to make it easier. Need to tack on a back end for saving / loading, and it will be done.
|
|
#
¿
Mar 6, 2011 05:25
|
|
|
Shugyousha posted:Ohh, this looks awesome and would come in very handy! I was just trying another colortheme, which always takes way too long for my taste. Is it browser/web based? If not, could you make it browser/web based for everyone to enjoy? Yes, it is browser based, and it will be up in a public place as soon as it is done. \/\/ cool, where is it up, I'd like to see how you did your UI Lumpy fucked around with this message at 18:05 on Mar 6, 2011 |
|
#
¿
Mar 6, 2011 16:04
|
|
|
wacky posted:
Other than play the MP3 I picked, it doesn't do anything. =(
|
|
#
¿
Apr 8, 2011 21:11
|
|
|
So I finished my browser based VIM colorscheme editor a while ago, and there it sits, unused because I never think anything I make is good enough for other people to use. Well, time to stop being such a baby. http://www.vimtax.com/vimtax Pick a base theme, then hit Edit. Click on code to change it's color. Any suggestions on other languages to add? EDIT: Bah, forgot attaching doesn't resize / timg things. Sorry for the table breaking 
|
|
#
¿
Jul 9, 2011 18:27
|
|
|
ClosedBSD posted:This is amazing/awesome, you might just wanna upload some more of the most popular themes to it for people to use as starting points. Cool, thanks for the feedback. I have tested it under ubuntu, but not other distros, I'll see if I can figure that bug out. If you have suggestions on other themes to convert, PM me.
|
|
#
¿
Jul 16, 2011 23:56
|
|
|
Shugyousha posted:Thank you for this! I used it to tweak "desert" slightly just to my liking. Save it, then you can download it directly. I will be adding a download link from the EDIT screen though. \/\/ Yup, you guys are my beta testers 
Lumpy fucked around with this message at 05:07 on Jul 19, 2011 |
|
#
¿
Jul 19, 2011 04:29
|
|
|
brian posted:As opposed to just getting into poo poo with Nintendo for directly ripping the art assets and gameplay? I mean I dislike the name but I mean it's a fan game which is ridiculously shaky legal ground as is. Doppelgänger Conflict!!!
|
|
#
¿
Feb 2, 2012 19:42
|
|
|
brian posted:
Is it wrong that I feel like a proud parent? 
|
|
#
¿
Feb 3, 2012 03:12
|
|
|
Griffith86 posted:working on a POS system for a company. Hire a UI designer. Way, way, way too visually busy to be an effective UI. Lots of mixed visual metaphors (the use of red in particular) and there are lots of questionable positional choices. Make sure you user test the hell out of it (preferably done by a 3rd party), as a confusing POS system can cost a business lots of money.
|
|
#
¿
Mar 23, 2012 22:47
|
|
|
Maluco Marinero posted:I've grown kind of partial to it but that's fair. There's a version of Calluna Sans (thats he font) that has a more standard numeral set, no dropping below the baseline or anything. I'll probably change to that before release. What don't you like about it specifically? I ask because I'm not Particularly good at any one thing, I'm just good at keeping working, so feedback is always good. It's hard to read, as that typeface has a very ragged flow because of the numerals having a dropped baseline, the character shape / design not lending itself to body type, and it's kerning being really goofy on the web. You are inviting eye-strain, and that is not conducive to a great (or even good) user experience.
|
|
#
¿
May 23, 2012 01:27
|
|
|
Steampunk Hitler posted:Got bored and started working on a Chrome extension that uses Twitter's bootstrap to style the forums. So far I have the index page mostly there. http://imgur.com/a/Bo8OI Very nice. I'll be installing this when you release it.
|
|
#
¿
May 23, 2012 13:45
|
|
|
Maluco Marinero posted:Just finished a redesign of the 'item' page for my web application. Not quite done yet, not pictured is the change log and major links which I still have to clean up, but I'm pretty happy with the amount of information I've managed to cram into this page without making it cluttered, at least to me anyway. Hire / befriend a UI designer. As Suspicious Dish pointed out, there are a lot of usability issues in there. UI / UX is something everyone *thinks* they can do because great UI looks so "obvious" once you see it. Getting there is very hard, and takes training, experience, and some natural intuition (much like good programming.)
|
|
#
¿
Jul 9, 2012 17:30
|
|
|
Maluco Marinero posted:Yeah, this isn't really an option. As I've said earlier, I don't have enough to pay for anyone to work for me, That's why I added "befriend" =) Post in the Web Design thread... myself and others do quick UI reviews / recommendations in there all the time.
|
|
#
¿
Jul 10, 2012 00:14
|
|
|
Maluco Marinero posted:This is all nice, but I'd rather keep things in CSS and fix my failings from there, which most of these frameworks don't seem to operate by. Either way, I'm just gonna keep mashing away at it and learn what I can from criticism. Anyhow, a few changes I did last night, bit busy with other things though: I spent 5 mins layering stuff on your revisions.... The main gist of what I'd chage / did change is: * Top-aligned form labels * made inputs look like inputs * underline links so it's clear they are links, not just different colored text * "active" is denoted by color, easy to tell status at a glance * maintenance tab has color so it doesn't look disabled (grey = disabled to users) * whitespace between Addon links to prevent mis-click * calendar picker icon for date field * separator between components * giant note pointing out red X confusion As Gnack said, kudos to you for taking critique as a learning experience instead of hurf durfing away.
|
|
#
¿
Jul 10, 2012 20:51
|
|
|
Pseudo-God posted:
The board needs to get rid of those "cut corners". The whole Metro interface paradigm is rectangular tiles, and you've violated it with the chopped corners. Plus, at different resolutions, you'll run into that "ghost dot" optical illusion (you border on it now in your screenshots) See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_illusion to see what my words poorly describe =) The tiled pattern you use to denote "selected" tiles is visually confusing - it's physically hard to look at; the eye "slides away" from that since the pattern is too small. Again, look to the Metro UI guidlines to see suggested "selected" tiles should be handled. Ditto the background pattern. It induces eye strain and offers nothing of benefit to the user. Again, the Metro UI is based on "flat" colors, and you violate that here. Perhaps a very, very subtle top to bottom gradient (so subtle you can't tell it's there unless you really look) might help, but read the Meto UI guidelines and follow them. The board colors compete with the color of the pieces a bit too much in certain cases; the contrast of dark piece on dark tile and light piece on light tile isn't as strong as it should be to my eye. You get a lot of contrast on the light piece / dark tile and dark piece light tile, so the board seemingly places visual importance on those squares, as the eye is drawn to them, while the others "fade back" because of the reduced contrast. Play around with different tile colors, or a contrast border on the pieces (black pieces get white border, and white pieces get black border.) I won't get into the actual piece artwork / icons (i'm not a big chess player), but they need a bit more breathing room from the edges. They are "cramped" and I think some padding might help that. Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_(design_language) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh202915%28v=VS.92%29.aspx http://channel9.msdn.com/events/MIX/MIX10/CL14
|
|
#
¿
Sep 24, 2012 18:43
|
|
|
Pseudo-God posted:So I took the suggestions you guys had and came up with this: Look at this Google Image Search. The Metro UI *screams* chessboard. So rip it off! I spent 10 minutes looking at screen schots of the Metro UI and a couple apps, then 10 minutes "designing"... this seems to be a more "Metroey" app to me. Why? * Uses the Metro "tiles with gaps" paradigm to lay out the board. * Uses "off tile" text in a similar style to Metro UI * Leverages the grid of the board to lay out elements ('chess' baseline is centerline of first row, top of menu is top of 2nd row, row letters / numbers lay on grid lines, etc) My Clocks suck, but just look at see how they are done elsewhere and let that inform your design. Also, don't get discouraged. Design is *hard* (it just appears "obvious" when it's done right, so everyone thinks it isn't =), and with anything, you get better by failing early and often, and learning form your mistakes. Lumpy fucked around with this message at 17:14 on Oct 9, 2012 |
|
#
¿
Oct 9, 2012 17:07
|
|
|
Yeah, I posted that link back on the first go around  My post was not meant to be a "use this!" but a "how could you be more Metro instead of Windows 3.1" But go ahead and rip it up if you'd like. Or make a better one, which would be even more helpful for him. EDIT To be more helpful to our chessboard makers; to remove the grid illusion, you can space tiles out more (use the ratio that Metro does, I just plopped down some squares arbitrarily) and / or reduce the contrast between the BG and the tiles (I just stole two colors from a screenshot for the tiles in the example.) Lumpy fucked around with this message at 17:28 on Oct 9, 2012 |
|
#
¿
Oct 9, 2012 17:16
|
|
|
avidal posted:i would like to have this? I made one of these a couple years ago in HTML / js and forgot about it until I saw this. Demo at: http://www.chmoddesign.com/testbed/wordClockDemo/wordClock.html lovely source: http://www.chmoddesign.com/testbed/wordClock.zip (I think this zip is missing the AIR Ailiases js file, but you can delete it from the HTML and nothing will break) Adobe AIR App (  ) of said clock: http://www.chmoddesign.com/testbed/WordClock.airHaving a screensaver of it would be quite awesome though.
|
|
#
¿
Nov 25, 2012 18:05
|
|
|
Shalinor posted:I could use some feedback on the app sore icon I'm working on. I realize it isn't precisely a screenshot, but - "game media"? Even though your icon is "blocky", you still have way too much detail to render well at the 57px and smaller icon sizes. I know you mentioned you'll tweak, but I generally have a second set of artwork for those. I'd tone down the gradient on all surfaces and up the contrast on the planes in everything non-retina and anything under 100px. The border looks like a weird picture frame, and does not read to me as fire. It seems a bit out of place with your "looks flat but it's actually gradients" planes. I'd lose it or make it solid / subtle gradient to match rest. That said, that artwork is phenomenal. Very, very well done. In a strange coincidence, my 78 year old dad has recently become obsessed with me developing a fire-fighter themed game idea he had. He's rather shocked that I didn't take his rough idea and crank out a best selling app in my spare time over the last couple weeks...
|
|
#
¿
Dec 20, 2012 04:53
|
|
|
tj9991 posted:I wasn't satisfied with the meditation timers I found for Android, so I wrote my own. I call it Meditation Assistant Free. It has very basic support for sharing sessions with the community. I'm adding features as I learn Java to help motivate my users to meditate at least once a day. Hey meditation Timer making buddy. I released one for iOS a few months ago (http://zazenapp.chmoddesign.com/) as another of my "Apps I want but couldn't find so I made it myself" series.
|
|
#
¿
Feb 20, 2013 18:19
|
|
|
j4on posted:What's up, waiting-for-review buddy! I just saw this on one of the design blogs I read, and thought it looked familiar.... congrats!!! http://www.swiss-miss.com/2013/02/petting-zoo.html
|
|
#
¿
Feb 21, 2013 17:03
|
|
|
hendersa posted:Thanks for pointing me towards the font. I pulled a TTF version of it from the web and re-did the logo. Suspicious Dish can be a bit.. uh... "short" sometimes. As far as "getting a grip" on such things, there's nothing wrong with using the same typeface throughout, and the one you've chosen is fine. There are some things I would change as UX / Graphic Designer, but what you have is tons better than most programmer made interfaces. I did a quick 10 minute mock up of what I would consider a modest improvement, and why: 1. Reduced the size of the logo. It doesn't help the user *do* anything, so it should be a non-prominent visual element. 2. Moved game list over to left side. Assuming an english user base, we read left to right, so the thing we do "first" goes on the left. 3. Reduced prominence of instructions. A user should be able to find this, but realistically will only need it once, so move it visually "back" while still being easy to see, and where it's relevant: near the list you need to navigate. 4. Changed the game display slightly: moved the info around a bit, and faded the labels back visually, as the content is what's important ("1991" is what I want to know, so it should be more prominent than it's label "release date") The key to good UI design is being able to step into the shoes of somebody else and figure out what they want to do. Then, make that pretty =) Also, your project is really awesome, thanks for sharing your progress.
|
|
#
¿
Mar 4, 2013 21:31
|
|
|
hendersa posted:This is very useful feedback, and I do really appreciate it. I'll spend some time reworking my interface to have a similar look and layout to what you have suggested. I'll have to make a few changes to it in order to accommodate the NTSC overscan, but that shouldn't be too difficult. I can shrink down my overscan safety margins a little bit (it can be as little as 3.5% - 5.0% overscan on the vertical axis), but I'll have to "squeeze" everything inward a bit on the horizontal axis to get everything inside the safety zone. The vertical overscan makes the upper gradient of the logo bar a problem, but the lower gradient on the same bar should be fine. If you'd like some pro-bono design help, PM me, and I'll spend some quality time on it taking into account your technical requirements. EDIT: designers spel gud. Lumpy fucked around with this message at 01:33 on Mar 5, 2013 |
|
#
¿
Mar 5, 2013 00:57
|
|
|
DrunkenAstronaut posted:I've been cleaning up some older parts of a huge web-based system that's been in development for the past 5 years. Recently switched to using Bootstrap for more maintainable CSS and templates. Looks great. Now you get to deal with the joys hearing nothing but bitching. To quote myself: "The only thing people hate more than the terrible UI they've been using for years is change."
|
|
#
¿
Apr 17, 2013 22:06
|
|
|
lord funk posted:Who in their right mind would choose Arial over Helvetica? Arial is a variant of Monotype Grotesque that was teweaked to be more like Helvetica. For a sans-serif that would work well in games (if I understand the needs) you want something with a large X-height, like Verdana. Picking good typefaces is hard.
|
|
#
¿
Apr 22, 2013 03:10
|
|
|
lord funk posted:Making a nub for better number entry on the iPad. There are three sliding areas for adjusting the value at different scales (1, 0.1, 0.01). Double-tap to reset. Very cool, but since the units are "finer" as you move right, the ruler spacing seems reversed to me... the wide spaces should move by bigger amounts than the tighter spacing. Although I understand the "it's the same ruler zoomed in" paradigm you are using. Time for some user research!
|
|
#
¿
May 14, 2013 21:08
|
|
|
Making a math game, which I am quite enjoying both creating and playing! Here's a crappy GIF (must learn to make better GIFs) of some animation. This is from a Quartz Composer prototype I made before I started coding: 
|
|
#
¿
Jul 2, 2014 21:45
|
|
|
Bungie's new game is pretty, and has a nice UI. Being the nerd I am, I coupled my natural curiosity of "how would I do that with CSS / JS" with my desire to learn the React semi-framework, and made a thing.  You can move the mouse around in it, click on things, and wish I wrote funnier fake tooltips here.
|
|
#
¿
Jul 13, 2014 18:07
|
|
|
LP0 ON FIRE posted:I actually really enjoy playing simple math games time to time. I have a couple for my iPhone that you should compare to. True or False Math and Nabla. Nabla isn't really that good on some of the functionality side and presentation, but I enjoy it more than True or False Math because I can get more than one wrong before losing and needing to start over. If you want to hop on our TestFlight beta, PM me and I'll send you an invite. We're a week or so away from launch (hopefully) and I'll post some codes here as well.
|
|
#
¿
Jul 14, 2014 18:41
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 4, 2024 15:41 |
|
|
Continuing in my messing around with React, I made something vaguely useful: yet another JSON viewer. You can use it and tell me everything I did wrong here: http://eskimospy.com/stuff/react/json/
|
|
#
¿
Aug 20, 2014 18:40
|
|