Designers, anything from you guys? On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 11:28 AM, S Page <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 12:46 PM, I wrote: >> >> ... every other human interest guideline. > > > Sorry, "Interface". Human interest guidelines lead to the horror of Daily > Mail Online :-) > >> If Quiet and Neutral aren't sufficient Shahyar prototyped at least two >> more excellent ideas (I can't find the link right now...) > > http://area51.yar.gs/wmf/flow1/ To repeat, a page would only use a subset > of these at any one time, ignore the overstuffed appearance. > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 1:20 PM, Isarra Yos <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 21/10/15 19:46, S Page wrote: >>> >>> Users not understanding the design is no argument for consolidation, I >>> bet users get an 'D' at best on Material and every other human interest >>> guideline. >> >> >> If users aren't the ones we are designing for, then who is? > > > Obviously design is for users. But having a pleasant productive time using a > design and understanding its nuances are very different things. "Testing > with your users to see if they understand the difference between [two button > colors]" seems crazy (unless I misunderstand what designers mean by > "understand"). Does Google test to see if users understand the difference > between the rounded edge and the shadowed edge in Material? I really doubt > it. Different colors and treatments provide different experiences, and there > are guidelines when to use them. > >> >> Wasn't the whole point of the colours is to call the users' attention to >> them, and the point of differentiating is to tell the users that these are >> different things? > > Sort of, and yes. > > -- > =S Page WMF Tech writer > > _______________________________________________ > Design mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design >
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