Dan Cheail wrote: > As another deverloper/designer who handles both sides of the coin, I'd > be inclined to suggest that the most valuable means of presentation is > something practical and to the point. Trying to teach design principle > fundamentals in a single 15-20 minute presentation is going to be > difficult at best, and will be even harder for someone to take anything > away from. > > I've just started a new rails-based app at work, and as part of it, I've > built a set of stylesheets, templates and FormBuilders that I'm happy to > open-source and use as a practical demonstration of some basic design > and usability principles, ie: > > - advantages of grid-based layouts kind of related, does any one use the YUI grid and reset CSS? They seem like a "Good Thing"
> - ui consistency > - Fitt's law / usability fundamentals > - effective use of HTML and CSS for layout and usability > - 960-based layouts > > I'd also be willing to do a basic "makeover" of someone's admin > interface if people think it would be a good teaching method. > > -- > Dan Cheail > Chief Geek, Codeape. > phone: 0402 114 697 > web: http://codeape.net > > > > > On 07/02/2009, at 2:47 PM, Brodaigh wrote: > >> That's all really nice fellers but it doesn't answer my question (bar >> a couple). >> >> I deliberately left the original post open-ended so as to see what >> might come up fully aware that one way of looking at it is, there is >> no answer. >> >> I'm not looking for the forest I'm looking for the trees. >> >> So, let's focus on aesthetics and lets make this really simple; what's >> one thing that you think, if you improved or understood better or even >> liked better would enable you one success. >> >> Forget "I'm not a designer, I'm a developer" that's like saying "I'm >> not gay, I'm straight so i cant dress like a gay guy", whether you >> want to or not, is what's relevant. I could take that further but in >> good taste, I won't. >> >> Oh and yes aesthetics -subjective. Ok but lets just say that you want >> to make something that looks good to you. >> >> It may be how you come to a decision and having a point where that >> decision needs to meet. >> >> I could assume there's no technical issue because you're all good >> at solving technical issues. >> >> Anyway, if anything comes to mind it would be great if peeps could >> post it here or email me, broda...@gmail.com <mailto:broda...@gmail.com>. >> >> PS. did you notice all my paragraphs are out of alignment? >> >> :-) >> >> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Stuart Coyle <stuart.co...@gmail.com >> <mailto:stuart.co...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> >> And for Linux users there's Agave! I find it quite useful for color >> scheme selection. >> >> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Xavier Shay <xavier-l...@rhnh.net >> <mailto:xavier-l...@rhnh.net>> wrote: >> > >> > Paul Fraser wrote: >> >> I have just discovered this page which is quite spectacular, >> play around >> >> with it.... >> >> http://kuler.adobe.com/#create/fromacolor >> > http://www.colourlovers.com/ you don't need flash >> > >> >> >> >> Paul Fraser >> >> >> >> >> >> Paul Fraser wrote: >> >>> Gareth Townsend wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> I think I a lot of us could benefit from a principles of >> design talk: >> >>>> >> >>>> How to pick a group of colours that work together. >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>> http://kuler.adobe.com/#themes/mostpopular is of assistance >> in this >> >>> pursuit. >> >>> >> >>> Cheers >> >>> Paul Fraser >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Stuart Coyle >> stuart dot coyle at gmail dot com >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to rails-oceania@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rails-oceania+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
