#User Friendly Design

[sarroora]

Affinity is giving everyone a 6-month long free trial here to use their software - even people who've registered for a trial in the past! You can use your same email and get a brand new trail period.

I'm not yet familiar with Affinity Photo and Publisher (the alts for Photoshop and InDesign) but I've already been using Affinity Designer (alt for Illustrator) for months and it is FANTASTIC. I consider it more streamlined and easier to get used to than Illus so I highly recommend it as a vector and design tool.

Best of all, it's a one-time purchase if you decide you want it.

[misterradio]

i think factory pomo will always be my sweetheart aesthetic i just love the geometric stylings. i always used factory pomo style clip art in school projects i thought it was suuuch a cool style.

looking thru that website... memphis jr is also great, kind of similar geometric style with brighter colours. i even used to have the toy used as the example image, and for some reason images of LSD:DE are used as an example lol

[otter-byte]

I'd just like everyone to appreciate that I had to build this fucking abomination with my own two hands. Font was forced on us by the client. Client went against my advice of having buttons and info displays have different feels, yes the client wants wattage and time to charge to have different styles despite them both being formation, client also wants the fucking center graph and it's label to be visually separate. I keep having to remind him that if he wants to add stuff he'll need to remove something as well because the display is so fucking busy as it is, as he's been designing a 800x480px display on figma with his retina mac. I'm not even a fucking frontend developer and I can point out so many god damn basic design rules that he wants to violate because of reasons I can't comprehend.

[mars-ipan]

guys i have to edit videos on macOS in class today. pray for me

[whoatemyshoe]

"just google it" "do your own homework" "google is free" "find it yourself the information is out there"

but they are. they are asking people who have that information, for the information. they are doing their homework by reaching out and asking people questions. just because it's not typed on a search bar, doesn't mean it's any less of putting an effort to finding things out.

like i'm sorry people in the past refused/ridiculed you when you asked them for help. doesn't mean you have to be like them tho. why is learning through human interaction rejected in favour of isolated learning?

[boycritter]

[laiqverse]

Susan Kare: The Visionary Designer Who Shaped the Digital World

From the early days of personal computing to the rise of social media, digital design has become an essential part of our daily lives. And one person who has played a pivotal role in this evolution is Susan Kare, the graphic designer who is best known for creating the original Macintosh icons and several typefaces for Apple in the 1980s. In this blog, we will delve into the life and work of…

[mustlovesteve]

god i just want to know where everyone is going i hate signing up for so many websites aaaaaaaaaaa

[arcaneartiste]

I don't tend to do personal vector work for fun, and my last graphic design class was Illustrator based. I'm finally doing something in Affinity Designer and I'm liking it so much better than Illustrator. I'm doing a silly typography thing that involves editing individual letters. This is so much easier than in Illustrator because I can use the V selection tool to directly grab individual letters instead of having to select them in the layers panel individually.

I think I'm in love.

[i4technolab]

Whether you're creating a website or an app, every icon in your interface should have a function. Icons are present to conserve screen space. They're also there to help your users. Icons, when used effectively, may assist you in guiding people naturally through a process without depending on excessive copy. When done incorrectly, they can be confusing to your consumers, leading them down the wrong routes and ruining their experience with your product.

[blessedmoonsoul]

used an iPhone for almost a week & I can confidently say that shit is 1 of the worst electronic devices I've ever used

[beproblemsolver]

5 Tips to Make Your Website More User-Friendly

[etruski]

I geniuenly dont understand how apps can be designed so badly, like who sat down and thought that was good

[conventofpleasure]

sims 4 and acnh have the same energy as in “looks nice but missing many features of the vastly superior previous instalment” but also “not terrible and add some fun things as well”

[scuttlebatt]

I Have Found A Solution!

So, obviously classic wizard robes aren’t wheelchair friendly. (Alright, admittedly this isn’t common knowledge and also this definitely isn’t a problem for most but listen, this is a problem for me and I’m pleased to present a solution for it nonetheless.)

The issue is in the sleeves and the length of the robes. The traditional trumpet style allows them to get snagged, dirty, and caught in the wheels.

This is distinctly not an issue with other mobility aids such as canes and crutches, these wizards are fine to carry on with their trumpet sleeves simply rolled up if needed.

Now, one solution might simply to shorten the sleeves and hem to be out of the way, but that looks rather silly so I won’t do that. Instead I propose the more elegant design of a hanging sleeve to maintain that flowy magical feel while allowing for better range of motion.

Honestly I just love the look of hanging sleeves in general and think more people should appreciate them, wheelchair user or not.

In conclusion…