UI/UX Tips book
Learning and science
design tips book
SHOW HN2021
198points
32comments
#237of 2,533 in 2021
Top 10%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
8 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score +0.20.
Design: 1 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful and clear tips; readers bought it
From 4 comments
I just bought it! I’ve always wanted a book that clearly lays out good UI tips.
helsontaveras18 on HNAmazing work, just bought
lulzx on HNPurchased and put it on my e-reader. Still looks great in black & white. Thanks for this. I'm sure I'll get some good info and hope I am able to learn/integrate this knowledge…
morder on HNPretty cool! It's nice having these in one place.
crispyalmond on HN
Objections
Red/green colour coding is confusing for colour-blind readers
From 3 comments
Took me a moment to understand what's ironic, then I got it: the page discusses to use other visual (and also important, accessible text!) hints which don't solely rely on color,…
Eduard on HNHi there! I saw the free tips; does the full book use an added way besides the red/green bars to denote "do not do this" and "do this"? Red/green with no other iconography are…
meristem on HNOne of the tips among the free pages of the book is to avoid red/green for differentiation because it's confusing for color-blind people.
newsbinator on HN
Long animations slow down frequent users
From 1 comment
Great work, but I vehemently disagree with the section on animations. Long animations that keep me waiting and prevent me from continuing my next input are a great source of…
Timwi on HN
Tab order on the purchase form is wrong
From 1 comment
Purchase screen has a weird UX bug: three fields(expiry, full name, CV code) go in different order when navigated via tab button. Wonder if this is intentional
leshenka on HN
Requests
Publish the sample as a web page instead of a PDF
From 1 comment
Instead of downloading a PDF, maybe you could post first 20 samples as a static site, blogpost, or whatever?
vort3 on HN
Questions
Does the full book add non-colour cues to red/green examples?
From 1 comment
Hi there! I saw the free tips; does the full book use an added way besides the red/green bars to denote "do not do this" and "do this"? Red/green with no other iconography are…
meristem on HN