which design looks better - can't agree with cofounder

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by eibrahim • 14 years ago

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38252• 14 years ago

If this is for the Windows Modern UI, I would have to agree that you should lose the background image.

Who is your target audience? A/B testing, maybe?

eibrahim2• 14 years ago

This is a windows 8 store app... A/B testing might be more work than I can spare right now... so I am just asking people online... I am starting to see a trend though (based on g+ likes)

herval• 14 years ago

both need work (what's with all the checkboxes? Quite confusing), but the one without the annoying background image is definitely better...

eibrahim2• 14 years ago

it's a "todo" app, so you kind of need the checkboxes :)

38252• 14 years ago

there is a better way to do checkboxes in windows modern ui style. I don't know off the top of my head but essentially there should be a way for you to make the label a checkbox that you can toggle (and provides a cool Metro like animation feedback when you check / uncheck)

this might be something nice to have for v2...

ewilliam• 14 years ago

Skeuomorphism has little value in 2012, even more less going forward.

Although its just the background in this case but it does get in the way of text and other UI elements.

Beats me as to whether why people continue doing this stuff, most notably Apple and many Mac-specific apps. Annoys me no end!

mvkel• 14 years ago

Nice job of using social media to scoop a quick web opinion.

That said, whoever wants the paper bg should accept that they aren't a designer and focus on other productive tasks in the company.

More importantly, there are a few other glaring issues in this design that go beyond a simple background image decision.

Similar to having two CEOs being bad for running a company, having two "art directors" can completely ruin your product.

which design looks better - can't agree with cofounder

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