Comments on: 7 Key Principles That Make A Web Design Look Good

By: Aniket - Professional Website Developer

Aniket - Professional Website Developer — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:09:23 +0000

Very nice article.
I liked the point of having balanced. Using graphics & typography is good but must be well optimised.
Site loading time is also an essential part of a good web design.
Grid sytems are good.

Thank you for such a useful resource

By: spencer scott

spencer scott — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:14:29 +0000

i agree.

By: Jason Curby

Jason Curby — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:34:39 +0000

Great article and point of reference – I’ve revisited this page a couple of times.

By: serrurier

serrurier — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 07:15:13 +0000

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By: James Holmes

James Holmes — Thu, 05 May 2011 18:06:55 +0000

This is perhaps one of the best books I’ve read in a long time, mostly because it’s targeted specifically to folks like myself: those who are technically sound but graphically impaired. My solid skills behind a camera translate not at all to good site design and layout, so I was really excited to look through this book when I first heard about it.

Beaird has written a very concise, gloriously illustrated work that does a tremendous job of covering everything from layout/composition to textures and color. Throughout the book Beaird uses real-world examples of sites that illustrate the particular point he’s working on. Sitepoint’s willingness to spring for full-color printing helps nail down Beaird’s content.

The book clearly discusses layout fundamentals like balance, grid theory, and symetry/asymetry. The chapter on color hits color psychology (“Feeling a bit blue today?”), palatte selection, and the value of using color wheels to pick complementary and contrasting colors.

The rest of the book is every bit as golden, hitting texture, typography, and imagery. There are a number of terrific resources for fonts, colors, and images with a mix between free and commercial resources.

This isn’t a book to find out the details of how blocks flow and clear in CSS, nor is it a book to learn about the latest and greatest in AJAX/Javascript. What this book does cover, and covers well, are the higher-level, vital concepts you need to grok before you start wiring up AJAX controls and laying out

elements.

The Principles of Beautiful Web Design isn’t just for lame design folks like myself. I imagine even accomplished web designers could learn a thing or two from it. It’s that good.

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 01:13:16 +0000

From what I have read in this article the title is absolutely correct. It is an article about *design* princeples. However it should be noted that they should really substitute design for ‘teh pwetties’.

Now, if only designers can also comply to those pesky little things called standards, usability and proper design princeples, my job of turning your pretty unrealistic pictures into an actual website will be ten times easier.