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E-Ink Design Principles for Web and Applications

... I’ve looked for existing sets of guidelines without luck, so apparently I get to draw my own line in the sand. An earlier version of this post proved popular on Mastodon, I’m expanding it here. This is a first effort and some of my suggestions may not hold up, though I hope most will. Further discussion on that point at the end of this post....

  • Persistence is free

  • Pixels are cheap

  • Paints are expensive ...

(more at link)

diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/

This is based off an earlier toot as part of a longer thread, here:

toot.cat/@dredmorbius/10859547

I felt this needed and deserved a post-length treatment and so it has one.

I'd very much like to hear criticisms / improvements.

Glass Wings diaspora* social networkE-Ink Design Principles for Web and ApplicationsE-Ink Design Principles for Web and Applications If you're engaged in application or Web UI/UX design for E-Ink devices or displays (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_paper), it helps to keep in mind what these displays' capabilities are. They're quite good in some regards, somewhat limited in others. I've looked for existing sets of guidelines without luck, so apparently I get to draw my own line in the sand. An earlier version of this post proved popular on Mastodon, I'm expanding it here. This is a first effort and some of my suggestions may not hold up, though I hope most will. Further discussion on that point at the end of this post. Keep in mind that e-ink is not just limited to digital signage, e-book readers, and tablets, but increasingly to e-ink monitors for desktop and laptop systems. You will likely find e-ink in places and uses you didn't expect, and detecting e-ink from a developer or Web-designer perspective is itself challenging. Persistence is free Once ...
#eink#ui#ux
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