let's make diagrams beautiful! by miks rozenbergs, lv

Let's make diagrams beautiful

Miks Rozenbergs Exigen Services Latvia

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“A user forced to use something they don't like because of how it looks or feels will be unhappy to some degree…”

“Craft is about details. The rounded corners and smooth edges. Making sure the pixels line up and nothing is out of place. Getting the palettes just right so there is no flashing. Precision is what creates energy and movement in a design. Users may not notice in a conscious way, but they will feel the difference between getting the details right and having bits out of place.”

Scott Berkun, UI That Kills: Swords, Craft, and User Interfaces

“A user forced to use something they don't like because of how it looks or feels will be unhappy to some degree…”

“Craft is about details. The rounded corners and smooth edges. Making sure the pixels line up and nothing is out of place. Getting the palettes just right so there is no flashing. Precision is what creates energy and movement in a design. Users may not notice in a conscious way, but they will feel the difference between getting the details right and having bits out of place.”

Scott Berkun, UI That Kills: Swords, Craft, and User Interfaces

beauty/ˈbjuːti/nouna combination of qualities, such as shape, colour, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/beauty

beauty/ˈbjuːti/nouna combination of qualities, such as shape, colour, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/beauty

beauty/ˈbjuːti/nouna combination of qualities, such as shape, colour, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/beauty

beauty/ˈbjuːti/nouna combination of qualities, such as shape, colour, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/beauty

Shape

Shape

Shape

Shape

Shape

Shape

Shape

Colour

Colour

Colour

Colour

Size of Shape

Size of Shape

Size of Shape

Size of Shape

Size of Shape

More on Size

More on Size

Layout and Alignment

Layout and Alignment

Layout and Alignment

Layout and Alignment

Layout and Alignment

Layout and Alignment

More on Alignment

More on Alignment

More on Alignment

More on Alignment

More on Alignment

More on Alignment

More on Alignment

More on Alignment

Tools

Size and alignment guides

Suggest next shape

Automatic layout

Automatic layout

Smart selection

All examples had been made using yEdhttp://www.yworks.com/en/products_yed_about.html

Not only the diagrams can be beautiful…

Not only the diagrams can be beautiful…

Not only the diagrams can be beautiful…

Not only the diagrams can be beautiful…

Whatever you are working on these days,

you can make it beautiful!

miks.rozenbergs@exigenservices.com