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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.

#eink #ui #ux #interfaces #UIUX #design #WebDesign #AppDesign