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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)

https://diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/638a8d10e041013afba8448a5b29e257

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

https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius/108595472904617729

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

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

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