Gotta disagree with Ben about the social media badges. They look fine. No need to style things just to style them. They're not obstructive to the design and are easily recognizable for users to take action. No need to do anything.
@Josh I see your point, but you have a custom Twitter link on "The Visual Click". I wasn’t suggesting to Robin that he should style the buttons for style’s sake but instead to gel with the aesthetic that he had already created, like how you have a cream Twitter bird. Both cases are easily recognisable but your implementation looks far more attractive and in keeping with your design.
Personally I’m not a fan of the whole social media icons all over the place because they each have their own aesthetic. Kroc Camen puts it best here:
Every website should not look like a NASCAR advert for every sharing service in existence
I prefer social media branding to be integrated with the site’s aesthetic and colour palette, so that they don’t stick out like a sore thumb. But each to his own, I suppose.
@Ben, a big issue with the social buttons is that, as far as I know, you can't make a custom Facebook "like" button; and while you can customize the look & feel of Twitter's "tweet" button, only the default button has the tweet counter, as there's no other way to access that data. So while yeah, I too would prefer that the buttons were more integrated with the overall look & feel, this is really the only way they would work.
Just did some research, I believe that it is possible with code but Facebook may not approve a design that deviates from their own, which may lead to account suspension.
Nice job Robin.
May I suggest you something : how about turning the lines between steps to subtle arrows? Something like in here : http://newsberry.com/
There's something about the punctuation and long dashes that is bothering me. What about just having "Discover", "Reply", and "Share" but with numbers (i.e., 1,2,3) in front of them? Also, what about an extra pixel or two of kerning between the 'c' and the 't' in the big logo? Either way, this design is amazing, so great work!
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Robin Raszka
I also experimented a bit with the "How it works" section. What do you think? Is it useable/readable?
about 1 year ago
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Sean Farrell
Gotta make it at least a couple points bigger
about 1 year ago
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3DROPS
Looks great.
Really curious to see the rest of the interface.
about 1 year ago
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Pavel Maček
I am with Sean, bigger type please.
about 1 year ago
full size? :)
about 1 year ago
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Robin Raszka
Damn, OK... u got me! Here's the full-size... :-D
@Pavel, @Sean: What do you think?
I steel those FB and Twitter buttons from everyday-app.com... hope Will don't mind ;>
about 1 year ago
Damn I'm clicking on that Get Piictu but It does not work! cmon man that button ask for clicks!
about 1 year ago
Why are you using generic social media badges? C'mon Robin, you’re a much better designer than that. ;-)
about 1 year ago
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Sean Farrell
Perfect size Robin - looks fantastic, the textures are great.
about 1 year ago
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Robin Raszka
@Ben Briggs because "normal" people outside the box are used to them ;)
@Sean thanks!
about 1 year ago
@Robin — I know, but it’s a shame when the rest of the design looks so much better.
about 1 year ago
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Josh Hemsley
Very nice Robin!
Gotta disagree with Ben about the social media badges. They look fine. No need to style things just to style them. They're not obstructive to the design and are easily recognizable for users to take action. No need to do anything.
about 1 year ago
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Robin Raszka
@Josh Exactly!
about 1 year ago
@Josh I see your point, but you have a custom Twitter link on "The Visual Click". I wasn’t suggesting to Robin that he should style the buttons for style’s sake but instead to gel with the aesthetic that he had already created, like how you have a cream Twitter bird. Both cases are easily recognisable but your implementation looks far more attractive and in keeping with your design.
Personally I’m not a fan of the whole social media icons all over the place because they each have their own aesthetic. Kroc Camen puts it best here:
I prefer social media branding to be integrated with the site’s aesthetic and colour palette, so that they don’t stick out like a sore thumb. But each to his own, I suppose.
about 1 year ago
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Pavel Maček
Great stuff Robin!
about 1 year ago
@Ben, a big issue with the social buttons is that, as far as I know, you can't make a custom Facebook "like" button; and while you can customize the look & feel of Twitter's "tweet" button, only the default button has the tweet counter, as there's no other way to access that data. So while yeah, I too would prefer that the buttons were more integrated with the overall look & feel, this is really the only way they would work.
about 1 year ago
Just did some research, I believe that it is possible with code but Facebook may not approve a design that deviates from their own, which may lead to account suspension.
That's too bad...
about 1 year ago
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Ahmed Chergaoui
Nice job Robin.
May I suggest you something : how about turning the lines between steps to subtle arrows? Something like in here : http://newsberry.com/
about 1 year ago
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Joey Lomanto
Robin, I absolutely love what you're doing with this design. Awesome! Keep it up :)
about 1 year ago
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Robin Raszka
@Ahmed yea, good hint
@Joey thanks dude ;-)
about 1 year ago
There's something about the punctuation and long dashes that is bothering me. What about just having "Discover", "Reply", and "Share" but with numbers (i.e., 1,2,3) in front of them? Also, what about an extra pixel or two of kerning between the 'c' and the 't' in the big logo? Either way, this design is amazing, so great work!
about 1 year ago