Squish Test

12 Responses

1. Pro Dan Cederholm

   When getting close to a final design, I like to apply the "squish test". Size a shot down to ~100px wide and see what happens.

   Getting close on this minor realign.

   over 2 years ago

2. Pro Phineas X. Jones

   Interesting idea.

   over 2 years ago

3. Pro Paul Kelley

   That's a great technique. I usually just get up and stand back about 6+ feet from my monitor. I'll be trying this next time.

   over 2 years ago

4. Pro Tim Van Damme

   Great way to see which area's get more "visual attention".

   over 2 years ago

5. Pro Grant Blakeman

   Fun idea.

   over 2 years ago

6. Jason Robb

   Which makes me think... OS X should have a short cut that zooms the screen OUT beyond 100%... we can zoom in with Control+scroll, but it would be nice if we could Shift+Control+scroll to zoom way out.

   I digress. Retaining the Cederholm 5-column Grid® it seems. Looking forward to it!

   over 2 years ago

7. Erik Sagen

   Hah, this is a great technique. Reminds me of the Kids in the Hall routine, "I squish his head."

   over 2 years ago

8. Pro Todd Budnikas

   Dan, what happens if it passes the 100% test but doesn't pass the squish test? Great idea.

   over 2 years ago

9. Pro Chris Cashdollar

   The Squish Test. Going into ye olde toolbox!

   over 2 years ago

10. Pro Kyle Meyer

    I used to do zoom to 25% in photoshop and squint. This will save me a few forehead wrinkles.

    about 2 years ago

11. Pro Matt Downey

    I thought I was the only one that did this. It's nice to know I'm not crazy. :)

    about 2 years ago

12. Stephen Verhalleman

    Another good thing to do is turning your design upside down. That way you are not "reading the content" so you can easier spot the balance problems in the design.

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    over 1 year ago