"Programmer Meet Designer" - Is it usable?

It doesn't matter if you do all the error checking in the world, or if you have the most beautiful graphics, if your site or application design isn't usable, it's not going to do well. Get input and advice on usability and user interface issues here.

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Nathaniel wrote:...Pickle is right...
Tell the world baby.
Real programmers don't comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.
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feyd wrote:So I got creative for a minute or so..

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Gimp?
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Everah wrote:Gimp?
100% Adobe Illustrator.
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Illustrator... nice.
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Thanks for taking the time to reply (and making a mockup!) everyone. I really appreciate it.

Unfortunately, my design skills are not good enough to be able to create hands shaking. I like the speech bubble version =). Plus, I've run way behind schedule for the planned features in the site and my other projects trying to come up with a good logo.

I think the current one has to stay for now, there's just too much to do (I don't mean to sound ungrateful, please don't take it personally). But once I catch up on some work I'll revisit the logo to make it even better. Thanks guys.

Right now, I'm going to be working on a messaging system for PMD, so you can talk to your partner. Sort of like forum Private Messages.
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I don't know how difficult this is to do, but something like googlechat (AJAX?) would be very cool and appropriate on this site.
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'Cuz I'm feeling generous with my time - here:

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^I like that one
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Yes, it's good. Go with that. :)
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Me too. And no gender-bending with the pinks and blues.

/ me remembers to contact pickle when needing graphic work...
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<weird Golum-like voice>
Yesssss my precious design contracts. Come to me preciousssss.
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Post by kasrak »

Thanks pickle. It's looking good =)
But I like the speech bubbles AND the blue/yellow. I think I'll combine them:
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I like the AJAX chatroom idea, it definitely went on my todo list. Thanks.
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that's a bit busy.

I'd go for the XOR :)
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Post by kasrak »

I'm going to keep the speech bubbles for now, but thanks for your opinion. By the way, what do you mean by "XOR"? The Exclusive OR logical function? :D
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I know you've heard it 150 times, but I agree... WAY too busy. I like onion's.
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