lifehack.org— Probably not what you were thinking :) CRAP = Contrast / Repetition / Alignment / Proximity and all design starts from these four basic principles.
Jul 30, 2007View in Crawl 4
These are ridiculously obvious recommendations. "Don't use all caps, or use excessive bold and italics." Duh. What the writer calls "repetition" is really "consistency." He needs to use a dictionary, and write a useful article. This article is terrible.
worthoneJul 31, 2007
Or perhaps just a Darwin award.
brapallgoodJul 31, 2007
But if the professor was 25, it'd be okay?!? You sound agist.
domiferJul 31, 2007
I always design my sites with crap. In my case, it's not an acronym. >_
gregnorthJul 31, 2007
Its Bob! Go GriffGraff!
supergeekJul 31, 2007
These are ridiculously obvious recommendations. "Don't use all caps, or use excessive bold and italics." Duh. What the writer calls "repetition" is really "consistency." He needs to use a dictionary, and write a useful article. This article is terrible.
illinst1Jul 31, 2007
You know what really helped me with my design? Four years of design school.But if this article works for you, by all means, good on you.
avengexJul 31, 2007
...but will it blend?
jessejAug 1, 2007
Good principals, but why the hell was the left margin so small and the right margin so damn wide on that page?