Ep 022 - 1000 Points of Hate - Almost Inevitable Design

Ep 022 – 1000 Points of Hate

Extra warning: Extra strong language. Here’s a story of how I recently got screwed over.

This episode has a bit more “language” than the other ones. Why?

It’s a story about how I pretty much got screwed over.

Tune in for storytime.

Have you noticed those unimaginative blurb points, bullet points, and/or lists that seem to be on every ugly website?

Here are some of my ideas for making lists that don’t suck.

– Don’t use them. At all. There are other ways of conveying information. Do that.
– Use at least a well-made icon, and not an elegantfont, or font-awesome.
– Try taking out the body copy, and just use the headings. People skim anyway.
– Don’t make them too long, because people won’t rea-

Here are some outside sources on this matter.

About bullet points and lists and blurbs
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/presenting-bulleted-lists/

Some inspirations
http://ui-patterns.com/users/1/collections/lists/screenshots