Eric Foster

Senior UX/UI Designer @ AdStage Joined about 9 years ago

  • 3 stories
  • 60 comments
  • 25 upvotes
  • Posted to CSS only scroll indicator, in reply to Gareth Lewis , Aug 05, 2016

    Same here!

    0 points
  • Posted to CSS only scroll indicator, Aug 04, 2016

    I love the sheer cleverness of this. So inventive.

    SPOILER: Comment out the "bottom: 0" rule in the "body: before" selector to see how he did it.

    5 points
  • Posted to Pinterest A/B testing cardless UI, Jul 26, 2016

    Looks very cluttered without the individual containment - needs something to encapsulate each thing IMO.

    0 points
  • Posted to Advice for a young designer joining a start-up as the only designer, Jul 26, 2016

    It'll be very demanding, and you won't have the luxury of a lot of ideation time, so often times you have to go with your gut, and polish that idea as much as time allows, but don't obsess over attaining perfection.

    People like to see designs in progress and give input, even if it's just "Looks great!" so share as often as you can with your coworkers, but take everyone's feedback with a grain of salt, as always. Push yourself to think better, faster. You'll find yourself gaining speed of execution and (hopefully) confidence as you go.

    Regarding feedback, learn to hear the message behind the words, as opposed to the words themselves.

    Don't let it (the fast, often thankless, pace) burn you out. Take time away to pursue hobbies. In the beginning stages of a startup, that time is very hard to come by in my experience, let alone time for sleep, so take it where you can get it.

    Even if you end up hating the startup lifestyle, at least you'll know, and you can move on to something that suits you better.

    Source: I was the only designer at my current job when we were just 8 employees.

    16 points
  • Posted to Ask DN : Am I unemployable ?, in reply to Glen Lipka , Jun 21, 2016

    Pixellation issue on OSX as well -- that was the main offputting thing to me.

    0 points
  • Posted to Path Animation, May 31, 2016

    We'd need to see the animation to judge it :)

    0 points
  • Posted to Squall: Export After Effects animations for use in iOS apps, May 16, 2016

    This seems really cool - anything that lowers the barrier to entry to making cool animations and interactions is awesome in my book.

    0 points
  • Posted to Destination Finder by Booking.com, Mar 24, 2016

    I'm getting a 404.

    0 points
  • Posted to Ask DN: How much gray is too much?, in reply to Manny Larios , Feb 10, 2016

    It's a lame pun on the "Fifty Shades of Grey" book series. :)

    0 points
  • Posted to Ask DN: How much gray is too much?, Feb 09, 2016

    I tend to follow the "less is more" paradigm when it comes to neutrals in my designs. 3-4 is ideally my max. However, I have seen and coded up designs where double that number are being used. I agree that it can help add subtle variations to an interface, but I think a plethora of shades can also make things look messy and unrefined. Fifty shades of gray is some people's thing, but not mine.

    4 points
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