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Re:Show HN: Paper Time – Listen to abstracts of CS papers, l... by mcintyre1994 on Saturday August 07, 2021 @02:23AM (#28096248)
Nice, looks great! Could you give any thoughts on which of those resources in [2] were particularly useful for you? I have a similar backend background and interest in learning about UI design!

BTW a small issue but opening and closing your FAQ modal seems to be pushing URL history - which means you have to hit back repeatedly to exit the page if you interact with it. It doesn’t look like having the modal open and then going back closes it, so I think you could just drop the URL push without losing functionality.

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Re:Show HN: Paper Time – Listen to abstracts of CS papers, l... by pramodbiligiri on Saturday August 07, 2021 @04:04AM (#28096769)
Refactoring UI was a great resource that was recommended on that Ask HN. The authors have a book and some videos. Very actionable and systematic advice. That formed the basis of my understanding.

For more specific techniques, the Learning Web Design 5th Edition (by Jenna Something) is very good.

I skimmed Don’t Make Me Think, which validated some of my own thoughts and helps you avoid silly oversights. I also read Design of Everyday Things but found it very lengthy and somewhat pompous. Not sure that I got much out of it.

On that page someone has linked to a bunch of MIT material. I didn’t check that out in detail. Might be good... I don’t know.

Thanks for the bug report on the modal. Would have never noticed as I navigate to my site directly and never click the Back button there.

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