As a designer, I like speed and hate friction while I’m designing.
Friction could be defined as:
Design/Save/Preview/Go back/Design/Save/Preview/Go back/Design/Save
Even reading that gives me anxiety…
So far the pure design parts of Flavors are as frictionless as I could get them. Colors update immediately, as well as fonts and images. However, the biggest hole we had in the system was showing the user how their service content affects the page.
I realized that often times designers are accused of treating text like objects and not really even reading it (I’m guilty). We may add a period, take out a line, or come up with our own weird abbreviations for words (for example: wrds), just to make it fit within the design. So why weren’t we treating content the same as the other design elements? (layouts, backgrounds, fonts, and colors)
“Ok then let’s do it.”
“Do what?”
“Bring everything from the Info/Services section and put it into a controller thats not even 300px wide”
That’s a challenge. So here’s what I came up with and is in production right now. Everything will be updated live as you type and as you add services.
