http://ayende.comAyende @ RahienCopyright (C) Ayende Rahien 2004 - 2021 (c) 202660I have been impressed with how far you can get just using Twitter Bootstrap. You can find yourself fiddling with it, but by and large they have a widget for most things you could need and it's easy enough to put them together in a way that looks at least unobjectionable.http://ayende.com/153089/truth-in-advertising#comment11http://ayende.com/153089/truth-in-advertising#comment11Thu, 07 Jun 2012 21:38:51 GMTThe one thing I often feel that programmers forget about the software business is that programming itself is just one third of building a quality piece of software. Here's how I think that almost _every_ software should be made up: 1) Solving the problem (in brain, on paper, whatever) 2) Programming the solution 3) Creating the interface (you need a _real_ designer for this) and programming the UI There's no excuse for ugly looking programs, they're just not finished.http://ayende.com/153089/truth-in-advertising#comment10http://ayende.com/153089/truth-in-advertising#comment10Thu, 07 Jun 2012 03:36:12 GMTKinda smelly here ;-)http://ayende.com/153089/truth-in-advertising#comment9http://ayende.com/153089/truth-in-advertising#comment9Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:15:22 GMTGreat color choice! Cyan on pink is... how can we say ;) ? http://ayende.com/153089/truth-in-advertising#comment8http://ayende.com/153089/truth-in-advertising#comment8Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:12:05 GMTThose aren't good colors for color blind people. :) It's really blurry and hard to read for me.http://ayende.com/153089/truth-in-advertising#comment7http://ayende.com/153089/truth-in-advertising#comment7Wed, 06 Jun 2012 18:47:16 GMTI wonder if we can have that ugly banner in Visual Studio 2012...http://ayende.com/153089/truth-in-advertising#comment6http://ayende.com/153089/truth-in-advertising#comment6Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:48:19 GMTLOL...my favorite disclaimer is the one I use for prototypes: "Consider this supermodel software: looks good, does absolutely nothing useful".http://ayende.com/153089/truth-in-advertising#comment5http://ayende.com/153089/truth-in-advertising#comment5Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:04:02 GMTI wish I could say we didn't actually have stuff in production that looks a lot like this...http://ayende.com/153089/truth-in-advertising#comment4http://ayende.com/153089/truth-in-advertising#comment4Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:52:39 GMTI like the banner at the top. I know when I'm showing off functionality only, I'll go out of my way to make sure the page is black and white only and not styled at all.http://ayende.com/153089/truth-in-advertising#comment3http://ayende.com/153089/truth-in-advertising#comment3Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:52:48 GMTI love balsamiq, but maybe ayende was trying to prove a certain technology and functionality. Why not use something like Twitter Bootstrap. It's super easy to use and looks decent.http://ayende.com/153089/truth-in-advertising#comment2http://ayende.com/153089/truth-in-advertising#comment2Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:56:42 GMTDesign looks good to me! On a serious note I only ever balsamiq mock ups OR for live demo's leave as black and white, even the pink and blue ugly banner may leave a ugly taste in your clients mouth! :)http://ayende.com/153089/truth-in-advertising#comment1http://ayende.com/153089/truth-in-advertising#comment1Wed, 06 Jun 2012 09:41:34 GMT