Ordering disorder
by Khoi Vinh · first published 2011
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6HN commenters
2010–2013first – last mentioned
67% recommend33% neutral
Provides information on grids and the design tools necessary to use them in Web site and application design.
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…Object-Oriented CSS. - A short intro: http://www.slideshare.net/stubbornella/object-oriented-css - Reference: http://oocss.org/ - Nettuts tutorial [1] Learn About Grid Systems. - 960.gs - blueprint - Ordering Disorder: Grid Principles for Web Design [2] Learn about new CSS languages - Sass & Scss - Less css Learn Css 3 - New Css selectors - New Css new attributes - Media Queries - Modernizr and how to degrade…
on “Ask HN: What resource is the best for learning modern CSS and design techniques?” ↗The book he recommends for grids[1] isn't available yet (and has no release date). As an alternative perhaps Khoi Vinh's Ordering Disorder[2]. [1] http://www.fivesimplesteps.com/products/a-practical-guide-to... [2] http://www.subtraction.com/2010/11/05/i-wrote-a-book
on “How to self-educate if you lack a formal design education” ↗Khoi Vinh's Ordering Disorder is a good book on grids, and its focused entirely on web design. Although, nothing beats Brockmann's Grid Systems book mentioned earlier. http://www.amazon.com/Ordering-Disorder-Principles-Design-Vo...
on “Twitter's Bootstrap 2 ready for testing and feedback” ↗…Style](http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Typographic-Style-Robert-Brin...) by Robert Bringhurst 4. [Grid Systems](http://www.amazon.com/Systems-Graphic-Systeme-Visuele-Gestal...) by Josef Muller-Brockmann 5. [Ordering Disorder: Grid Principles for Web Design](http://www.amazon.com/Ordering-Disorder-Principles-Design-Vo...) by Khoi Vinh 6. [Why Customers Really Buy: Uncovering the Emotional Triggers That Drive Sales](http://www.amazon.com/Why-Customers-Really-Buy-Uncovering/dp...)…
on “It Is Not Flat Design. It's Just Proper Design” ↗Thanks! Just bought the "Ordering Disorder" book from link 4 on Kindle for iPad. That's a great start, doing the first layout seems to be my main problem.
on “Ask HN: What "Hello World" is for programmers, _____ is for designers” ↗…last two years and I figure posting them here makes a lot more sense in case anyone wants some good tech books without going to Amazon. :) "SuperFreakonomics", "Web Form Design", "Handcrafted CSS", "Ordering Disorder", "Don't Make Me Think", "Landing Page Optimization", "Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type", "The Ten-Day MBA 3rd Ed.", "Outliers: The Story of Success", "Designing the Obvious" and more... http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/bks/2357046321.html…
on “Selling my startup book collection before going traveling (San Francisco)” ↗