"More often then not, when you put "robust" tools into the hands of people who don't know what to do, what you end up with is just ugly."
I find this to be true with a lot of developers. They know how to code so they have a "robust" tool set but have no idea how to lay out a page and end up with something functional but ugly.
I very much agree that everyone could benefit from learning more core concepts like spacing and complimentary colors.
Knowing how to code has never meant that you know how to build a good webpage.
That's true. Even knowing how to code doesn't mean the output will be nice to look at. I guess what I meant was that providing granular controls that mimic what a developer would do tend to bog down the average user.
For instance, let's say you allow someone to click on a div element and specify the padding/margin/positioning. Now multiply that by 10 elements on the screen and give them a blank slate in regards to layout/colors and that's a recipe for ugly.
We seem to want that ideal of total control in a wysiwyg editor (ie build your site from scratch and drag anything anywhere!) but I would suggest that it's something else entirely for the casual website builder. Not templates, but maybe a hybrid.
That said, scrollkit looks pretty awesome and looking forward to how it evolves.
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"More often then not, when you put "robust" tools into the hands of people who don't know what to do, what you end up with is just ugly."
I find this to be true with a lot of developers. They know how to code so they have a "robust" tool set but have no idea how to lay out a page and end up with something functional but ugly.
I very much agree that everyone could benefit from learning more core concepts like spacing and complimentary colors.
Knowing how to code has never meant that you know how to build a good webpage.
That's true. Even knowing how to code doesn't mean the output will be nice to look at. I guess what I meant was that providing granular controls that mimic what a developer would do tend to bog down the average user.
For instance, let's say you allow someone to click on a div element and specify the padding/margin/positioning. Now multiply that by 10 elements on the screen and give them a blank slate in regards to layout/colors and that's a recipe for ugly.
We seem to want that ideal of total control in a wysiwyg editor (ie build your site from scratch and drag anything anywhere!) but I would suggest that it's something else entirely for the casual website builder. Not templates, but maybe a hybrid.
That said, scrollkit looks pretty awesome and looking forward to how it evolves.