Applying the Golden Ratio to Web Layouts and Objects

27 Oct 2010 - 12:40pm
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uxmovement
2010

What do you think about using the Golden Ratio for web design? Do you use it for layouts or objects or none?

This article shows and explains how you can apply the Golden Ratio to web layouts and objects to make your designs compelling.

http://uxmovement.com/design-articles/golden-ratio-for-web-layouts-and-objects

 

 

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27 Oct 2010 - 1:05pm
herbert68
2010

I love this ancient principle and use it wherever I can. BTW, the new Twitter redesign uses it too! http://goo.gl/5ssq

Herbert

28 Oct 2010 - 4:07am
Christian Snodgrass
2008

I read a book on web design that discussed using the golden rectangle at length. It is indeed widely used in web design.

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 4:23 AM, herbert68 <herbert@reiningers.com> wrote:

I love this ancient principle and use it wherever I can. BTW, the new Twitter redesign uses it too! http://goo.gl/5ssq [1]

Herbert

28 Oct 2010 - 4:27am
James Mellers
2008

I find the whole thing fascinating, and created a little tool (a long time ago now) to help people calculate numbers according to the ratio: Phiculator

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