form apearance

ronakT

I want to make my forms in my software beautiful.I search but I realy dont know how to search. I find nothing. how could I make them beautiful?

Dan Mos

Train the forms by taking them to beauty contests. In time they'll learn how to be beautifull all by them selfs. :-D Joke aside, hire a designer or take yourself some design classes. Even with the fanciest customs controls in order to be beautifull as a whole one must follow some rules. I too kind of suck at design but here are some ideads: - whatever theme(color scheme) you choose, make it consistent across the app; - make it user friendly(intuitive and easy to use) - try to keep it simple. In other words avoid making your forms look bussy/agglomerated. - try to stick as close as possible to the _defacto_look and feel with some custom pinches. Sure, the defacto depends on the technologies used to create the apps/forms (WinForms, WebForms, WPF/SilverLight etc...) Oh and one more thing: make sure they are appealing/beautifull to the end user and not to you. I once thought I had a "iRevolutionary" UI in place. Turns out the end users hated it. :)

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PIEBALDconsult

Computer programs aren't meant to be attractive. They should all be grey with nice sharp pointy corners.

Abhinav S

Some basic information on form appearance here[^].

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Pete OHanlon

If you want to make your forms beautiful then you need to work with a designer. Chances are that you don't have the necessary artistic flair to create something aesthetically appealing to all users - don't be upset about this; most developers don't (I know I don't), which is why a good designer is worth her weight in gold.

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ronakT

thank you for your tact.