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Should we allow UI/UX questions in our community?

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A significant fraction of software developers also needs to make some UI/UX-related decisions. I am wondering if we should such questions in the Software Development community.


Based on feedback for this question, I have updated What type of questions can I ask here?.

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I would allow UI/UX questions with some limitations. Examples:

  • on topic - UI/UX questions related to an interface that also involves some programming (e.g. web interfaces)

  • offtopic - questions about choosing fonts for banners or graffiti, color to be used in some ads etc.

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UI/UX is not just "choosing fonts and colors" (1 comment)
UI/UX is not just "choosing fonts and colors"
matthewsnyder‭ wrote over 1 year ago

I agree with this, but I think it will be unhelpful down the line to characterize UI/UX as "choosing fonts and colors". UI design and UX design are design disciplines with a lot of depth beyond that. Using that phrasing risks alienating a lot of actual design experts and also perpetuates an unhelpful fallacy. I would instead phrase it as:

  • On topic: Questions about how to implement a given UI or UX
  • Off topic: Questions about what what/how the UI or UX should be (design decisions)