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I work for the New York State Department of Labor as a Graphic Designer/Typographer/Web Designer for the Web Team and collaborate with the UX Team. I know way..... to much about web colors and fonts!

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Mar
25
suggested suggested edit on Which is better option 'School', 'College' or any other?
Mar
22
revised What call to action to use on a button that sends an e-mail with order details?
improved formatting
Mar
22
suggested suggested edit on What call to action to use on a button that sends an e-mail with order details?
Mar
22
revised Which is the better option Share or Post button?
improved formatting
Mar
22
suggested suggested edit on Which is the better option Share or Post button?
Mar
19
comment Is it better to have groups of content stacked vertically or horizontally?
Adding to @Keiwes depending of what type of content you have and your audience will be a deciding factor on how to present your content. I'd recommend Pattern Tap (patterntap.com) to find other example patterns of horizontal and vertical approaches other sites have used. It's a personal favorite of mine!
Mar
19
answered Is it better to have groups of content stacked vertically or horizontally?
Mar
18
awarded  Custodian
Mar
18
reviewed Approve suggested edit on Should scrolling in a textbox overflow to scrolling a page?
Mar
18
answered Should scrolling in a textbox overflow to scrolling a page?
Mar
18
comment Changing Colour of Social Media buttons to match Colour Palette
While looking through web patterns and other sites I didn't see much of the grey social icons as you stated above. Can you provide some examples? Through research I found mostly 2-toned colors ranging in blue to tan.
Mar
18
comment Changing Colour of Social Media buttons to match Colour Palette
I looked through a bunch of examples on the web over the weekend and I am starting to think social media icons can hold their original color values or hold a custom color as long as it's not detouring greatly from the original color value. Even if facebook has set the tone for their icon about 50% or more websites tend to shift the media icons to a more subtle color to fit within their theme.
Mar
15
comment Changing Colour of Social Media buttons to match Colour Palette
The whole point is to get people to click the icon but it seems people are falling back from the traditional set social media icon colors and rolling their own. It almost looks like websites want to show they are connected to social media but they are blending icons in to appear hidden. Sites like "Codrops"(tympanus.net/codrops) or "Mohawk Fine papers Inc."(mohawkconnects.com) are examples. I was just curious if the current trend is to steer away from the preset social icon colors.
Mar
15
revised Should Social Media Icons Hold Present Color Value?
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Mar
15
comment Changing Colour of Social Media buttons to match Colour Palette
As a current trend I have seen people detouring from the established social icon colors and rolling their own colors. I was curious if this has had an impact on users. From my own experience when website's roll their own colors I tend to miss the icons as they do not "pop out" on the screen.
Mar
15
asked Should Social Media Icons Hold Present Color Value?
Feb
27
revised Best Practice for Tab Placement on Widget?
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Feb
27
comment Best Practice for Tab Placement on Widget?
I also want to mention side tabs aren't all that bad either. Side tabs can be used for tabbed navigation as seen on apple.com/iwork/tutorials/#keynote but you'll want to keep side tabs to a count of 3-5 tabs as it'll cause users to scroll for it exceeds the page width and appear over-whelming if there is content underneath a side tab widget. As a designer i'm all for conserving space and allowing enough breathing room (white space) to allow users to have an enjoyable experience while browsing my sites.
Feb
27
accepted Best Practice for Tab Placement on Widget?
Feb
27
answered Best Practice for Tab Placement on Widget?