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App development lesson 12: Buttons: size and contrast · Set 248 · 40 questions
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Developer's tip (Big and bold): Our rule: every button is at least 48 px tall. Missing px = 48 − height. Leave space between buttons; use clear words like Save or Send. Strong contrast (black on yellow, white on dark green) is easy to read; similar colours are hard.

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  1. 1.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Cancel button is 36 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  2. 2.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: icons with no meaning? (a) good design (b) poor design
  3. 3.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Send button is 32 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  4. 4.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Help button: 56 px tall
    Save button: 48 px tall
    Send button: 52 px tall
    Next button: 24 px tall
    (a) Save (b) Help (c) Send (d) Next
  5. 5.🌗 Is light grey on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  6. 6.🌗 Is dark blue on black easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  7. 7.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) white on black (b) dark blue on white (c) white on dark green (d) pale pink on white
  8. 8.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) red on green (b) dark blue on black (c) black on pale grey (d) light grey on white
  9. 9.True or false: a clear word like Save is good button design. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: space between buttons? (a) good design (b) poor design
  11. 11.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Cancel button: 24 px tall
    Start button: 52 px tall
    Next button: 60 px tall
    Back button: 60 px tall
    (a) Start (b) Back (c) Cancel (d) Next
  12. 12.🌗 Is black on yellow easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  13. 13.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Done button: 64 px tall
    Back button: 36 px tall
    Help button: 52 px tall
  14. 14.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Next button: 52 px tall
    Back button: 40 px tall
    Start button: 64 px tall
    Send button: 40 px tall
  15. 15.🌗 Is white on black easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  16. 16.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a clear word like Save? (a) poor design (b) good design
  17. 17.True or false: strong colour contrast is good button design. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🌗 Is dark blue on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  19. 19.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Save button: 32 px tall
    Help button: 48 px tall
    Start button: 60 px tall
  20. 20.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Next button is 28 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  21. 21.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) dark blue on white (b) white on dark green (c) light grey on white (d) black on yellow
  22. 22.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Cancel button: 64 px tall
    Next button: 52 px tall
    Done button: 44 px tall
  23. 23.🌗 Is black on pale grey easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  24. 24.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) yellow on white (b) red on green (c) dark blue on white (d) light grey on white
  25. 25.True or false: buttons almost touching is poor button design. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) red on green (b) dark blue on black (c) white on dark green (d) pale pink on white
  27. 27.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Send button: 24 px tall
    Save button: 56 px tall
    Back button: 64 px tall
    (a) Send (b) Save (c) Back
  28. 28.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Save button: 68 px tall
    Send button: 44 px tall
    Back button: 72 px tall
    Next button: 56 px tall
    (a) Save (b) Send (c) Back (d) Next
  29. 29.True or false: space between buttons is good button design. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a tiny 20 px button? (a) poor design (b) good design
  31. 31.True or false: space between buttons is poor button design. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Next button: 60 px tall
    Start button: 36 px tall
    Cancel button: 52 px tall
    Back button: 40 px tall
  33. 33.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Help button: 56 px tall
    Start button: 52 px tall
    Cancel button: 48 px tall
    Save button: 52 px tall
  34. 34.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Save button is 20 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  35. 35.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Done button is 32 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  36. 36.🌗 Is white on dark green easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  37. 37.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Cancel button: 48 px tall
    Next button: 44 px tall
    Start button: 60 px tall
  38. 38.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Done button: 48 px tall
    Cancel button: 52 px tall
    Next button: 36 px tall
    Back button: 44 px tall
  39. 39.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: grey text on grey? (a) good design (b) poor design
  40. 40.True or false: a clear word like Save is poor button design. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. 12
  2. poor design
  3. 16
  4. Next
  5. hard to read
  6. hard to read
  7. pale pink on white
  8. black on pale grey
  9. True
  10. good design
  11. Cancel
  12. easy to read
  13. 2
  14. 2
  15. easy to read
  16. good design
  17. True
  18. easy to read
  19. 2
  20. 20
  21. light grey on white
  22. 2
  23. easy to read
  24. dark blue on white
  25. True
  26. white on dark green
  27. Send
  28. Send
  29. True
  30. poor design
  31. False
  32. 2
  33. 4
  34. 28
  35. 16
  36. easy to read
  37. 2
  38. 2
  39. poor design
  40. False

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