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App development lesson 12: Buttons: size and contrast · Set 514 · 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. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Send button: 48 px tall
    Help button: 40 px tall
    Done button: 36 px tall
  2. 2.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Back button is 20 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  3. 3.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a tiny 20 px button? (a) good design (b) poor design
  4. 4.True or false: space between buttons is poor button design. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🌗 Is dark blue on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  6. 6.True or false: strong colour contrast is poor button design. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Save button: 48 px tall
    Send button: 36 px tall
    Help button: 48 px tall
    Cancel button: 44 px tall
  8. 8.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: grey text on grey? (a) good design (b) poor design
  9. 9.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: buttons almost touching? (a) poor design (b) good design
  10. 10.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) white on black (b) light grey on white (c) red on green (d) yellow on white
  11. 11.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Send button is 28 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  12. 12.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) white on dark green (b) pale pink on white (c) red on green (d) dark blue on black
  13. 13.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Back button: 40 px tall
    Cancel button: 48 px tall
    Next button: 44 px tall
  14. 14.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Next button: 36 px tall
    Back button: 40 px tall
    Save button: 32 px tall
    Start button: 44 px tall
  15. 15.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Save button: 68 px tall
    Send button: 36 px tall
    Next button: 60 px tall
    Back button: 72 px tall
    (a) Next (b) Send (c) Save (d) Back
  16. 16.🌗 Is white on black easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  17. 17.True or false: a big, easy tap area is poor button design. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: a big, easy tap area is good button design. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a big, easy tap area? (a) good design (b) poor design
  20. 20.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Save button: 64 px tall
    Cancel button: 48 px tall
    Next button: 36 px tall
    Back button: 52 px tall
    (a) Next (b) Save (c) Back (d) Cancel
  21. 21.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Back button: 40 px tall
    Done button: 44 px tall
    Cancel button: 36 px tall
    Help button: 60 px tall
  22. 22.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) yellow on white (b) white on dark green (c) white on black (d) black on yellow
  23. 23.🌗 Is yellow on white easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  24. 24.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Help button: 48 px tall
    Cancel button: 44 px tall
    Back button: 56 px tall
    (a) Back (b) Help (c) Cancel
  25. 25.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Start button is 24 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  26. 26.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Save button: 40 px tall
    Cancel button: 64 px tall
    Start button: 52 px tall
    Back button: 64 px tall
    (a) Back (b) Save (c) Start (d) Cancel
  27. 27.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Next button: 40 px tall
    Help button: 68 px tall
    Back button: 68 px tall
    (a) Next (b) Back (c) Help
  28. 28.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Back button is 36 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  29. 29.🌗 Is dark blue on black easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  30. 30.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a clear word like Save? (a) poor design (b) good design
  31. 31.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Help button: 72 px tall
    Next button: 52 px tall
    Cancel button: 72 px tall
    Start button: 24 px tall
    (a) Start (b) Cancel (c) Help (d) Next
  32. 32.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Next button: 64 px tall
    Start button: 36 px tall
    Done button: 56 px tall
    Save button: 56 px tall
  33. 33.🌗 Is white on dark green easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  34. 34.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Cancel button is 32 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  35. 35.True or false: buttons almost touching is good button design. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Help button is 36 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  37. 37.True or false: grey text on grey is good button design. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Send button: 64 px tall
    Cancel button: 48 px tall
    Save button: 32 px tall
    Done button: 64 px tall
  39. 39.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: strong colour contrast? (a) good design (b) poor design
  40. 40.True or false: strong colour contrast is good button design. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. 28
  3. poor design
  4. False
  5. easy to read
  6. False
  7. 2
  8. poor design
  9. poor design
  10. white on black
  11. 20
  12. white on dark green
  13. 1
  14. 0
  15. Send
  16. easy to read
  17. False
  18. True
  19. good design
  20. Next
  21. 1
  22. yellow on white
  23. hard to read
  24. Cancel
  25. 24
  26. Save
  27. Next
  28. 12
  29. hard to read
  30. good design
  31. Start
  32. 3
  33. easy to read
  34. 16
  35. False
  36. 12
  37. False
  38. 3
  39. good design
  40. True

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