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App development lesson 12: Buttons: size and contrast · Set 644 · 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.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: space between buttons? (a) poor design (b) good design
  2. 2.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: grey text on grey? (a) good design (b) poor design
  3. 3.True or false: space between buttons is poor button design. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Send button: 60 px tall
    Start button: 52 px tall
    Next button: 56 px tall
  5. 5.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Help button: 72 px tall
    Next button: 32 px tall
    Save button: 68 px tall
    Send button: 52 px tall
    (a) Next (b) Send (c) Help (d) Save
  6. 6.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Done button: 64 px tall
    Help button: 44 px tall
    Next button: 52 px tall
    (a) Help (b) Next (c) Done
  7. 7.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Help button is 20 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  8. 8.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Start button: 40 px tall
    Cancel button: 32 px tall
    Help button: 36 px tall
  9. 9.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a clear word like Save? (a) good design (b) poor design
  10. 10.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Start button: 64 px tall
    Help button: 24 px tall
    Cancel button: 48 px tall
    (a) Start (b) Help (c) Cancel
  11. 11.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Next button: 36 px tall
    Send button: 48 px tall
    Save button: 56 px tall
    Back button: 60 px tall
    (a) Save (b) Back (c) Send (d) Next
  12. 12.🌗 Is red on green easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  13. 13.True or false: a big, easy tap area is poor button design. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: grey text on grey is poor button design. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: icons with no meaning? (a) good design (b) poor design
  16. 16.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Cancel button: 68 px tall
    Done button: 32 px tall
    Next button: 48 px tall
    (a) Cancel (b) Done (c) Next
  17. 17.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) white on black (b) black on pale grey (c) pale pink on white (d) dark blue on white
  18. 18.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Cancel button: 36 px tall
    Save button: 40 px tall
    Help button: 36 px tall
    Back button: 36 px tall
  19. 19.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a tiny 20 px button? (a) poor design (b) good design
  20. 20.🌗 Is white on dark green easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  21. 21.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) white on dark green (b) black on yellow (c) black on pale grey (d) yellow on white
  22. 22.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Done button: 36 px tall
    Send button: 52 px tall
    Save button: 48 px tall
    Next button: 44 px tall
  23. 23.True or false: buttons almost touching is poor button design. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) red on green (b) yellow on white (c) dark blue on white (d) dark blue on black
  25. 25.True or false: a big, easy tap area is good button design. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🌗 Is black on pale grey easy or hard to read on a button? (a) hard to read (b) easy to read
  27. 27.Which colour pair is easy to read? (a) pale pink on white (b) black on pale grey (c) yellow on white (d) light grey on white
  28. 28.🌗 Is white on black easy or hard to read on a button? (a) easy to read (b) hard to read
  29. 29.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Send button: 48 px tall
    Back button: 28 px tall
    Help button: 52 px tall
    (a) Back (b) Help (c) Send
  30. 30.Which colour pair is hard to read? (a) dark blue on white (b) white on black (c) black on yellow (d) dark blue on black
  31. 31.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Cancel button: 48 px tall
    Send button: 28 px tall
    Next button: 56 px tall
    (a) Next (b) Send (c) Cancel
  32. 32.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. How many of these buttons follow the rule?
    Back button: 48 px tall
    Help button: 40 px tall
    Cancel button: 52 px tall
  33. 33.True or false: a tiny 20 px button is good button design. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: a big, easy tap area? (a) poor design (b) good design
  35. 35.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Cancel button is 40 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  36. 36.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. Which button is too small?
    Save button: 68 px tall
    Start button: 48 px tall
    Done button: 32 px tall
    Cancel button: 68 px tall
    (a) Cancel (b) Start (c) Save (d) Done
  37. 37.🔘 Is this good or poor button design: buttons almost touching? (a) poor design (b) good design
  38. 38.🔘 Our rule: buttons are at least 48 px tall. The Next button is 32 px tall. How many px taller must it be?
  39. 39.True or false: strong colour contrast is poor button design. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: strong colour contrast is good button design. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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