Importance of Design for Plugin Developers

I gave this impromptu talk @WordCampDelhi when the last slot was empty. It tries to force people to think how can they make the internet a better place by adding some aesthetic flair to their plugin interfaces.

Transcript

1. @jaymanpandya Importance of Design for Plugin Developers - Jayman Pandya
2. @jaymanpandya How many of you are Developers?
3. @jaymanpandya How many of you have designed a Plugin?
4. @jaymanpandya Anyway… What is a Plugin?
5. @jaymanpandya What plugins do you people use?
6. @jaymanpandya Has anyone seen an interface like this?
7. @jaymanpandya and this…
8. @jaymanpandya and this…
9. @jaymanpandya and this…
10. @jaymanpandya It is far from serenity?
11. @jaymanpandya Has anyone seen an interface like this?
12. and this… @jaymanpandya
13. and this… @jaymanpandya
14. @jaymanpandya This plugin does a simple job of adding sharing buttons
15. This plugin does a complex job of securing site, CDN, analytics & much more @jaymanpandya
16. @jaymanpandya This clearly tells us the importance of good things when you develop Plugins
17. @jaymanpandya What is good design?
18. @jaymanpandya What is good design?
19. @jaymanpandya ENABLES
20. @jaymanpandya MAKES USER FEEL CONFIDENT
21. @jaymanpandya MAKES USER FEEL IN CONTROL
22. @jaymanpandya DOES NOT COME IN WAY OF THE TASK
23. @jaymanpandya BLAH… BLAH… BLAH…
24. @jaymanpandya WordPress follows a certain UI Language
25. @jaymanpandya
26. @jaymanpandya Understanding the UI language
27. @jaymanpandya #design channel on “Make WordPress” Slack channel
28. @jaymanpandya Design discussion on contributor forum
29. @jaymanpandya UI Kits https://github.com/mustaqsheikh/superuikitwp https://github.com/johnheimkes/wordpress-admin-ui-kit
30. @jaymanpandya Make internet a better place
31. @jaymanpandya Plugin Developers play a major role in making Internet a better place
32. @jaymanpandya Can we do it?
33. @jaymanpandya Jayman Pandya converse@jaymanpandya.com @jaymanpandya Thank you