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restraint raises the cost of every inconsistent one." }, { "rule": "The sources specify no corner, radius or elevation.", "basis": "not_recorded", "cites": [ "claim:ql.syn.marble" ], "guidance": "Pick one and keep it; do not use marble or faux-luxury texture as a surface.", "silence": "source" } ] }, "imagery": { "rules": [ { "rule": "High-quality, refined material is a documented defining attribute of the goods.", "basis": "record", "cites": [ "claim:kcc:surface-1" ] }, { "rule": "Craftsmanship in the making of the goods is documented.", "basis": "record", "cites": [ "claim:kcc:technique-1" ] }, { "rule": "On screen, show material indirectly: photography, light, crop, scale, detail.", "basis": "translation", "cites": [ "claim:ql.syn.material-indirect" ], "because": "A website cannot be made of wool." }, { "rule": "Make material, construction and detail inspectable; avoid stock that only creates atmosphere.", "basis": "translation", "cites": [ "claim:ql.syn.imagery-inspectable", "claim:ql.syn.not-stock", "claim:kcc:hierarchy-2" ], "because": "The goods themselves carry the signal." } ] }, "components": { "button": { "name": "Button", "becomes": "A plain, full-size control in text colour on the ground: no ornament, no shadow, obviously a button.", "anatomy": [ "label in the text face", "solid text-colour field or 1px text-colour edge", "visible focus ring" ], "tokens": { "background": "CanvasText", "color": "Canvas", "min-height": "44px" }, "states": { "default": "Solid field, label in the ground colour.", "hover": "Field and label swap.", "focus": "2px outline, 3px offset.", "active": "Instant change; 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no frame.", "hover": "The link underlines.", "focus": "2px outline around the link." }, "accessibility": [ "The image alternative says what the crop shows.", "The link names its destination." ], "values": [ { "rule": "Use a container only where the information needs grouping, not around every object.", "basis": "translation", "cites": [ "claim:ql.tr.containers" ], "because": "Containers only where the information needs them." }, { "rule": "Crop the image to what rewards inspection: material, construction, detail.", "basis": "translation", "cites": [ "claim:ql.syn.imagery-inspectable", "claim:kcc:hierarchy-2" ], "because": "Imagery makes material, construction and detail inspectable; the goods carry the signal." }, { "rule": "Describe the object instead of asserting its quality.", "basis": "translation", "cites": [ "claim:ql.tr.copy" ], "because": "Copy that describes lets the object be inspected; copy that asserts asks to be believed." } ] }, "input": { "name": "Input", "becomes": "A plain field with its label above it and a text-colour edge that passes 3:1.", "anatomy": [ "label above", "1px text-colour edge", "error text below" ], "tokens": { "border": "1px solid CanvasText", "background": "Canvas", "height": "2.75rem" }, "states": { "default": "1px edge.", "focus": "2px outline.", "error": "Message below, beginning \"Error:\".", "disabled": "Dashed edge." }, "accessibility": [ "The label is real text, never a placeholder.", "Control edge at 3:1 or better." ], "values": [ { "rule": "Quiet does not mean faint: 4.5:1 text, 3:1 edges, visible focus.", "basis": "translation", "cites": [ "claim:ql.tr.a11y" ], "because": "Low contrast is a predictable failure of this aesthetic." }, { "rule": "Whether a form convention exists is an open question.", "basis": "not_recorded", "cites": [ "claim:kcc:interface-1" ], "guidance": "Keep the field plain and legible; do not dress it as luxury.", "silence": "source" } ] }, "navigation": { "name": "Navigation", "becomes": "A short row of text links, the current one marked, quiet but obviously navigation.", "anatomy": [ "text links", "current page marked with more than colour" ], "tokens": { "color": "CanvasText", "current": "underline 1px" }, "states": { "default": "Text links.", "hover": "Underline.", "focus": "2px outline.", "current": "Underline and aria-current." }, "accessibility": [ "aria-current on the current page.", "Targets at least 44px tall." ], "values": [ { "rule": "Keep navigation quiet but obviously navigation.", "basis": "translation", "cites": [ "claim:ql.tr.nav" ], "because": "Restraint changes the look of a control, not its findability." }, { "rule": "No navigation convention is documented.", "basis": "not_recorded", "cites": [ "claim:kcc:interface-1" ], "guidance": "The one source is a vendor asking for interactions that do not demand attention; treat that as a direction, not a rule.", "silence": "source" } ] } }, "motion": { "spec": null, "rules": [ { "rule": "Restraint is how much moves, not how slowly.", "basis": "translation", "cites": [ "claim:ql.tr.motion-amount", "claim:kcc:motion-1" ], "because": "Only the vendor source addresses motion; our reading limits the amount." }, { "rule": "Keep interaction responsive; slowness is not luxury.", "basis": "translation", "cites": [ "claim:ql.tr.motion-responsive", "claim:kcc:interface-1" ], "because": "Smooth, functional interactions that do not demand attention." } ] }, "dimensions": [ { "key": "mark", "label": "The mark", "summary": "Little or no visible branding is documented as defining; quiet goods demote the mark so that only insiders recognise it.", "values": [ { "rule": "Little or no visible branding: the absence of visible logos is documented as defining.", "basis": "record", "cites": [ "claim:kcc:motif-1" ] }, { "rule": "Demote the mark so that only insiders recognise it.", "basis": "record", "cites": [ "claim:kcc:w2-hierarchy-2" ] }, { "rule": "Let identity come from type, image, material, tone and proportion rather than a repeated name.", "basis": "translation", "cites": [ "claim:ql.syn.recognition-without-repetition" ], "because": "Recognition without repetition." } ] } ], "notRecorded": [ { "category": "color", "what": "A screen palette", "why": "Muted colour is documented for dress and interiors; no palette for the screen is." }, { "category": "typography", "what": "A typeface or class", "why": "The one branding source asks for high-quality fonts and names none." }, { "category": "gridLayout", "what": "A grid, measure or spacing scale", "why": "The record holds principles only." }, { "category": "components", "what": "Interface conventions", "why": "An open question: only a vendor source speaks to interface. The four components are translations." }, { "category": "motion", "what": "A motion system and timings", "why": "An open question; the exhibit's own timings are never exported." } ], "silence": { "color": "source", "typography": "source", "gridLayout": "source", "shapeGeometry": "source", "imagery": "source", "components": "source", "motion": "source" } } } }