{"id":1672,"date":"2018-04-04T13:01:03","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T12:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1672"},"modified":"2022-06-13T11:50:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T10:50:02","slug":"introducing-focus-teamkinetics-design-principle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/04\/introducing-focus-teamkinetics-design-principle\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing &#8216;Focus&#8217;, TeamKinetic&#8217;s design principle for better volunteer management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TeamKinetic is now a mature and fully featured volunteer management solution. As it has matured we have been able to more rigorously enforce a design principle for better impact across all user interfaces that we call <strong>Focus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Focus is a collection of\u00a0typography, grids, spacing, colour, layout and sizing rules that aim to achieve consistency of design, fluid layout for smaller screens and help to retain user focus on important tasks.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers, providers and administrators are presented with large amounts of information and we\u00a0have been working hard to make this volume of information easy to digest\u00a0in our Volunteer management\u00a0application so the individual\u00a0user focus is on the most pertinent information.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest layout difference you will see is the support for a two-pane design with navigation elements in the left pane and the action area in the right pane. This layout also encourages the collection of tasks into one area, either functionally similar tasks or tasks commonly undertaken at the same time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1673\" style=\"width: 639px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1673\" class=\"wp-image-1673 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/focus-twocolumn-1024x519.png\" alt=\"ocus-two column or two pane layout\" width=\"629\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/focus-twocolumn-1024x519.png 1024w, https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/focus-twocolumn-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/focus-twocolumn-768x389.png 768w, https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/focus-twocolumn-900x456.png 900w, https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/focus-twocolumn-1280x649.png 1280w, https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/focus-twocolumn.png 1397w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1673\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A two pane layout with a navigation bar on the left and the action panes on the right<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Colours are restricted to a limited palette so that actionable areas like buttons, menus and links, are obvious and easy to find.<\/p>\n<p>Font sizes are consistent and changes in font size are restricted to key text and headings.<\/p>\n<p>Animation are used to indicated areas of focus when information is updated or the user enters a new area.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1675\" style=\"width: 622px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1675\" class=\"wp-image-1675 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/focus-shadow.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/focus-shadow.png 612w, https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/focus-shadow-300x118.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Panels are elevated when active using an animated shadow effect<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Message and information areas are distinguished by a thick left border, the colour is contextual and can refer to the category, message type or other information.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1677\" style=\"width: 957px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1677\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1677\" src=\"http:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/focus-borders.png\" alt=\"\" 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rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AJAX <\/a>, a method of performing user interactions immediately without reloading a new page, enables\u00a0us to keep the user focused on their task without the interruption of a page refresh and the subsequent visual scan of the page to locate the last point of focus.<\/p>\n<p>AJAX methods are employed extensively across the admin area, especially when editing opportunities or volunteer profiles.<\/p>\n<p>Grids and spacing automatically adjust to screen size and allow navigation areas to collapse to icon only links and wide content to collapse into vertical stacks keeping readability high.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1679\" style=\"width: 549px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1679\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1679\" src=\"http:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/focus-mobile.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"539\" height=\"444\" 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