Re: [Phpwebsite-developers] UI Design

[Verdon V. <ve...@ve...>]

Rough day Matt?

:)


On 14-Mar-07, at 2:12 PM, Matthew McNaney wrote:

> It was a good article but I felt it was repeating the obvious: try not
> to make your interface complicated. He might as well write "Preventing
> Syntax Errors: Your Guide to Program Popularity!" I don't think anyone
> sets out to make a complicated interface (except for the people who
> write Banner). I set out with a goal and the interface "happens."
> Sometimes, I misjudge the simplicity for others.
> For example, some people think text messaging is great. I think it is
> ridiculous. To me its a step backwards.
>
> And just because something is easier and similar, doesn't mean it
> fulfills the same purpose as the original. The writer failed to  
> mention
> how much more complicated instant messaging is if the recipient isn't
> online and if you need to read the message again later. Email is  
> better
> in this capacity.
>
> Not to demean the article but as features accumulate and man-hours
> dwindle, form falls to functionality.
>
> And while I'm griping here, users, who learned to work around your
> earlier clunky interface, tend to balk at efforts to streamline future
> versions.
>
> Anyway, sorry to bitch Shaun and thanks for sharing the article.
>
> Matt
>
> On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 13:31 -0400, Verdon Vaillancourt wrote:
>> Thanks for this Shaun,
>>
>> Fascinating read. Did you know that Tantek (unless there's another
>> Tantek around) was also on the IE 5.x for Mac dev team?
>>
>> verdon
>>
>> On 13-Mar-07, at 9:39 AM, Shaun Murray wrote:
>>
>>> Since we've been doing a fair amount of UI redesign and rethinking
>>> lately, this blog post by Tantek (of Microformat fame) seemed timely
>>>
>>> For your coffee break reading...
>>>
>>> http://tantek.com/log/2007/02.html#d19t1813
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Shaun
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