Reacties op: UI for the People http://jdevelopment.nl/java/ui-for-the-people/ designing a new generation of software Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:00:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Door: BlackWasp http://jdevelopment.nl/java/ui-for-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-362 BlackWasp Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:05:33 +0000 http://jdevelopment.nl/java/ui-for-the-people/#comment-362 Nice article. I also remember the days when we just copied forms. Of course, Microsoft are helping to maintain, though improve, that path with InfoPath solutions. Interesting point on making the UI guide the user and provide documentation. I am not sure how useful this would be for the 95% of users who will not read this kind of information unless they are really stuck. I prefer the idea of making the user interface as simple and obvious as possible. I like the mantra of "If in doubt, think Apple design." The other issue that I run into often is the user-controlled UI design problem. This is where you know that the usability will suffer but the customer still insists that their snazzy new Windows-based UI with icons and menus should run exactly like the old Alpha green-screen because the users won't have to get used to it. Hey ho, what can you do, eh? Nice article. I also remember the days when we just copied forms. Of course, Microsoft are helping to maintain, though improve, that path with InfoPath solutions.

Interesting point on making the UI guide the user and provide documentation. I am not sure how useful this would be for the 95% of users who will not read this kind of information unless they are really stuck. I prefer the idea of making the user interface as simple and obvious as possible. I like the mantra of “If in doubt, think Apple design.”

The other issue that I run into often is the user-controlled UI design problem. This is where you know that the usability will suffer but the customer still insists that their snazzy new Windows-based UI with icons and menus should run exactly like the old Alpha green-screen because the users won’t have to get used to it.

Hey ho, what can you do, eh?

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