Creativity isn’t ours. Just because you can draw better, doesn’t make you a better thinker. Design isn’t just aesthetics, it’s more than that. Even if the shiny stuff we do is what gets the most attention in our industry, it’s not what makes design what it is.
Whether you consider Frank Chimero‘s latest gig as a heroic undertaking or Andy Rutledge as a vocal dick(according to a comment), this article is worth reading.
Wireframing, on the other hand, is all about corralling these ideas into a cohesive flow of pages with a clear, well-executed focus. A ruthless eye for editing is paramount: throwing every “nice to have” feature haphazardly into the mix will do nothing but create a mediocre product that frustrates users.
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Interface complexity is an issue every designer wrestles with when designing a reasonably sophisticated application. A complex interface can reduce user effectiveness, increase the learning curve of the application, and cause users to feel intimidated and overwhelmed.
I’ve spent the past year redesigning a particularly complex application with my primary focus being on reducing complexity. In this article, I’ll go over some of the issues surrounding complexity and techniques that can be used to manage it.
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With IE9 just around the corner, Microsoft is doing their fair share of publicity on eradicating their old bud, the champion of the last browser wars, Internet Explorer 6.
What is the current market hourly rate (contract) for a great web designer who can design (visual/ux/product) award winning user interfaces as well as develop them? Me: Price is what you pay for value.
Normally when you think of “bad design”, you think of laziness or mistakes. These are known as design anti-patterns. Dark Patterns are different – they are not mistakes, they are carefully crafted with a solid understanding of human psychology, and they do not have the user’s interests in mind.
The Photoshop Etiquette Manifesto for Web Designers is a list of helpful and *subtle* suggestions to organize Photoshop Documents, making the transfer of them less painful.
Browsing the web late on a weekend night can be rewarding, here we have an interesting find. Thanks to HappyCog, always interesting stuffs for people who make websites.
DarkPatters.org is all about User Interfaces Designed to Trick People.
I found this site via Clearleft, its a nice addition to my online reference for UIs.
LOL! I thought the post was originally yours Lance. I was about to say : "W...
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