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Neither Photoshop nor Craigslist are messy. Everything is very well organized, framed, boxed and so on with a logical hierarchy (which in PS's case can be colla
by ucaetano 11y ago
Neither Photoshop nor Craigslist are messy. Everything is very well organized, framed, boxed and so on with a logical hierarchy (which in PS's case can be collapsed almost entirely to display only a simple interface). It's the very opposite of messy.
In other words, you want the simplest interface that allows you to do what you need to do.
- TeMPOraL 11y ago> In other words, you want the simplest interface that allows you to do what you need to do. From which follows the thing I've been repeating over and over and over again here - all this simplification of interface comes at the cost of cutting down features to the point the product is barely usable for anything at all.
- plank 11y agoI actually remember some heated discussion on changes of the UI in Photoshop not that long ago on this forum. So even there (re)design is an issue, and lovers of the 'little=beautiful' design have their influence.
- harperlee 11y agoBlender had an interface that was, to some people, very messy, but other very experienced, knowledgeable users fought tooth and claw to keep it - and ultimately lost. The changes were performed, and, after a while, ~everyone was happy. These kinds of interfaces get some effort to get used to, and afterwards, you learn to love their quirks and don't want them to change. New ones get added / moved / removed organically through the life of the software, so the user and the UI change together. And all of that creates an emotional attachement.