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How to get better at UI design

• aberman 17y ago
  For "Usability Testing", I would recommend Steve Krug's second book, "It's Not Rocket Surgery", rather than "Don’t Make Me Think". "It's Not Rocket Surgery" is entirely about usability testing, whereas his first book only dedicates 1-2 chapters to it.
• warwick 17y ago
  Also in my top UI books shelf: Jenifer Tidwell's "Designing Interfaces". It's about patterns that show up in UI and when it's appropriate to use them. I browse it whenever I find myself with a UI issue that I'm not sure how to deal with.
• pierrefar 17y ago
  What are good sketching software tools? I know about Balsamiq and Pencil, but I'm not a fan of either for various reasons.
  • woadwarrior01 17y ago
    I've tried both, I seem to like OmniGraffle better, perhaps mostly due to the huge number of templates on graffletopia.