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> people always get weird UI requirements I would say this is dancing around the issue. The fact is, you need a unique UX, or your app will lose its identity i
by deckard1 9y ago
> people always get weird UI requirements
I would say this is dancing around the issue. The fact is, you need a unique UX, or your app will lose its identity in a sea of competitors. You can't build something interesting by using a library of off-the-shelf sameness.
Tools like VB and UI builders really shine with internal, corporate-only apps that put functionality way ahead of form. You can crank out requirements all day long, and the internal users really don't care much. It's just a tool to get their job done.
- marssaxman 9y agoAs a user, internal or not, I strongly wish that your app WOULD lose its identity. I don't want your app to have a separate identity; I want it to look and feel exactly like everything else I already know how to use, so I don't have to waste any additional time getting familiar with it. I don't want "something interesting", I want "a tool to get my job done", and the more you try to push a brand and make your app distinctive, the harder it is for me to plow past all that and get to what I really want to do.