Indeed, bad design is bad design, but just because the dash and controls of an industrial lift crane are 'more confusing' than a Dodge Neon, doesn't mean the cr

Indeed, bad design is bad design, but just because the dash and controls of an industrial lift crane are 'more confusing' than a Dodge Neon, doesn't mean the crane's designers sucked. Being a UI designer has it's pluses, but while I've on occasion been lectured by a geeky accountant or sales guy on the pros and cons of multicore processing or platform independence or something, I've found that almost everyone in the company has strong opinions on why the UI designer's work sucks. It seems that 95% of the public are really "artists" (not that you could tell from anything other than the passion of the aesthetic opinions) just working to pay the rent.