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Humans love things that are attractive and shiny Offline, some people do, online - it's hard to say. I used to perfect the look and feel of everything, paying
by democracy 16y ago
Humans love things that are attractive and shiny
Offline, some people do, online - it's hard to say.
I used to perfect the look and feel of everything, paying designers and wasting hours adjusting color schemes.
What I learned hard way is people do not care about the design much. I don't have statistics and numbers, but
I am sure the majority of people online do not care much about many fancy things designers like to implement.
The ideal solution is the one that looks and feels STANDARD to anyone who knows how to use ms office or excel.
That's not good news for someone (like me) who likes to put in crazy hours changing fonts, sizes and colors. However, it
looks like that's what it is. Attractive and shiny goes to the intranet. Of course, there is a niche for them
(hardcore/online games), but not in mainstream products.
- elbrodeur 16y agoYou're absolutely right. People don't care how something looks. They care how it works... but a designer's job isn't to make something pretty; it's to make something useful and easy. Being pretty should be derived by osmosis -- a designer or team of designers working hard to improve accessibility, usability and the experience will usually (but not always) result in something that is pretty. Or at least appreciably elegant. Too often designers are relegated to gussying up an already finished product. That's unfortunate and can be jarring to the user: The designer should help design the product, and then define how people use it.