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Once, I had to organize a meeting to propose a big reorganization of the supervision of our main software. There were some functional changes et some UI changes
by reacweb 7y ago
Once, I had to organize a meeting to propose a big reorganization of the supervision of our main software. There were some functional changes et some UI changes. I was inpired by the story about Steve Jobs and the calculator. I have brought a prototype where I could change fonts (size, boldness, italics, color), some text and tooltips. This meeting was a success. The stakeholders were happy to have influenced the UI. All the functional changes were accepted. No further roundtrip.
- JoshMcguigan 7y agoFor those who haven't seen it, I believe reacweb is referencing this [0]. [0]: https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Calculator_Construction_Set.txt https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Calculator_Const...
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- huffmsa 7y agoBut in the end it doesn't sound like they shipped the configurability features, just the Jobs UI. So the the moral here is "if you work for Steve Jobs, let him do the designs."
- blowski 7y agoI might alter it slightly to say "If you work for someone that thinks they're Steve Jobs, let them do the designs".
- huffmsa 7y agoWill definitely result in managerial approval of the design, but not necessarily a good design.
- ryandrake 7y agoIn all companies I’ve worked, managerial approval of a design (or feature) was far more important to obtain than a measurably good one. It’s called HIPPO: HIghest Paid Person’s Opinion.