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I don't think I can up-vote this enough. #1 is key. I personally find it to be an iterative process but just keep removing things until it feels clean. Not drab

I don't think I can up-vote this enough. #1 is key. I personally find it to be an iterative process but just keep removing things until it feels clean. Not drab and useless but clean and as though things aren't competing for your attention anymore.

wushupork 15y ago
I agree, that is great advice. #2 is good advice as well
petervandijck 15y ago
Yes, it's totally iterative. And it's hard: I even find it hard after 10 years of this, it still takes me a while to keep removing stuff.
- kerryfalk 15y ago
  Definitely. I've been employing a trick recently that has been working well. Hide everything that isn't vital until the user needs it. Things like message times or delete buttons, hide them until mouseOver. Helps to make clean interfaces that allow you to design the key functional UX while not eliminating important functionality.
  - wushupork 15y ago
    How have people been responding to such interfaces?
    - kerryfalk 15y ago
      Positively so far. Like with removing things it's easy to go too far and I'm trying to strike a balance between what to show and what to hide. I haven't mastered it yet but I'm liking the direction it's going.