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Crappy post. The cream of any UI crop is able to combine both pretty and usable. The line "The interface is too beautiful, there’s too much of it - it’s distr
by mikeryan 18y ago
Crappy post. The cream of any UI crop is able to combine both pretty and usable. The line "The interface is too beautiful, there’s too much of it - it’s distracting because you cannot easily focus on the news stories" is bullshit and I know so every time I use my iPhone.
If there's a problem with the newspond interface then its not usable enough - not too good looking.
- ericwaller 18y agoThat's the point of the post: the newspond interface sacrifices usability for beauty.
- jacobolus 18y agoNo. The newspond interface is an ugly interface because "beauty" in design is about understanding the content. Newspond's creator shows no understanding of information design.
- ericwaller 18y agoThat may be your understanding of "beauty," but it's not the author's. It's not worth arguing semantics, substitute "prettiness" if it makes you feel better.
- jacobolus 18y agoIt’s not “pretty” either. Perhaps “gaudy” or “пошлость” (Russian for “pretentious banality”) is the word you’re looking for? (Edward Tufte has a graphic: http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/images/0002uN-5267.jpg http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/images/0002uN-5267.jpg )
- mikeryan 18y agoNot exactly how I read it but close enough - point I'm making is that the two are not mutually exclusive and the newspond interface doesn't "sacrifice" usability - it just doesn't implement do what needs to be done to make it both usable and pretty. The reason the post sucks is because he just says "pretty bad - usable good" which is just a crap argument - do both.