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"To clarify, add detail". If only more app designers used the style of analysis that Tufte demonstrates in the article to critique their own "chartoon" interfa
by com 17y ago
"To clarify, add detail".
If only more app designers used the style of analysis that Tufte demonstrates in the article to critique their own "chartoon" interfaces.
His key insight is that apps can really benefit by removing user interface clutter (appearance/disappearance through user context, low contrast colours or "intuitive" gestural controls), maximising usable information density (color, texture, images, text, zebra-striping all targeted at conveying information, not simply design) either in breadth of scope or detail for a smaller number of items.
I've been a bit disappointed in the current crop of iPhone designs since I saw this presentation last year. They don't need the Tufte aesthetic or sparklines, all they should be is not cartoony, information-lite, or ugly apps.
I'm interested in recommendations for tight, good design in recent iPhone apps. Are there any good candidates?
- pkaler 17y agoWeightbot and Convertbot are beautifully designed. http://tapbots.com/weightbot/ http://tapbots.com/weightbot/ http://tapbots.com/convertbot/ http://tapbots.com/convertbot/
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- bouncingsoul 17y agoEgo: http://ego-app.com/ http://ego-app.com/
- com 17y agoI took a look, but ... um all I see from the brochureware site is a cartoony interface with low information density, no history or trending (surely that's interesting for your egotistical users?). Without installing it, it looks like all the other poorly-designed apps out there.
- bonaldi 17y agoWhat is wrong with "cartoony" or "information-lite"? As a non-specialist, I prefer both the Stocks and Weather apps to Tufte's alternatives. I'm not a financial expert, and so don't need the extra-detailed stock graphs, and I'm not a meteorologist so a weather map is equally useless to me. In both cases, adding detail meant a rather less clear result.