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In fairness, I think a case can be made that it's not a good idea to make too many radical changes to a UI design all at once. I'm not necessarily saying I agr
by j_baker 17y ago
In fairness, I think a case can be made that it's not a good idea to make too many radical changes to a UI design all at once. I'm not necessarily saying I agree with the author, but I can see where he's coming from.
With that said, I personally tend to think that the way of thinking above is the smart way to do things. On the other hand, you can't really innovate without being willing to try something stupid.
- rbanffy 17y agoYou can try stupid ideas. You should just avoid trying them with your cash-cow products. There is also the insight that focus groups and user behavior research can only go that far. I was reading a very old article on the Acme editor/IDE/shell and one remark in it is very profound: When people become aware of the user interface, it's because it's distracting from the task. Ideally, users should not even be aware the UI is there.