Feb 28
Design matters, features don't
Writing code is easy, creating a well designed application is not. As developers, we’re constantly addressing this. Including every possible feature is often easier than really thinking about an application and its users. Last night, in the final stages of an app, I realized the interface was overly complex. A quick redesign later and it had half the number of menu buttons, more screen space for data and the same functionality. Features don’t matter, design does.
1) More features isn’t better, it’s worse.
2) You can’t make things easier by adding to them.
3) Confusion is the ultimate deal-breaker.
4) Style matters.
5) Only features that provide a good user experience will be used.
6) Any feature that requires learning will only be adopted by a small fraction of users.
7) Unused features are not only useless, they can slow you down and diminish ease of use.
8) Users do not want to think about technology: what really counts is what it does for them.
9) Forget about the killer feature. Welcome to the age of the killer user-experience.
10) Less is difficult, that’s why less is more.
Filed by matt under design development
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