Tim Churches wrote:
A very good point, which Richard Terry has also made many times as well. There is a clear difference between the acceptable level of complexity of user interfaces that skilled professionals are expected to use every single working day, and a user interfaces that neophyte users can assimilate and understand in 30 seconds. Far too many software designers implement the latter, because they look nicer in teh marketing brochures and during 10 minute demos of the software, and don't produce an initial shock reaction of "uggh, that's so complex, I'll never understand it". But utility is more important than aesthetics for something that is used every day and which by necessity becomes as familiar in layout as the inside of your own mouth. That is not to say that complex and information-dense displays can't be made aesthetically pleasing, but it does require more thought and creativity on the part of the designer.
We probably need a myghty solution (http://www.myghty.org/).
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