Usability Quote of the Day

May 23, 2012

There's something very odd going on here. If designers made completely unrealistic assumptions about the physical world when designing technology, then we would blame them (and likely sue them) for technical incompetence. Yet when they make grossly unrealistic assumptions about human nature... we don't blame the designers, we blame the unfortunate people who are just trying to do what the design requires. -- Kim Vicente, The Human Factor, p. 45.    (via interaction-design.org)

Saturday, November 05, 2005

If your software was on a date

Tips for designing desireable software ...

"How would your software (or product, service, book, cause, etc.) behave on a date? Perhaps the best model for software developers is the singles scene, so let's see how this time-tested dating advice for men might be applied to software:

Dating Rules For Software

- Look your best.
- Be fun. Don't be negative. Be the one others want to be around.
- Be trustworthy and consistent.
- Don't be fake."   continued ...   (Via Creating Passionate Users)

Nice Guy Interface - User Interface Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Ergonomics

Nice Guy Interface.

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