Usable Web

786 links about web usability

Indexes: Topics | Destinations | Authors | Site Index

Home
About
 -     - 
  

Find more like: Debunking the myths of UI design (http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/us-myth.html)

 

  
  

If this link is exactly what you are looking for...
 

 

Try these search engine queries to find more like it...
 

  
  

URL: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/us-myth.html
 

 

Pages that link to this URL:
Google, AltaVista, HotBot.
 

  
  

Title: Debunking the myths of UI design
 

 

Search for this title (exact phrase):
Google, AltaVista, HotBot.
 

  
  

Meta-information
Topic(s): Strategic (22)
Destination: IBM (9)
Author(s): Smith, Paul (1)
 

 

Search for all of these words:
Google, AltaVista, HotBot.
 

  
  

More about this link

Software development community beliefs addressed.

Some of the myths that are more common in web development:
  • User interface guidelines solve the problem of distributed design
  • Prototypes replace the need for specs: Or, sometimes, the released web site is the spec
  • Innovative design is better design: Different is better (more fun) in the designer's eyes, but different is often worse from the users' view
  • Good user interface developers can both design and code the user interface: The old "webmaster does it all" syndrome
  • User feedback speaks for itself; it does not require interpretation
  • The Web eliminates the need for interaction design or user feedback skills: Just because building pages and getting feedback is easier on the web, that does not mean special skills and attention are no longer needed

Added/Updated: April 17, 2001

http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/us-myth.html

  
 -     - 


Link verified by a robot: December 30, 2002 (or later).
© 1995 - 2006 Usable Web