12. Oktober 2009

From complex to clean

Im Smashing Magazine ist ja mal wieder was sehr gutes erschienen: Minimizing Complexity In User Interfaces.

Clean. Easy to use. User-friendly. Intuitive. This mantra is proclaimed by many but often gets lost in translation. The culprit: complexity. How one deals with complexity can make or break an application. A complex interface can disorient the user in a mild case and completely alienate them in an extreme case. But if you take measures first to reduce actual complexity and then to minimize perceived complexity, the user will be rewarded with a gratifying experience.

Der Blog-Post ist echt gut und führt ein paar sehr interessante Beispiele an.