Have you ever written code like this?
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Monday, December 15th, 2008 @ 1:41 pm |
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Categories: Usability, Web Architecture, Best Practices
Tags: classes, objects php 5, superglobals
In the war between simplicity and power, there are those on each side that say you must sacrifice one to get the other. But as Google shows us, you can have both without sacrificing one for the other.
The Google homepage is relatively unchanged from when its founders created it. Sure, they’ve added links to their features and some other things, but for the most part it’s unchanged. It’s central theme is a core search box, which is right in the center of the page.
Sunday, August 31st, 2008 @ 7:49 pm |
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Categories: Usability, Web Architecture
Tags: Ease-of-use, Google, simplicity in design, good design, application architecture
It would be hard to talk about usability without the ubiquitous iPod coming to mind. Apple likes the slogan “it just works,” and they spend a lot of time, energy and money painting anything by Microsoft as for business, too technical, and difficult to work with.
I’m certainly no Apple fanboy, and though I use a Mac and prefer it to Windows, I am keenly aware of its numerous flaws (try compiling PHP or ask Tony Bibbs). But I do concede that Apple is winning the usability war. So, what can we learn from Apple when it comes to usability?
There are three key components that make Apple products easy to use:
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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 @ 9:02 am |
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Categories: Usability
Tags: PHP, Apple, Usability, David Pogue, feature design, design
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