http://kikuyumoja.com/2008/08/31/understanding-user-interfaces-part-1/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:31:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://kikuyumoja.com/2008/08/31/understanding-user-interfaces-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-25132 Peter Njenga Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:32:50 +0000 http://kikuyumoja.com/2008/08/31/understanding-user-interfaces-part-1/#comment-25132 I cannot agree more. Great designs generally suck because of lousy user interfaces. Google is categorical that every web designer should ensure that a web site makes it easier for a user to achieve their goals. Go to the next site you can click on. Chances are you won't visit 5 sites before you encounter one with a really lousy navigation or confusing and/or distracting graphics. This is where Apple Inc. reigns supreme. Their amazing designs endear users to Apple products. And this applies even to the GUI on most software products. Every designer worth his/her salt needs to put the user first. I cannot agree more.
Great designs generally suck because of lousy user interfaces.
Google is categorical that every web designer should ensure that a web site makes it easier for a user to achieve their goals.
Go to the next site you can click on. Chances are you won’t visit 5 sites before you encounter one with a really lousy navigation or confusing and/or distracting graphics.
This is where Apple Inc. reigns supreme. Their amazing designs endear users to Apple products.
And this applies even to the GUI on most software products.
Every designer worth his/her salt needs to put the user first.

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