2 posts tagged “design”
Veni, vidi, vici--I came, I saw, I conquered. So proclaimed Julius Caesar after his swift and decisive victory at the Battle of Zela.
If only the battle for better user interfaces could be won so easily. The problem is, electronic products today are becoming incredibly complex. Device manufacturers, whether they’re building massive routers or miniature MP3 players, are constantly adding more functionality in an ongoing effort to outflank the competition. It’s a battle of “mores”--more features, more megapixels, more connectivity options--and it’s creating products that people find harder and harder to use.
Ask yourself, when was the last time you truly mastered a television remote? Or a cellphone? And if you did, how much of your life (and patience) did you lose in the process? And what about the products that you or your company have created? Do your customers find them easy to learn and use?
