User Interfaces – A Developers Responsibility
March 23, 2010
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I’ve recently had many discussions with numerous developers about the importance of fluid, aesthetically pleasing and functional user interfaces. While there are many opinions and trains of thought on the subject, I’ve tried to categorize them into three discrete groups.
Group #1 – “Whats the point? Why do you need your application to look good?”
This group of people feels that all that matters is the functionality, not how pretty the user interface is. They value bare bones over beautification. The OSX, Windows 7 and Compiz interfaces only distract from the simplicity of the boxy windows 3.1, original X Window System, etc. This group generally considers the interface a waste of resources and not worth their time.
