http://www.symphonious.net/2005/09/17/does-sparkle-scare-anyone-else/ Living in a state of accord. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:52:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.symphonious.net/2005/09/17/does-sparkle-scare-anyone-else/comment-page-1/#comment-7496 Trent Waddington Sun, 18 Sep 2005 00:52:07 +0000 http://www.symphonious.net/2005/09/17/does-sparkle-scare-anyone-else/#comment-7496 Usability experts have failed. It's as simple as that. Your average usability expert lives in an ivory tower and prescribes what is right and what is wrong and 99% of the time any two given usability experts will disagree on any question you pose to them. So yes, graphic designers are the next best thing. Their UI decisions may suck but at least the user will feel happy using the app because it looks pretty.. you know, like how people felt when the Mac first came out. Usability experts have failed. It’s as simple as that. Your average usability expert lives in an ivory tower and prescribes what is right and what is wrong and 99% of the time any two given usability experts will disagree on any question you pose to them. So yes, graphic designers are the next best thing. Their UI decisions may suck but at least the user will feel happy using the app because it looks pretty.. you know, like how people felt when the Mac first came out.

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