Application Interface Design The Softer Side of Things

Hidden principles in Application Interface Design

Application Interface Design

The Softer Side of Things

Build one thing and launch it.

Now.

Find your core.

And stick to it.

Everything to Everyone.

It should .

Seth Godin

To really stand for something, you must make difficult decisions, mostly about what you won’t do.

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Steve Jobs

[Innovation] comes from saying no to

1,000 thigns to make sure we don’t get

on the wrong track or try to do too

much We’re always thinking about new

markets we could enter, but it’s only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important.

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It will not .

Slow & Steady.

It’s not a race Be deliberate about adding new features.

Ripple Effect.

Even small changes can, and will, have significant impacts.

Don’t be distracted.

By features or shiny objects.

If everything is important, then nothing is.

Overkill Handle with categories.

Soon, but not yet.

Keep it.

Factor it into Priority.

Factor it into Priority.

Creates overhead and doesn’t belong.

Creates overhead and doesn’t belong.

Doesn’t apply to issues Capture in comments Capture in comments.

Is it noticeable?

Use emphasis sparingly.

Will it blend (in)?

It’s about what you don’t see.

Resolved Closed Open

Reopen Reopen

Enter Resolution

Approve Resolution

Email

API

Web Entry

Resolved Reopened

Closed

Just build it.

It’s not written in stone.

It doesn’t have to be pretty for you to figure out if it works well.

It just needs to work.

Don’t waffle.

Stop at “good enough”

and circle back later.

First Draft

Final Draft

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Eat your

own dogfood.

Get to a point where you can and will use it yourself.

The sooner, the better.

The Late Launch

The Early Launch

No interface should

be an island.

A

B

CD

The browser isn’t the only

interface to design for.

A B CA

Chipmunk & Apple Core - http://flickr.com/photos/qmnonic/2649575878/Stone Writing - http://flickr.com/photos/madzik/33230383/

Disco Dolphin - http://flickr.com/photos/bionicteaching/1485798979/

Puppy Tug of War - http://flickr.com/photos/b1n4ry/6926617/

Camo Cat - http://flickr.com/photos/bcorreira/1897923229/

Emphasis Flower - http://flickr.com/photos/prakhar/2348656344/

Dog food - http://flickr.com/photos/direz/2845924068/

Thank You - http://flickr.com/photos/gi/304120801/

Thanks.