On Monday, June 09, 2014 11:12 PM [GMT+1=CET], Terry Zink wrote: > > > To repeat, UI/UX design is a specialty requiring extensive > > > training in cognitive, memory and attention psychology, testing > > > methodology and, oh yes, computer science. > > > So I guess we will wait until Apples just does it, and then go and > > copy it, whichever side it falls. > > Your response is tongue-in-cheek but I think represents a harsh > reality; only large companies have the resources to test UX'es and > the associated user behavior. For example, Amazon tests everything on > its webpage when it comes to pixel placement, and I believe that > Netflix does the same.
True, but at the same time UX is something that every user can talk about, as per se every user has experience with it. Every time I hear that UI is a black art to be refined only by ultra specialists, I shiver in fear, because not only I have seen no improvement in that area since the Windows 95 days (except perhaps the Windows 2000 cosmetic improvements), but on the contrary what I have seen and *experienced* is plain user disgust. However, they call it the product of deep field tests helped by teams of psychologists and what not, so that "evolution" must be great and I be just wrong about it. Regards, J.Gomez _______________________________________________ dmarc mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dmarc
