On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 17:53:02 +1100, Geoff Bowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --/ Mission Statement /-- > *Glamour* is all about the users. We must overhaul the UI of FarCry > administration, and surface as much hidden functionality as possible. > FarCry will become an elegant and beautiful thing to behold.
Sorry this post is tardy, I've been away a bit. Generally speaking (and wearing my User Experience/Usability hat) you'll be better off *removing* elements from the UI and thus simplifying the number of choices available in the interface. So how do you decide what stays, what goes and what gets added? You need more context. A couple of afternoons spent observing real users using FarCry would identify several patterns you could use to make improvements to the UI/workflow. It is a constant struggle to fight against adding features and bells and whistles and more checkboxes and radio buttons but in the end, the simpler interface is usually more powerful (afterall, it's the program that does all of the complex work based on few inputs!) Perhaps a heuristic evaluation (a quick 'professional evaluation' performed by a usability practicioner) would be valuable before Glamour UI work gets too far underway? I know there are a lot of developers in the community... how many product managers or user experience folks? :) Brian --- You are currently subscribed to farcry-dev as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
