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Re: Design Question

From	Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: Design Question
Date	2011-12-20 07:37 -0800
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Arved Sandstrom wrote:
> I don't think that any experienced practitioner would discount the
> importance of the UI. You might have arguments about how pretty you make
> it, but IMO that's what trained graphics designers are for. I used to
> work for one web app shop that had a trained graphics designer on staff,
> and this guy was cerebral. He didn't have patience for the superficial
> special-effects kiddies either; it was all "form follows function" and
> human interface guidelines and minimalism. He was well ahead of his
> time, this was just over a decade ago.

Really?  "Form follows function" is less than a decade old?

And yet I read the first edition of 
http://www.amazon.com/About-Face-Essentials-Interaction-Design/dp/0470084111
well over a decade ago.

Hm.

-- 
Lew

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Design Question Novice <novice@example..com> - 2011-12-19 00:13 +0000
  Re: Design Question Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-12-18 19:24 -0500
    Re: Design Question ilAn <idonot@wantspam.net> - 2011-12-20 16:47 +0200
      Re: Design Question Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-12-20 10:39 -0500
  Re: Design Question markspace <-@.> - 2011-12-18 19:23 -0800
    Re: Design Question Novice <novice@example..com> - 2011-12-19 13:26 +0000
    Re: Design Question Novice <novice@example..com> - 2011-12-19 13:28 +0000
  Re: Design Question Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-12-19 07:16 -0400
    Re: Design Question Novice <novice@example..com> - 2011-12-19 13:49 +0000
      Re: Design Question Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2011-12-19 22:22 +0000
        Re: Design Question Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-12-19 20:13 -0400
          Re: Design Question Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-12-20 07:37 -0800
            Re: Design Question Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-12-20 10:42 -0500
              Re: Design Question Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom3minus1@eastlink.ca> - 2011-12-20 17:46 -0400
        Re: Design Question Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2011-12-20 20:40 +0000
  Re: Design Question Novice <novice@example..com> - 2011-12-19 13:34 +0000
  Re: Design Question Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-19 06:25 -0800
  Re: Design Question Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-19 11:38 -0800
    Re: Design Question Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-12-20 07:42 -0800
      Re: Design Question Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-20 11:51 -0800
        Re: Design Question soulspirit@gmail.com - 2011-12-20 14:55 -0800
          Re: Design Question Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-20 15:25 -0800
            Re: Design Question soulspirit@gmail.com - 2011-12-21 01:11 -0800
              Re: Design Question Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-21 11:08 -0800
                Re: Design Question soulspirit@gmail.com - 2011-12-21 15:27 -0800
                Re: Design Question Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-21 18:06 -0800

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