Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Design Question Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:37:53 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4825141.29.1324395473077.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prfc16> References: Reply-To: comp.lang.java.programmer@googlegroups.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 173.164.137.214 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1324395473 28415 127.0.0.1 (20 Dec 2011 15:37:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:37:53 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=173.164.137.214; posting-account=CP-lKQoAAAAGtB5diOuGlDQk0jIwmH0T User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:10899 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