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Re: Design Question

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On 11-12-20 11:42 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 12/20/2011 10:37 AM, Lew wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> I don't think "doing X, Y and Z being ahead of time 10 years ago"
> does imply that none of X, Y and Z were known 10 years ago.
> 
> Arne
> 
Thank you, Arne.

AHS

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