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nevarmore
01-16-2005, 07:52 PM
I've got some of my own ideas on proper user interface design, but I'd like to hear what everyone else thinks. Any good tips? Methods? Suggested reading??

When writing code for everyone else (particularly web based projects), I start with the assumption that the user will be a complete moron who hasn't read ANY of the instructions. Only show the user what they need to know or do at a given point for a particular step. Any additional cruft will just confuse them. This also simplifies error checking.

An advanced interface or a debugging option can be useful, my personal projects usually have a small textbox spitting out debugging information. They usually end up staying there after I'm "done".

sicarius
01-16-2005, 09:12 PM
Keep in contact with the software's prime users. Anything that makes it easier for them to use the software is a good thing to do as long as it doesn't restrict the project in the future.