melissahoulroyd.info » interfaces http://melissahoulroyd.info Libraries, technology, books, & food Tue, 26 Jul 2011 04:27:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 On Interface Design http://melissahoulroyd.info/2008/02/12/on-interface-design/ http://melissahoulroyd.info/2008/02/12/on-interface-design/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:08:00 +0000 Melissa http://librarychan.wordpress.com/2008/02/12/on-interface-design/ As I’m doing research for a paper for my Library Planning, Marketing, & Assessment course, I am reminded of what I learned in my Human Interaction with Computers course: simplicity in design is best.

Just like the interface on an Apple computer, simplification of processes provides a friendlier, more enjoyable user experience: things are easy to accomplish, there is a greater focus of energy on creation of content (rather than how to use the tool to do the task), and a state of “flow” is quickly reached.

I wish more designers of interfaces would just simplify, simplify, simplify.

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