Simplifying a user interface might take away some possibilities form the user, and giving the user too much complexity may confuse and drown them out. Brandon Walkin gives takes a tour throughout some key points in UI as contextual actions, Visual Hierarchy, Icons and much more. Must see guide to help developers and designers achieve that perfect balance.
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December 8th
There really are quite a lot of different things to consider when trying to manage UI complexity. Good article to post G.
December 8th
There’s only two things to consider in my humble opinion and they are: Keep it simple and user friendly. I hate long drawn out user manuals/help files, if I click on something thinking it will do “This” then it should. Cheers
December 8th
@Sherwood Your completely right! In fact what you just said is a reduction of the basic premises of usability.
December 8th
I would be happy if my mom could figure it out on her own. If anyone can design a site that she can navigate without asking me dumb questions then they’ve hit the UI jackpot. Not that she’s dumb but she’s had no education and she’s paranoid and panicky and hasn’t touched a computer in bout 8 yrs. Perfect test market right there.