Blog Response: What’s Your Design Sign?

July 22, 2009 | uidesigner

This morning I came across a great article on Overdesign for IPHONE applications.  While the article focuses primarily on new IPHONE design the same holds true for all aspects of UI Design. Consistency is your key to a usable application. Read More

Blog Response: Do You Love Wireframes?

April 27, 2009 | uidesigner

Over at one of my favorite blogs Konigi, there was a new article posted regarding a brand new Flickr wireframe group. 

The purpose of the Flickr group is to share wireframe photos of all types.
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Blog Respose: Bowman Leaves Google

March 20, 2009 | uidesigner

This topic has been blowing up all over the design world online. For the full blog post from Bowman Lead Visual Designer at Google visit his blog.

The quick summary is this. He left because of design V.S. engineering issues. The article goes on to talk about the almost obsessive need to validate and back up every design decision with statistical data. While it is true that design does have a logical component a lot of how we precieve design varies from person to person. That is why it is necessary to hire a person with experience and knowledge of fundamental design principles.

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Blog Response: IE 6 The Devil Not In Disguise

February 12, 2009 | uidesigner

The other day I came across an interesting article “Stop Developing for Internet Explorer 6” .  My initial thought was great I finally can stop developing for IE 6. Of course, that was just a pipedream. On many of my applications I still have a large captive IE 6 audience. Unfortunately, I can’t quite yet yank the rug out from them and force upgrades.
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