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PHILOSOPHY AND ARTICLES ABOUT UI DESIGNHere are some articles I hope you find useful, published on this website and others. You might also be interested in these older articles about speech recognition application design. Personas in Technology Product DesignAssigning personality traits to others is an irrepressible instinct that can be applied to product design. What's Special about Enterprise Application DesignCompared to desktop software or web services, user interfaces for enterprise application software have different goals, a larger scale and a sales model that excludes end users. How do you keep end users from being overlooked? Techweek Letters: Software Team Roles, Background ArtTwo letters printed in TechWeek: one on software design, team roles and scheduling, the other on a layout problem. It's Not the TechnologyA two minute video covering the history and future of user interfaces gets me thinking that the future may be no better than the past unless technologists learn that it's their attitudes toward people and not their adoption of technology that matters. Security and UsabilityFor security to be effective, it has to be convenient. That means designing to relieve the burdens of everyday users and system administrators instead of adding new ones. Companies that ignore this will fail to increase security. Ten Quotable Moments: Challenges and Responses for UI DesignersTen things that have been said to me by actual clients represent common and very human reactions to the software design process. Software team members who haven't worked with UI designers before discount the importance of small details and even the designer's role. How can we win them over? The Confidence GameHow do designers and their clients develop confidence in a design? Learn from television and my fashion mistakes to find out. Getting Creative With Specs: Usable Software SpecificationsBy abandoning the traditional idea of a spec in favor of a usable spec, you can deliver something that's fun to show off, easy to understand, and confidence-inspiring.
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