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Effective design, yes, but a poorly-designed interface can overlie a
competent application, and that's why programmers are detached from
this cause. In the theory of usefulness, we agree entirely. My point
was a technical clarification.
Example of a great application with a terrible interface (according to
some): Lotus Notes.
--- Richard Lewis <tech44writer -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> Effective design is based
> on having a comprehensive, integrated understanding of the end-users
> goal's, the essential tasks that need to be performed to accomplish
> those goals, and, most importantly, the interrelationships between
> those tasks.
>
> If the interface is poor, it is because the designers
> did not have this understanding. Without such understanding, the
> overall design is poor; and if the overall design is poor, the
> structure of the code is going to relatively primitive.
>
> A solid
> solution (i.e., code) can not be done without a solid understanding
> of the problem (i.e., what the system is supposed to do).
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