Comments on: UIEtips: Communicate Quick – First Impressions Through Visual Web Design http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2008/10/01/uietips-communicate-quick/ UIE\'s latest insights on the world of design Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:11:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Myth #4: 디자인은 웹사이트를 멋지게 보이게 하는 것이다? | Clearboth http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2008/10/01/uietips-communicate-quick/comment-page-1/#comment-161131 Myth #4: 디자인은 웹사이트를 멋지게 보이게 하는 것이다? | Clearboth Wed, 06 Jul 2011 05:29:34 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/?p=731#comment-161131 [...] “좋은 디자인은, 그것이 잘 마무리지어졌다면, 보이지 않게 된다. 우리가 디자인을 의식하게 된다면, 그것은 좋은 디자인이 아니다. 실내의 에어컨에 대해 생각해 보라. 우리가 에어컨을 의식하는 것은 온도가 너무 높거나, 너무 춥거나, 시끄럽거나, 물방울이 떨어지는 경우이다. 하지만 에어컨이 완벽하게 동작한다면, 아무도 에어컨에 관심을 갖지 않고 자신이 하던 일에 집중한다.” - Jared Spool [...] [...] “좋은 디자인은, 그것이 잘 마무리지어졌다면, 보이지 않게 된다. 우리가 디자인을 의식하게 된다면, 그것은 좋은 디자인이 아니다. 실내의 에어컨에 대해 생각해 보라. 우리가 에어컨을 의식하는 것은 온도가 너무 높거나, 너무 춥거나, 시끄럽거나, 물방울이 떨어지는 경우이다. 하지만 에어컨이 완벽하게 동작한다면, 아무도 에어컨에 관심을 갖지 않고 자신이 하던 일에 집중한다.” - Jared Spool [...]

]]> By: Jared Spool http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2008/10/01/uietips-communicate-quick/comment-page-1/#comment-143991 Jared Spool Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:16:07 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/?p=731#comment-143991 Hi Jon, Thanks for discovering the typo. We do our best to review each article, but, every so often, something sneaks by. We've fixed it. Thanks for encouraging our behavior, Jared Hi Jon,

Thanks for discovering the typo. We do our best to review each article, but, every so often, something sneaks by.

We’ve fixed it.

Thanks for encouraging our behavior,

Jared

]]> By: Jon Cram http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2008/10/01/uietips-communicate-quick/comment-page-1/#comment-143970 Jon Cram Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:57:26 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/?p=731#comment-143970 Excellent article, and as such I feel a little awkward mentioning a minor but significant tiny mistake in the label of the first figure. At present, the label reads "Figure 1: Squido page". As far as I can tell this should read "Figure 1: Squidoo page". Note the double not single 'o' after 'squid'. When reading the article, I noticed the label and Googled 'squido' in an attempt to find the live page. This got me to squido.com which appears entirely unrelated. Thankfully Google hinted that I might have meant 'squidoo' and this correctly got me to squidoo.com. As I said, this is a minor mistake but one that did, for at least a few moments, have me scratching me head. Hopefully fixing this will stop others doing the same! Excellent article, and as such I feel a little awkward mentioning a minor but significant tiny mistake in the label of the first figure.

At present, the label reads “Figure 1: Squido page”. As far as I can tell this should read “Figure 1: Squidoo page”. Note the double not single ‘o’ after ‘squid’.

When reading the article, I noticed the label and Googled ‘squido’ in an attempt to find the live page. This got me to squido.com which appears entirely unrelated. Thankfully Google hinted that I might have meant ‘squidoo’ and this correctly got me to squidoo.com.

As I said, this is a minor mistake but one that did, for at least a few moments, have me scratching me head. Hopefully fixing this will stop others doing the same!

]]> By: Mark Pawson http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2008/10/01/uietips-communicate-quick/comment-page-1/#comment-143923 Mark Pawson Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:58:07 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/?p=731#comment-143923 Would it be fair to take these three lessons and apply them to a rich desktop app, particularily redesigning a complicated dialog as follows? 1) Set initial Expectations -Web What should you do here- Desktop 2)Scannability Locate most important functions first 3)Immerse in the information and explore later Concentrate on necessary features but provide an Advanced function for customers who wish to explore Would it be fair to take these three lessons and apply them to a rich desktop app, particularily redesigning a complicated dialog as follows?

1) Set initial Expectations -Web
What should you do here- Desktop
2)Scannability
Locate most important functions first
3)Immerse in the information and explore later
Concentrate on necessary features but provide an Advanced function for customers who wish to explore

]]> By: Jon Whipple http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2008/10/01/uietips-communicate-quick/comment-page-1/#comment-143922 Jon Whipple Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:54:05 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/?p=731#comment-143922 Luke, thanks for this. It's a nice cogent explanation of how "looking pretty" <strong>really</strong> works. People understand this on a superficial level, but its difficult sometimes to get past the idea that looking good or presenting better than your competition really does have a business case behind it. I think the same is true across all mediums which is why editorial design, and graphic design in general are so critical in the advance of business goals (whatever they may be) and why industrial design can make or break products in the market. I would venture further to elaborate on Donovan's experience above, that when fundamental restructuring takes place in any information arrangement, visual cues and guidance are crucial to support the intended interaction and even those unforeseen. These cues and guides are delivered with foundational graphic design principles that bind the nature of the presentation with their actual expression. These are the stock and trade of strategic designers the world over, and it's this function when managed as a core business discipline that can separate any organization from its competition. Even invisible competition such as time constraints, ignorance, or even apathy. Thank you for sharing your insights, Jon Whipple MGDC Wizard of Whitespace E-Cubed Media Synthesis Luke, thanks for this. It’s a nice cogent explanation of how “looking pretty” really works. People understand this on a superficial level, but its difficult sometimes to get past the idea that looking good or presenting better than your competition really does have a business case behind it. I think the same is true across all mediums which is why editorial design, and graphic design in general are so critical in the advance of business goals (whatever they may be) and why industrial design can make or break products in the market.

I would venture further to elaborate on Donovan’s experience above, that when fundamental restructuring takes place in any information arrangement, visual cues and guidance are crucial to support the intended interaction and even those unforeseen.

These cues and guides are delivered with foundational graphic design principles that bind the nature of the presentation with their actual expression. These are the stock and trade of strategic designers the world over, and it’s this function when managed as a core business discipline that can separate any organization from its competition. Even invisible competition such as time constraints, ignorance, or even apathy.

Thank you for sharing your insights,

Jon Whipple MGDC
Wizard of Whitespace
E-Cubed Media Synthesis

]]> By: 2008 October 02 - Links for today « My (almost) Daily Links http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2008/10/01/uietips-communicate-quick/comment-page-1/#comment-143917 2008 October 02 - Links for today « My (almost) Daily Links Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:00:32 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/?p=731#comment-143917 [...] Spool reckons we need to Communicate Quick - First Impressions Through Visual Web Design I need to spend some time at the Design Shard, looks like some great resources  Dmitry presents [...] [...] Spool reckons we need to Communicate Quick – First Impressions Through Visual Web Design I need to spend some time at the Design Shard, looks like some great resources  Dmitry presents [...]

]]> By: Donovan White http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2008/10/01/uietips-communicate-quick/comment-page-1/#comment-143909 Donovan White Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:47:24 +0000 http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/?p=731#comment-143909 We redesigned the guts of our web site, leaving the home page pretty much intact except for a changed wrapper. We removed layers from the search interface and redesigned the product page from the ground up, moving spec-type information behind tabbed panels. We moved from a single long page of dense type to an image-dominated page with info chunks accessed via the tabbed panels. Looks great, works great, But... some folks hate it - claim they can't find the prices, which live under the second tab. The first tab is the availability calendar - we sell villa vacation rentals, so the calendar is the key information. Pricing has multiple dependencies, so there's no one set price for a villa and therefore requires a panel's worth of space to display. We redesigned the guts of our web site, leaving the home page pretty much intact except for a changed wrapper. We removed layers from the search interface and redesigned the product page from the ground up, moving spec-type information behind tabbed panels. We moved from a single long page of dense type to an image-dominated page with info chunks accessed via the tabbed panels.

Looks great, works great, But… some folks hate it – claim they can’t find the prices, which live under the second tab. The first tab is the availability calendar – we sell villa vacation rentals, so the calendar is the key information. Pricing has multiple dependencies, so there’s no one set price for a villa and therefore requires a panel’s worth of space to display.

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