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Originally Posted by geoffwood
What's the old line about a camel being a horse designed by a committee? Let that many people get involved and you're going to end up with ugly. Let one person's vision shine through and you might have a fighting chance.
As for being "adequately functional" that's a pretty low bar to set. Fortunately as a consumer I have a choice and can choose to reject dross that is only "adequately functional"
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"Functional" and "pretty" are not the same thing. Usability studies are not beauty contests. That is why you let the user spend his first two weeks playing with the GUI customization options before he gets down to the serious uses of the app. After he invests time in customizing it, it becomes his OWN design and that makes it a LOT harder for him to criticize.
