http://www.outsightinteractive.com/blog/the_struggle_to_keep_things_simple Comments for "The Struggle to Keep Things Simple" en http://www.outsightinteractive.com/blog/the_struggle_to_keep_things_simple Have you ever read something that resonates so loud to your experience that you want to run around and share it with everyone you know? I found such a passage today in <a href="http://www.uie.com/articles/more_with_less/">Jared M. Spools "UIEtips: 4 Design Lessons from the Flip".</a> <blockquote><p>"We want to make designs simple, but we don’t want to make them dumb. There’s a difference. The goal is to simplify the design by keeping only the most valuable bits, eliminating everything else.</p> <p>This is not easy to do. You really have to know something about the users, what they are trying to do, and how they go about doing it. Just having that information will likely push the team to add more features, not less, so you then need a solid vision of how simplicity will make it better. Finally, you have to be ruthless and stubborn, cutting all the unnecessary bits out and sticking to your guns about keeping to the essentials." -- Jared M. Spool</p></blockquote> Honestly, I have nothing really to add... Amen...<span class="readmore"><a href="/blog/the_struggle_to_keep_things_simple" title="Read more on this article">read more...</a></span> http://www.outsightinteractive.com/blog/the_struggle_to_keep_things_simple#comment Design Information Architecture Usability Wed, 14 May 2008 13:45:45 -0400 Denise 97 at http://www.outsightinteractive.com