Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 11th Aug 2009 22:30 UTC
Brandon Walkin has just published a fascinating article on the topic of managing user interface complexity. "I've spent the past year redesigning a particularly complex application with my primary focus being on reducing complexity. In this article, I'll go over some of the issues surrounding complexity and techniques that can be used to manage it."
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Yes, and it seems google is already going that route too with chrome. Chrome does look pretty though, and people seem to like it, but as i have pointed out in many post before here at osnews, applications shouldn't *default* to this behaviour. But there should certainly be an option for those who want it like that.
The scary thing is that the big open source applications is going that route too (firefox 4, the new openoffice) wich is sad because they are key applications for many desktop distros.
The application should present a familiar face, and then ask, "would you want me to look like someone else?". Not the other way around.