BlackBox » web2.0 http://www.warneronstine.com Where technology and art disappear Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:05:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 6 signs your Web UI was created by a programmer http://www.warneronstine.com/2009/10/22/6-signs-your-web-ui-was-created-by-a-programmer/ http://www.warneronstine.com/2009/10/22/6-signs-your-web-ui-was-created-by-a-programmer/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:00:47 +0000 Warner Onstine http://www.warneronstine.com/?p=385 This post was inspired by “The 7 signs your UI was created by a programmer” post on Voyce.com.

  1. Your Web UI consists solely of CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) screens – no matter how complex the user interaction is, it can always be boiled down to CRUD. Right?
  2. Everything is in Times New Roman – who needs a nice-looking font anyway?
  3. Everything is using the latest JavaScript library with UI functionality – what do you mean not everyone is running the latest FireFox beta?
  4. It uses tables for layout. Everywhere. Because CSS sucks to debug (on top of that, “Screw the Semantic Web!”).
  5. The form fields validate, they just don’t have any errors next to them when they fail – because the user should know what they did wrong.
  6. And forms themselves go on and on and on …

I could only come up with 6, but I’m sure there are many more. Add your favorites in the comments below!

I’m also hoping to turn this into a somewhat regular series on Web Developers and tips and tricks for designing usable, non-ugly interfaces. If you have any tips, let me know in the comments and I’ll be sure to credit you.

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