Software That Sucks Can Drive Users Crazy

Make it simple

Viktor from PicJumbo

I would love a guest lecture where tool designers train.

My talk would be called Common Sense.

First section? Dude, Don’t Be a Dick. Some of us are exhausted by your gratuitous complexity.

Do you see me break out the rhythm instruments at odd times? No, you do not.

And I love drums more than you love ridiculous user interface protocol.

Mein Gott, it’s like some folks wouldn’t know a Xerox Parc if I spotted you a seat inside the room from which Jobs purloined the goods, plus my time machine.

So please, design for minds different from your own.

My brain is meh, yet I know I must explain.

This rant is for men like me, in love with their ideas, who make odd design choices. And yes, I’m guilty of the same sin.