“When we blame the user, we teach them that technology is perfect and that the errors are their own. Because technology is hard to use, we are teaching a generation to be afraid of technology. We are teaching a generation to believe in their own stupidity… It’s not the user’s fault.” – Jono DiCarlo
Read Jono from Mozilla Labs’ article “These things I believe” for his thoughts on software development and user interface design.
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“When software is hard to use, don’t make excuses for it. Improve it. When a user makes a mistake, don’t blame the user. Ask how the software misled them. Then fix it. The user’s time is more valuable than ours. Respect it. Good UI design is humble.” – Jono DiCarlo
Read Jono from Mozilla Labs’ article “These things I believe” for his thoughts on software development and user interface design.
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“Being customer focused is not some ‘nice thing to do.’ Customer focus is about hard-edged business. Customers are hugely impatient on the Web. They don’t need to hang around a website that is not directly focused on them. Customer focus is the beginning, middle and end of a successful web strategy.” – Gerry McGovern
Read UIE’s interview with Gerry McGovern, “The Importance of a Customer-Centric Design Approach,” here
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