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Advice for Developers: Make Common Usage Easy

Posted by timothy on from the thomas-sowell-is-smart-smart-smart dept.

Ken Hendrickson writes "Thomas Sowell has some fantastic common-sense advice for software developers from the viewpoint of an ordinary user: Make it easy to do what almost everybody wants to do. I don't believe he uses Free Software; that means that Microsoft is not satisfying their customers, and Free Software can perform better than Microsoft even in the ease of use area!"

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  1. Re:Yeah by Squishy+Eyeball+Jeff · · Score: 5, Informative
    Apple has a veritable bible of UI design in its HIG, and Joel Splosky (of Joel on Software fame) has created his own tome on the subject.

    Both are excellent reading for those interested in the art (science?) of good UI/usability design.