What Makes a Good UI?

OSXCPA asks: "While there are plenty of OS business apps from accounting to ERP, they seem to share a common failing with "commercial" software - the user interface is terrible! Has anyone seen an application that has a UI that made you sit up and stare in amazement at the simplicity and effectiveness of it? For the techno-elite, drooly-gui may not be a priority, but I am working on a project (OS) where I have to show real savings (in task performance time and reduced data entry error) on a specialized accounting system via better UI. Am looking for some inspiration. Any ideas? Projects? Books?"

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Re:OS X

[gl4ss]

huhhu?

so if you call your softwa osxircist it'll have automatically good ui?

or perhaps you mean apples guidelines on building an ui? this doesn't necessarely mean though that the ui is GOOD, it's just how it looks and where certain things are found from - it could still suck major ass.

a good ui is fast to use - or if it's meant to be used by the user just once in his lifetime then it's easy and handholing..