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UI Designers Hired by Mozilla

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the maybe-they-can-fix-the-leaks dept.

ta bu shi da yu writes "Mozilla has hired several developers from Humanized. According to Ars Technica, Humanized is a "small software company that is known for its considerable usability expertise and innovative user interface design. The Humanized developers will be working at Mozilla Labs on Firefox and innovative new projects.""

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  1. The problem wiht usability experts by serviscope_minor · · Score: 1, Redundant

    The problem wiht usability experts is that they would never come up with vi. That's because it's complex, hard to learn and impossible for beginners to quit (never mind learn) without a cheat sheet. But get past that (and some of us do) and there is an incredibly powerful editor which becomes easier and easier to use as one learns. Many of us vi fanatics find everything else hard to use by comparison.

    But because of that a UI expert would never come up with it. Is this a big problem? I dunno.

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  2. There's nothing wrong with Firefox's UI now! by SlappyBastard · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Jesus Christ, can people just leave things alone?

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  3. Re:Ka-ching! by Isauq · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Isn't that what Open Usability is about? Additionally, considering the number of exceedingly terrible websites I've seen by so-called "Usability Experts," how can you really define what it means to be "qualified?"

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