"I've always hated writing user interfaces, and graphical user interfaces in particular."
In that case why bother? Leave it to one of the many people who have a clue and give a damn.
If your job is putting pixels in front of people then you should be executing a design process that leads to a user interface - not spraying pixels onto the application as an afterthought.
You will find the most famous authors on the topic listed at the Userati site. However if you want to get a feel for the topic, go read Joel on Software's Dickensian account of his days in the bread factory - and remember thats the user experience you're condemning your users to if you dont care enough about the subject.
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"I've always hated writing user interfaces, and graphical user interfaces in particular."
In that case why bother? Leave it to one of the many people who have a clue and give a damn.
If your job is putting pixels in front of people then you should be executing a design process that leads to a user interface - not spraying pixels onto the application as an afterthought.
You will find the most famous authors on the topic listed at the Userati site. However if you want to get a feel for the topic, go read Joel on Software's Dickensian account of his days in the bread factory - and remember thats the user experience you're condemning your users to if you dont care enough about the subject.