UI Designers... feedback please :)

[humphreybc]

Hi chaps,

I've just posted some stuff on a redesign of Nautilus along with my mockups. I don't know a huge amount about UI design, and I'm looking for feedback.

So, if you will:

http://humphreybc.wordpress.com/2010/04/14/yet-another-redesign-of-nautilus/

(Prefer feedback as comments on the article itself but in this thread is OK too.)

Cheers!

[NovaAesa]

I'm doing a user interface design class this semester, and one of the main things drilled into us is that you shouldn't look towards other UI designers for feedback :P It's the users who can really give you good feedback.

[humphreybc]

I'm doing a user interface design class this semester, and one of the main things drilled into us is that you shouldn't look towards other UI designers for feedback :P It's the users who can really give you good feedback.

Heh, unfortunately because it's only a mockup it's a bit hard to test with real users.

[myrtle1908]

I'm doing a user interface design class this semester, and one of the main things drilled into us is that you shouldn't look towards other UI designers for feedback :P It's the users who can really give you good feedback.


There are actually two schools of thought on that matter. Some say that users never know what they want, so dont ask them. I recall watching a talk by Glenn Lipka at the Ajax Experience where he said as much. I'm not sure that I agree with everything he said but its an interesting and different point of view.

I believe this was the talk ... http://tv.adobe.com/watch/ajax-experience-2008/ux-design-for-ajax-applications-by-glen-lipka/ ... apologies if not.