Re:Fuckin' user interface design, I swear
by obscura on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @06:36AM
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This sounds like a flawed development cycle. Where's the end-user testing?
In defence of the developers/programmers, many people are really bad at explaining what they want, not least because it's often not what they actually need.
If a designer is designing something that looks good but doesn't work well (i.e., solve the problem), they are bad at usability/UX. They should be getting user feedback on their design before it's implemented - that's what user-centred design is about.
There's often a gap when it comes to understanding requirements - between the end-user and the developer, between the designer and developer, etc. Requirements gathering is actually a specialised skill and one of the key duties of a business analyst.
In defence of the developers/programmers, many people are really bad at explaining what they want, not least because it's often not what they actually need.
If a designer is designing something that looks good but doesn't work well (i.e., solve the problem), they are bad at usability/UX. They should be getting user feedback on their design before it's implemented - that's what user-centred design is about.
There's often a gap when it comes to understanding requirements - between the end-user and the developer, between the designer and developer, etc. Requirements gathering is actually a specialised skill and one of the key duties of a business analyst.