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Re:Book design inspired by Edward Tufte by dmix on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @06:49PM (#8627188)
Right, many software devs have read The Design of Everyday Things [0] and understand the value of usability. But they didn't read Don Norman's follow up book Emotional Design [1] which explains that usability is only 50% of the answer - emotion is the other 50%. And emotion often means pretty, or at the minimum a positive UX.

[0] http://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Revised-Expande...

[1] http://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Design-Love-Everyday-Things/...

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Re:Book design inspired by Edward Tufte by taeric on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @01:13AM (#8628534)
I wouldn't be surprised to find that emotion is actually higher than 50%. Though, I like to gripe about how overblown the study of doors is in that work.
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