Archive for November 30, 2006
Human weakness
Prepare yourself for human weakness
“Google created a hugely complex search product, which uses all sorts of mathematical techniques and options to find web pages. How it all works would boggle the minds of most users, but Google doesn’t make them even think about it. It provides a simple interface which anyone can learn to use in about one minute. Users require little knowledge and tend not to get confused.”
Remember this when designing your next product or interface.