Why you should think twice before giving your programmer

to design the UI

Mikhail Payson,Perpetuum Software

@Mikhail_Payson

HOW THE PROGRAMMER SEES THE USER:

…a good programmer sees

…an average programmer sees

…the most of programmers see

…they just write the code

When the user sees a blonde in red…

…programmers see something like that

PROGRAMMERS CREATE A PRODUCT TO…

… make everything unified

…to give the user an ability to do «everything he needs»

…to keep all the data on the same page an do everything at once

…the structure of code is a priority

THE PROGRAMMER FORGETS THAT…

…he is not the only user of their system

… the user knows the system a little worse then the programmer does

…the user knows nothing about programming

…and about computers in some cases

…the user has a real task he needs to solve

… most users don’t need most features

…the users never read the manual

…there are a lot of UI patterns. We don’t need to reinvent the wheel

THE PROGRAMMERS ARE SURE THAT…

…if the user makes a mistake it is a fault of this user only

…the development stops on the day of release

SO, WHY?…

…Because they live in different worlds

Thank you!

It’s question time!

Mikhail Payson,Perpetuum Software

mp@perpetuumsoft.com@mikhail_payson