{"id":1593,"date":"2001-12-06T13:56:53","date_gmt":"2001-12-06T18:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=1593"},"modified":"2001-12-06T13:56:53","modified_gmt":"2001-12-06T18:56:53","slug":"interfaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/12\/06\/interfaces.html","title":{"rendered":"Interfaces"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s an amusing article<\/a>, with a painful personal anecdote, on User Interface issues. <\/p>\n

Many folks (myself include) rag on Bad User Interfaces, whether in software or in hardware. I can certainly appreciate (as the article demonstrates) how difficult coming up with a UI can be. <\/p>\n

Heck, the whole issue of how a web page is designed (including, notably, this blog) is an exercise in UI — and we all know how easy it is to come up with a, ah, less-than-usable design. It’s something I know I<\/i> keep trying to work on.<\/p>\n

(Via ia\/<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s an amusing article, with a painful personal anecdote, on User Interface issues. Many folks (myself include) rag on Bad User Interfaces, whether in software or in hardware. 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