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Usability Research Newsletter
June, 2008
In this month’s issue. . .
New Blog Article: What color do you like?
The usability of look and feel (strategy with icons, images, branding elements)
Everyone from CEO to programmer can understand an interface by it’s visual treatment. For some the interface is “eye-candy” and for others representative of organized emotional response and visual perception.
Oftentimes, the confusion over who dictates the design can lead to confusion and often a gratuitous use of graphics. This problem can be compounded by an interface being dictated entirely by a designer (where usability resources are absent, under funded or ignored entirely from a development process).
The question we’ll explore in this post is: Does the user experience team dictate what happens to the visual design or do they back off and let designers do their job?
Best Wishes,
Frank Spillers, MS
Principal and Co-CEO
Experience Dynamics
