Comments on: How To Design User Interfaces

By: Design Services

Design Services — Mon, 08 Mar 2004 15:16:23 +0000

I like the cover, and I think that minimalism is good here. It doesn’t make us think in a certain way, it leaves us space for creation. The only thing I don’t like is the hand cursor, which doesn’r fall into the style. Anyway the general impression is quite good.

By: fraew

fraew — Mon, 23 Feb 2004 05:33:46 +0000

i believe the amigaOS hand-cursor would have been available before Hypercard was released, though i don’t think it was ever a _default_ cursor, as such..

By: Dan Rubin

Dan Rubin — Thu, 05 Feb 2004 10:42:21 +0000

Egor: I agree that doing something just because other designers have had success with it is not the best reasoning (though following success is not really a bad idea per se), but minimal design has its place, and its followers. The webstandards effort could probably benefit from more rich graphics in its public image, but that doesn't mean that it won't also benefit from minimal designs. We happen to prefer a minimalist style, so that is what our work reflects. Our primary goal is to produce well-designed work, whether for an electronic user interface, a corporate identity package, or a book cover -- if a project would be better suited by more visually involved artwork, then that's what we'll do.

By: Egor Kloos

Egor Kloos — Wed, 04 Feb 2004 02:16:48 +0000

ooooh I smell trouble. Zeldman will turn into da HULK! ;)

Good looking cover, but for once I hoped to see something not so minimal. Minimal has it’s place but I believe webstandards could benefit from a richer approach. We wouldn’t want people to think that good interface design is purely a minimal affair. The success of companies like 37signals shouldn’t be seen as the only truth.

By: Marko

Marko — Mon, 02 Feb 2004 17:30:56 +0000

Nice! Don’t forget to put amazon link when it come out — for non-US-buyers : )

I can only assume that Zeldman still doesn’t know he’s going to write foreword — if that’s the case, this would be very original way to ask him and a very funny scenario : )

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 18:25:43 +0000

The image is perfect..and can’t wait till I can pick up the book.

But can i as (sorry if this sounds dumb to you) why would Zeldman want to “kill you” ?

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 12:15:50 +0000

Very clean. The author’s names are also very modestly sized.

If it was up to me, I’d be tempted to put ZELDMAN across the top in massive letters. ;)

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 06:25:27 +0000

That is one of the cleanest page designs I have seen in a long time. The rough to smooth (forground to background) transition is what does it for me.

By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 01:21:32 +0000

Very nice work fellas! Can’t wait to pick it up! How long’s the wait?

By: Dan Rubin

Dan Rubin — Thu, 29 Jan 2004 07:37:13 +0000

Andrei, don’t you think your preference is a tad biased? ;-)

Of course, I agree with you completely. We might just have to issue a revised version…